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

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Pass percent:90.65%
(The average a petrol BMW 2-SERIES year 2016 passes without issue)
Based on:61,117 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment1046
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively379
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))367
Registration plate issues338
Windscreen washer not working 243
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))194
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))184
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak101
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))101
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))99
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))84
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))76
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))73
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))73
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))72
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))71
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))71
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))69
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))67
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))59
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak56
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))56
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))52
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak45
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))45
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a))42
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))40
Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))38
Offside Front Seat belt retracting mechanism defective (7.1.2 (e))37
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))32
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))31
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))29
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))28
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))28
Nearside Front Seat belt retracting mechanism defective (7.1.2 (e))26
Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i))25
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))24
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))24
Brakes imbalanced across an axle23
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak23
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))23
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))23
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))22
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))22
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened22
Exhaust emissions - engine idle speed too high (8.2.1.2 (e))21
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))20
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))19
Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))19
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b))19
Registration plate lamp issues18
Horn not working (7.7 (a))18

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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