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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW 2-SERIESs year 2015

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Pass percent:90.58%
(The average a petrol BMW 2-SERIES year 2015 passes without issue)
Based on:51,492 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment936
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively322
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))247
Registration plate issues229
Windscreen washer not working 195
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))142
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))128
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak91
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))83
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))73
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))66
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))66
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))64
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))62
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))59
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))57
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))55
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))55
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))53
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))52
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak49
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))49
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))44
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak42
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))42
Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))41
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))40
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a))35
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))33
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))32
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))29
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))29
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))28
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))27
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))26
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))25
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))25
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))25
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))23
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))23
Offside Front Seat belt retracting mechanism defective (7.1.2 (e))23
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))23
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b))23
Brakes imbalanced across an axle21
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))20
Exhaust emissions - engine idle speed too high (8.2.1.2 (e))20
Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d))19
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))19
Horn not working (7.7 (a))19
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))18
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))18
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))18
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened16
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))16
Nearside Front Seat belt retracting mechanism defective (7.1.2 (e))16
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))16
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))16
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))15
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))15

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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