MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 3-SERIESs year 2005

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Pass percent:71.35%

(The average a diesel BMW 3-SERIES year 2005 passes without issue)

Based on:258,877 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	13032
Registration plate lamp issues	6508
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	6102
Brake pipe excessively corroded	6085
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	6019
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	5149
Registration plate issues	3703
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	3379
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	2177
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	2118
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	1807
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1465
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1443
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1286
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1283
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	1090
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1028
Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault \|3.4.1c\|	1015
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	926
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	916
Windscreen has damage	873
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	822
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	821
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	798
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	795
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	765
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	761
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	745
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	729
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	720
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	713
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	711
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	708
Windscreen washer not working	674
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	645
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	631
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	623
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated \|3.6.G.2\|	620
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	592
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	582
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	519
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	501
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	497
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.1.6 \|a\|\|	496
Rear brake binding	474
Brake hose damaged	474
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	473
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	455
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	445
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	439
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))	432
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	431
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	417
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	408
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	388
Front brake application uneven	376
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	375
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	374
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	372
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	366
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	364
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	360
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	354
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	343
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	342
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	336
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	335
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	334
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	323
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	319
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	317
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	304
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	300
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	296
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	293
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	282
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	279
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	274
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	272
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.12 \|e\|\|	259
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	250
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	248
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	247
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	244
Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour \|7.4.B.4\|	238
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	237

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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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 3-SERIESs year 2005

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