MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 3-SERIESs year 1986

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Pass percent:61.54%

(The average a diesel BMW 3-SERIES year 1986 passes without issue)

Based on:39 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	5
Offside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	2
Nearside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	2
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Offside Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated \|3.1.3c\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Offside Rear Brake hose leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Nearside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Offside Rear Fuel system component insecure \|7.2.1\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front 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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Most common failures	No# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded	5
Offside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	2
Nearside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	2
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	2
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	2
Offside Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| excessively deteriorated so that it is not visible from a reasonable distance \|1.1.A.3d\|	1
Nearside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush bonding deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Parking brake lever defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated \|3.1.3c\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play \|2.5.A.3c\|	1
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Offside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Rear brake binding	1
Offside Rear Brake hose leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Nearside Rear Braking system leaking \|3.6.A.1\|	1
Driver`s seat insecure \|6.2.A.1\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Front wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.5.A.2\|	1
Offside Rear Fuel system component insecure \|7.2.1\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 3-SERIESs year 1986

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