MOT Check for BMW 5-SERIESs

The BMW 5-SERIES makes up 3,132,383 of the overall 21,837,651 BMW MOT test results. Select your 5-SERIES model year below to find the specific problems.

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Some examples of the most common issues are:
Stop lamp not working  Occurs:1,610 times
Nearside Front Lower Ball joint has excessive play  Occurs:525 times
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint  Occurs:2,713 times
Offside Front Coil spring not correctly located  Occurs:195 times
Nearside Rear Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:3,160 times
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement  Occurs:995 times
Nearside Front Direction indicator incomplete  Occurs:166 times
Nearside Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play  Occurs:225 times
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:626 times
Front Exhaust mounting missing  Occurs:276 times
Offside Front coil spring incomplete  Occurs:553 times
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:2,700 times
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturer`s specified limit a Occurs:235 times
Offside Front Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp  Occurs:508 times
Nearside Front All position lamps not working  Occurs:533 times
Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image  Occurs:166 times
Nearside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play  Occurs:362 times
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage insecure  Occurs:502 times
Offside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage fractured  Occurs:421 times
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn Rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i)) Occurs:154 times
Offside Rear Upper Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:648 times
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working  Occurs:1,097 times
Centre Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases  Occurs:159 times
Nearside Front Fluid suspension unit leaking  Occurs:153 times
An item not tested  Occurs:675 times
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