MOT History from tests of hybrid BMW 3-SERIESs year 2012

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Pass percent:85.61%

(The average a hybrid BMW 3-SERIES year 2012 passes without issue)

Based on:139 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	2
Registration plate issues	2
Nearside Rear Inner Rear fog lamp likely to become detached \|4.5.1 \|c\| \|ii\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	1
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	1
Emissions not tested eml on and readings wont settle (8.2.1.2 (d))	1
Central Rear Seat belt buckle missing (7.1.2 (d))	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective \|1.7.2\|	1
Offside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective \|1.7.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint REAR \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured \|5.2.2 \|a\|\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn suspension front arm inner bush \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn suspension front arm inner bush \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Nearside Side repeater not working \|4.4.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	1
Offside Rear Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a))	1
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	1
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	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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MOT History from tests of hybrid BMW 3-SERIESs year 2012

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