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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW 3-SERIESs year 1975

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mot history
Pass percent:60.98%
(The average a petrol BMW 3-SERIES year 1975 passes without issue)
Based on:41 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen washer not working 2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort2
Offside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|2
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Headlamp aim not tested coolant leak |4.1.2 |b||1
Nearside Seat belt not functioning as intended |7.1.2 |c||1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has an unsatisfactory modification, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Seat belt not functioning as intended |7.1.2 |c||1
Nearside Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Rear Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush excessively worn d bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar pin or bush excessively worn d bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Front Drivers seat backrest cannot be secured in the upright position. left hand side not latching (6.2.5 (b) (ii))1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Front Headlamp light intensity severely reduced (4.1.4 (a))1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
All direction indicators not working |4.4.1 |a| |ii||1
Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive (8.2.1.2 (b))1
Windscreen wiper not working (3.4 (a))1
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b))1
Offside Seat belt anchorage prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (7.1.1 (a) (i))1
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))1
Rear Exhaust emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak (8.2.1.1 (b))1
Brake performance not tested engine coolant leak |1.2.1 |g||1
Front Headlamp not working on main beam |1.7.5a|1
Fuel hose leaking |7.2.3|1
Offside Outer Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Rear brake binding1
Rear brake application uneven1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content excessive |7.3.B.1a|1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1

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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