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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 1-SERIESs year 2020

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mot history
Pass percent:93.37%
(The average a diesel BMW 1-SERIES year 2020 passes without issue)
Based on:11,317 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively163
Headlamp aim out of alignment129
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))71
Registration plate issues65
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))31
Windscreen washer not working 16
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))11
Offside Front Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))11
Horn not working (7.7 (a))10
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))7
Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))7
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))6
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))6
Offside Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))6
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))6
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))5
Nearside Front Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))5
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))5
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))4
Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d))4
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))4
Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))4
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))4
Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))4
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))4
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))4
Nearside Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))3
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))3
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak3
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))3
Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))3

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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