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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5-SERIESs year 2020

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mot history
Pass percent:93.84%
(The average a diesel BMW 5-SERIES year 2020 passes without issue)
Based on:3,328 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment37
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))19
Registration plate issues17
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively11
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))9
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))7
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))6
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))5
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))5
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))4
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))3
Windscreen washer not working 3
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))3
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak3
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))3
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))3
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))3
Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))3
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))2
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))2
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))2
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))2
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))2
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))2
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))2
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))1
Front Bumper damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (6.1.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Body panel damaged and likely to cause injury wing (6.2.1 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Headlamp insecure (4.1.1 (c))1
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Central Rear Towbar safety device not operating correctly Tow Hitch Warning On Dash "Check Tow Hitch" Found Tow Hitch not locking into place *automatic tow hitch (6.1.6 (d))1
Offside Front Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road Windscreen has multiple chips and is cracked more than 5mm in Zone A (3.2 (a) (ii))1
Rear Towbar component defective (6.1.6 (a))1
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted on outer rim (5.2.2 (c) (i))1
Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i))1
Offside Side repeater missing mirror broken (4.4.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))1
Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated propshaft rear coupling (6.1.7 (d) (i))1
Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))1
Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured cracked inner edge (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured Cracked in 4 places (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Upper Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.3.2 (b))1
Nearside Rear Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1
Rear Reversing lamp inoperative (4.6.1 (a))1
Offside Obligatory mirror does not provide a view to the rear (3.3 (c))1
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Front Position lamp light intensity significantly reduced (4.2.3 (a) (ii))1
Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated front prop coupling (6.1.7 (d) (i))1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))1
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Rear Inner Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated split and fraying (6.1.7 (d) (i))1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d))1
Offside Front Bumper insecure (6.1.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn tie-bar (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))1
Fuel cap/sealing device missing (6.1.3 (b) (i))1
Offside Front Windscreen in an unacceptable condition Chip in zone A bigger than 10mm (3.2 (c) (i))1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases (6.1.2 (a))1
Offside Front Road wheel fractured inner sidewall (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Front Inner Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured inner rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured inner well, marked with chalk (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Side repeater missing (4.4.1 (a) (ii))1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle1
Central Rear Seat belt buckle missing under seat (7.1.2 (d))1
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured Inner rim cracked (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured on inner bead (5.2.2 (a))1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases Flexi pipe has split completely in half (6.1.2 (a))1
Exhaust emissions likely to be affected by an exhaust leak Emissions test not carried out (8.2.2.1 (b))1
Oil leaking excessively from engine Entire under body of the vehicle is coated in oil. Dripping from multiple locations (8.4.1 (a) (i))1
Emissions not tested (8.2.2.2 (e))1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))1
Offside Rear reflector missing (4.8.2 (a) (ii))1

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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