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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 2-SERIESs year 2016

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mot history
Pass percent:88.82%
(The average a diesel BMW 2-SERIES year 2016 passes without issue)
Based on:68,550 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment1242
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively507
Registration plate issues325
Windscreen washer not working 304
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))269
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))221
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))206
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))182
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))174
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))167
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))166
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))153
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))143
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))143
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak142
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))137
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))135
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))128
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))111
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))101
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))91
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))74
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak67
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))67
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))62
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))61
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))61
Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))60
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak58
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))55
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))54
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))45
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))42
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))41
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))33
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))32
Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))32
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))30
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))29
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))29
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))29
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))29
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))29
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak29
Brakes imbalanced across an axle28
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))27
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))27
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened26
Offside Front Seat belt retracting mechanism defective (7.1.2 (e))25
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))24

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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