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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW 1-SERIESs year 2018

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mot history
Pass percent:93.07%
(The average a petrol BMW 1-SERIES year 2018 passes without issue)
Based on:36,162 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment998
Registration plate issues235
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively219
Windscreen washer not working 58
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))50
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))49
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))39
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))38
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))32
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))32
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))29
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))28
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))27
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a))25
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))24
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))20
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))17
Nearside Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))15
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))14
Registration plate lamp issues14
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))13
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))13
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))13
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))11
Brakes imbalanced across an axle11
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))11
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))11
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))10
Nearside Front Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))10
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))10
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))9
Exhaust catalytic converter missing where one was fitted as standard (8.2.1.1 (a))9
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))8
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))8
Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))8
Nearside Front Headlamp aim not tested (4.1.2 (b))8

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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