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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2011

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Pass percent:80.71%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2011 passes without issue)
Based on:141,601 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment4241
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2415
Registration plate issues1579
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))897
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))854
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))757
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))746
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|618
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))606
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|568
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))540
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|528
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))465
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))454
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|442
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|419
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|407
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||357
Windscreen washer not working 310
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|306
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))293
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))293
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|290
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))258
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|253
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))252
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|249
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))249
Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|246
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|241
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|239
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|234
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))234
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||228
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|221
Registration plate lamp issues204
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||201
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||198
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))190
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||185
Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||180
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak180
Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||179
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))177
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))177
Windscreen has damage177
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))168
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened165
Offside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|164
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))164
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated |3.6.G.2|157
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|150
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|148
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||147
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||142
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))141
Nearside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|141
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak141
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|140
Offside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|138
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|138
Brakes imbalanced across an axle133
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||127
Nearside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|123
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||118
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))112
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||106
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|98
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|96
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))96
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|93
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|90
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))90
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened88
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))87
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))86
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))86
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))84
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||83
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))82

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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