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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2014

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Pass percent:89.66%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2014 passes without issue)
Based on:104,168 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1832
Headlamp aim out of alignment1157
Registration plate issues729
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))276
Windscreen washer not working 239
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))222
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))182
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))155
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))146
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak135
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak134
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))126
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))108
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))98
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))98
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened89
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))81
Windscreen has damage77
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))70
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))67
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))65
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak63
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))60
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))60
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened57
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))57
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||57
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))56
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))54
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))53
Brakes imbalanced across an axle51
Registration plate lamp issues48
Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|44
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative |4.1.6 |a| |ii||44
Nearside Rear Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))43
Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|43
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing |5.2.1 |a| |i||42
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))39
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|39
Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))38
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak38
Offside Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.1.3 (g) (ii))36
Nearside Rear Wheel bearing has excessive play (5.1.3 (a) (i))36
Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|35
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))34
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|33
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a||33
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))33
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||33

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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