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

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mot history
Pass percent:93.98%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2017 passes without issue)
Based on:42,292 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment344
Registration plate issues271
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively178
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))177
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak83
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak82
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))73
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))70
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))66
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak56
Windscreen washer not working 52
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak49
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))40
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))38
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))31
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))29
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))29
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))25
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))23
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))20
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))20
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))17
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))17
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened15
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))15
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))14
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))14
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault13
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))11
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))11
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))11
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))11
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))11
Registration plate lamp issues9
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e))9
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))9
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))9
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))9
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))8
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))8
Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))8
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii))8
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))8

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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