MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 1992

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Pass percent:53.33%

(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 1992 passes without issue)

Based on:30 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	2
Offside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Offside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a track control arm inner bush \|2.5.B.2b\|	1
Statutory seat belt missing \|5.1.1\|	1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Nearside Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Centre Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	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
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	2
Offside Side repeater missing \|1.4.A.2b\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Offside Rear Seat belt retracting mechanism defective \|5.2.5b\|	1
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a track control arm inner bush \|2.5.B.2b\|	1
Statutory seat belt missing \|5.1.1\|	1
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.6.B1\|	1
Nearside Indicator tell tale inoperative \|1.4.A.2a\|	1
Nearside Front Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Rear Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Offside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Offside Rear Subframe mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded \|2.4.A.3\|	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Offside Headlamp excessively damaged so that the light output is severely reduced \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Inner Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Centre Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	1
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 1992

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