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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 3s year 2001

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mot history
Pass percent:65.71%
(The average a diesel BMW 3 year 2001 passes without issue)
Based on:35 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate lamp issues3
Nearside Front Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Nearside Rear Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Offside Front Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Offside Rear Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1
Nearside Front Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Trailing arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|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 Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine |7.4.B.3b|1
Nearside Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete |2.4.C.1a|1
Offside Front Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users |1.8.A.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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