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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW 3SERIESs year 2002

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mot history
Pass percent:56.67%
(The average a petrol BMW 3SERIES year 2002 passes without issue)
Based on:30 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort4
Brake pipe excessively corroded3
Brake hose excessively deteriorated3
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion which adversely affects braking or steering both rear s corroded and holed |6.1.A.1|1
Suspension arm synthetic bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement both front |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber mounting deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber mounting deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in an outer ball joint |2.5.B.2a|1
Offside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.2.C.1c|1
Offside Front Upper 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 Lower 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
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1
Rear brake disc excessively pitted |3.5.1h|1
Front brake disc excessively pitted |3.5.1h|1
Nearside Front Brake hose excessively damaged |3.6.B.4d|1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
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

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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