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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2013

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Pass percent:86.04%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2013 passes without issue)
Based on:112,376 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2067
Headlamp aim out of alignment1950
Registration plate issues995
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))949
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))690
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))331
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))310
Windscreen washer not working 251
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))217
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|204
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))201
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak191
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|189
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))187
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))185
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))172
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))167
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak159
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||158
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))154
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))153
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))148
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|135
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|117
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|109
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))108
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||104
Windscreen has damage98
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))91
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened90
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|88
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||82
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened81
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))81
Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|79
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated |3.6.G.2|79
Nearside Rear Air suspension unit deteriorated and likely to fail |2.4.D.1b|72
Brakes imbalanced across an axle72
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))72
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||72
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))70
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))70
Nearside Rear Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))68
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))68
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak67
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))64
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))63
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||61
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))61
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||60
Registration plate lamp issues59
Nearside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|58
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |4.1.1 |a| |ii||55
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|54
Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|51
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))49
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||48

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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