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MOT History from tests of g BMW 3-SERIESs year 2001

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mot history
Pass percent:64.18%
(The average a g BMW 3-SERIES year 2001 passes without issue)
Based on:67 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded5
Headlamp aim out of alignment4
Registration plate lamp issues3
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|2
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|2
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Front Outer Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Bonnet retaining device ineffective |8.4.2|1
Offside Front Brake hose twisted |found during steering lock to lock check| |2.2.D.2b|1
Brake hose has insufficient room to move1
Nearside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage worn and seriously weakened |2.4.G.1|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Nearside Front Suspension arm synthetic bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Suspension arm synthetic bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Front brake application uneven1
Nearside Rear front parking brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.6a|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| incorrect colour |1.1.A.3e|1
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|1
Offside Rear Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|1
Offside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Offside Rear coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|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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