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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2015

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Pass percent:90.95%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2015 passes without issue)
Based on:123,011 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1960
Headlamp aim out of alignment1182
Registration plate issues695
Windscreen washer not working 356
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))292
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak240
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))219
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))192
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))191
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))181
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak172
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))170
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))137
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))118
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))115
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))113
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))99
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))93
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))92
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))88
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))87
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))80
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))77
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))68
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))65
Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))63
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak62
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))53
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))53
Brakes imbalanced across an axle53
Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))50
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened48
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))47
Registration plate lamp issues46
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened45
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a||43
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))43
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative |4.1.6 |a| |ii||42
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak39
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))39
Offside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))38
Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))36
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))35
Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))34
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))34
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))34

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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