MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2008

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Pass percent:78.17%

(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2008 passes without issue)

Based on:141,368 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	5489
Registration plate lamp issues	1611
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1569
Registration plate issues	1408
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	972
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	955
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	880
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	619
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	606
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	594
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	583
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	580
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	565
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	536
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	478
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	446
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	445
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	400
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	394
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	383
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	380
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	365
Windscreen has damage	330
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	317
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	313
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	309
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	292
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	291
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	287
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	286
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	263
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	260
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	257
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	248
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	245
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	243
Windscreen washer not working	238
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	235
Parking brake lever ratchet mechanism is excessively worn \|3.1.5\|	233
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	231
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	219
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	217
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	210
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	210
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	208
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	195
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	189
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	189
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	183
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	182
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	178
Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked \|4.2.A.1a\|	170
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated \|3.6.G.2\|	168
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	167
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	164
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	163
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))	163
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	161
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	160
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	159
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	157
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	150
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	150
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	147
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.1.3 \|b\| \|i\|\|	145
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	143
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	143
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	137
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	135
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	133
Offside Rear Road wheel cracked \|4.2.A.1a\|	133
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	129
Nearside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	129
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	127
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	127
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	123
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	119
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	117
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	115
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	115
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	114
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.1.3 \|b\| \|i\|\|	107
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))	106
Offside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	102
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	97
Offside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|5.3.4 \|b\| \|ii\|\|	96
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	93

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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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2008

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