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

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Pass percent:93.36%
(The average a petrol BMW 5-SERIES year 2017 passes without issue)
Based on:9,816 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment99
Registration plate issues52
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))37
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively31
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))29
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))26
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))24
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))18
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak15
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))15
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak14
Windscreen washer not working 13
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))10
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))9
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))9
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))8
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))8
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))8
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))7
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))7
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))6
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak6
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b))6
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))6
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a))6
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))5
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))5
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))5
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault5
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))5
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))5
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))4
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))4
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))4
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak4
Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))3
Offside Rear Road wheel has a welding defect (5.2.2 (a))3
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))3
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e))3
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))3
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a))3
Brake hose excessively deteriorated2
Nearside Rear Road wheel has a welding defect (5.2.2 (a))2
Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d))2
Central Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))2
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))2
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))2
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))2
Front Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))2
Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))2
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))2
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))2
Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))2
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))2
Exhaust catalytic converter obviously modified (8.2.1.1 (a))2
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))2
Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured Rim (5.2.2 (a))2
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured Rim (5.2.2 (a))2
Offside Rear Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a))2
Offside Front Road wheel fractured inner rim (5.2.2 (a))2
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))2
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))2
Offside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))2

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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