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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW 3s year 1998

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mot history
Pass percent:46.15%
(The average a petrol BMW 3 year 1998 passes without issue)
Based on:52 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Brake pipe excessively corroded7
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort6
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|6
Brake hose excessively deteriorated4
Registration plate lamp issues3
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively3
Headlamp aim out of alignment3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle2
Offside Rear fog lamp not working |1.3.2b|2
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|2
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|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 Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Front brake disc excessively pitted |3.5.1h|1
Rear brake disc excessively pitted |3.5.1h|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive |7.3.D.4|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|1
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching by more than 10mm within zone `A` |8.3.1b|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar insecure |2.4.G.1|1
Driver`s door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle |6.2.B.1b|1
Nearside Front Radius arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Radius arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel |3.1.6b|1
Nearside Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` |8.3.1e|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
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|1
Nearside Front Torque/reaction arm has a deteriorated rubber bush resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Torque/reaction arm has a deteriorated rubber bush resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive |7.3.D.3|1
Nearside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated |2.6.1|1
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Front 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 pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |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 upper suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Headlamp aim not tested |1.8.A.1c|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Nearside Outer Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Outer Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Nearside Inner Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Inner Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|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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