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

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Pass percent:94.43%
(The average a petrol BMW 5-SERIES year 2018 passes without issue)
Based on:16,513 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment145
Registration plate issues115
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively57
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))36
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))32
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))23
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak18
Windscreen washer not working 17
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))17
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))17
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak15
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))13
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))13
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))12
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))11
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))11
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))11
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))8
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))7
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault7
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))7
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))7
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))6
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (a))5
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))5
Offside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))5
Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))5
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))5
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak5
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))5
Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault (1.7 (b))5
Nearside Side repeater light intensity significantly reduced (4.4.3 (a))4
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak4
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))4
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))4
Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))4
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))4
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))3
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds manufacturers specified limits (8.2.1.2 (b))3
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))3
Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))3
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))3
Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))3

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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