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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2016

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Pass percent:91.81%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2016 passes without issue)
Based on:97,503 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1276
Headlamp aim out of alignment891
Registration plate issues423
Windscreen washer not working 263
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))161
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))155
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))152
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))152
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))133
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))108
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak92
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))90
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))86
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak80
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))73
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))71
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))68
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))64
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))63
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))61
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))60
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))50
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))48
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))48
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))48
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))48
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))46
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))45
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))40
Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))39
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak39
Offside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))38
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))38
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))35
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))35
Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))35
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))34
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened34
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak31
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened29
Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))29
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))28
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))27
Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))26
Brakes imbalanced across an axle26
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))25
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))25
Nearside Rear Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))24

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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