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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2012

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Pass percent:81.47%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:160,956 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment4514
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2756
Registration plate issues1551
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1477
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1387
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))1189
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1108
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))978
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))898
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))525
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))515
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|495
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))480
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))456
Windscreen washer not working 440
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|419
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak386
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))358
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))349
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))311
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))310
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))307
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||288
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|283
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak275
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))274
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))258
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))255
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|255
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|247
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))243
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))207
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))171
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||169
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened162
Brakes imbalanced across an axle161
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||156
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))154
Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))149
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||145
Windscreen has damage143
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||140
Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|139
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))136
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))131
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|127
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|125
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))125
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|124
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))124
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))123
Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||118
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated |3.6.G.2|115
Registration plate lamp issues114
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||114
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))113
Offside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))112
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))112
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|112
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))108
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|104
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||100
Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||98
Nearside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|97
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))91
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|90

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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