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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2017

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Pass percent:92.35%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2017 passes without issue)
Based on:68,148 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment585
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))425
Registration plate issues420
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively354
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak223
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak222
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak210
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak198
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))179
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))158
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))153
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))122
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))117
Windscreen washer not working 88
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))74
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))67
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))64
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))62
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))61
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))54
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))48
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))47
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))40
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))34
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))31
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))29
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))28
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))26
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault26
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))25
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))25
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))24
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))24
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))22
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened21
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))20
Brakes imbalanced across an axle18
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))18
Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))18

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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