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

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Pass percent:92.12%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2015 passes without issue)
Based on:88,191 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1111
Headlamp aim out of alignment815
Registration plate issues530
Windscreen washer not working 238
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))121
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))113
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))100
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))88
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))79
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))78
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak76
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))67
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))63
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))62
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))53
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak48
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))46
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak46
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a||43
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))42
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative |4.1.6 |a| |ii||42
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))41
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))40
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))40
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))39
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))39
Brakes imbalanced across an axle39
Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))38
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))34
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak32
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))31
Registration plate lamp issues30
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened29
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened28
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a||27
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))27
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative |4.1.6 |a| |ii||25
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing |5.2.1 |a| |i||24
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing |5.2.1 |a| |i||24
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))24
Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))23
Windscreen has damage22
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||22
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))21
Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))21
Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))21

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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