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

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mot history
Pass percent:95.03%
(The average a petrol BMW 1-SERIES year 2020 passes without issue)
Based on:35,757 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively415
Headlamp aim out of alignment414
Registration plate issues122
Windscreen washer not working 63
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))47
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))27
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))24
Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))24
Offside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))21
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))21
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))20
Horn not working (7.7 (a))18
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))16
Offside Front Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))15
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))14
Offside Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))14
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))13
Nearside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))13
Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d))11
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))10
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))9
Nearside Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))9
Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))9
Speedometer cannot be illuminated (7.8 (c) (ii))8
Fuel cap/sealing device ineffective (6.1.3 (b) (i))8
Central Rear Seat belt buckle missing (7.1.2 (d))8
Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))8
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))7
Nearside Front Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))7
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))7
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))6
Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b))6
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))6
Speedometer clearly inoperative (7.8 (b) (ii))6
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))6
Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))6
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))6
Nearside Front Front passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))6
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))6

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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