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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2018

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Pass percent:92.84%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2018 passes without issue)
Based on:44,254 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment424
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))409
Registration plate issues221
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively194
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))134
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))100
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak83
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))70
Windscreen washer not working 65
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak60
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak60
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))49
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak46
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))39
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))34
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))34
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))32
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))31
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))29
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))27
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))26
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))26
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))22
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened21
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (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))19
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault18
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))14
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))14
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))13
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))13
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))12
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))11
Offside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))11
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))10
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))10

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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