MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 1988

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Pass percent:70.97%

(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 1988 passes without issue)

Based on:31 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Nearside Front Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
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 position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Outer 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 Outer Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Nearside Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Rear Bonded suspension unit deteriorated and cannot function as intended \|2.4.F.3\|	1
Offside Inner Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Inner Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Inner Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	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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Most common failures	No# failures
Stop lamp remains on when the brakes are released	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Nearside Front Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
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 position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Outer 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 Outer Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Nearside Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Rear Bonded suspension unit deteriorated and cannot function as intended \|2.4.F.3\|	1
Offside Inner Front brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.5a\|	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1
Nearside Inner Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Inner Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 1988

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