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

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Pass percent:82.77%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:131,745 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment3423
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2355
Registration plate issues1379
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))998
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))833
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))720
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))596
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))523
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|495
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|419
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))393
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))361
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))323
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))310
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))295
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
Windscreen washer not working 282
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|255
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|247
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))218
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))196
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))196
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))194
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak185
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))184
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||169
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))165
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||156
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak153
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))147
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))145
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
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened136
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 coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|124
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))124
Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||118
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated |3.6.G.2|115
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||114
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|112
Brakes imbalanced across an axle105
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 Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))93
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))92
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))91
Registration plate lamp issues90
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|90
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||87
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||85
Offside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|85
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))84
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||82
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))79
Offside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|78
Nearside Rear Air suspension unit deteriorated and likely to fail |2.4.D.1b|77
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|75
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|74
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))74
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))74
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))69
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))69

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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