MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2010

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Pass percent:80.25%

(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2010 passes without issue)

Based on:115,250 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	3436
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1843
Registration plate issues	1095
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	829
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	820
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	566
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	549
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	489
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	471
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	470
Registration plate lamp issues	454
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	418
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	379
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	370
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	339
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	334
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	319
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	284
Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked \|4.2.A.1a\|	278
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	268
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	267
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	262
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	260
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	258
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	239
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	239
Windscreen washer not working	216
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	208
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	206
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	195
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	188
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	188
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	174
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	174
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	170
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	168
Offside Rear Road wheel cracked \|4.2.A.1a\|	160
Windscreen has damage	160
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	158
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	157
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	147
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))	147
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated \|3.6.G.2\|	147
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	144
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	143
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	137
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	136
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	134
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	133
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	129
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	128
Offside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	124
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	120
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	119
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	118
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	117
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	117
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	112
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	109
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	106
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	100
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	99
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	96
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	96
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|4.1.1 \|a\| \|ii\|\|	95
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	84
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	84
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	82
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	82
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))	81
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	80
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	77
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	73
Nearside Front Road wheel cracked \|4.2.A.1a\|	72
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	70
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	70

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 2010

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