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MOT History from tests of electric BMW 5-SERIESs year 2021

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Pass percent:92.70%
(The average a electric BMW 5-SERIES year 2021 passes without issue)
Based on:3,643 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment60
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))31
Registration plate issues24
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))16
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))12
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively11
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))10
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))9
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))6
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))5
Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))5
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))4
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))4
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 Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))3
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak3
Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))3
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))3
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))2
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))2
Windscreen washer not working 2
Drivers view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction (3.1 (a) (ii))2
Front Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))2
Offside Rear Road wheel has a welding defect (5.2.2 (a))2
Central Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))2
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))2
Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))2
Offside Front Inner Road wheel has a welding defect welded repair cracked (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))1
Prop shaft joint excessively worn rear rubber joint (6.1.7 (c) (i))1
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction eml lamp on fault in emmission system (8.2.2.2 (g))1
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured x3 cracks (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured x1 crack (5.2.2 (a))1
Rear Prop shaft likely to become detached (6.1.7 (a) (ii))1
Offside Obligatory mirror missing (3.3 (a))1
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel has a welding defect 3x cracked welds (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured Multiple cracks in the inner rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured Cracked in the inner rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted Outer rim buckled (5.2.2 (c) (i))1
Nearside Obligatory mirror missing (3.3 (a))1
Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))1
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Outer Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured x2 cracks in rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view (3.3 (b) (ii))1
Windscreen in such a condition that visibility through swept area is seriously affected (3.2 (c) (ii))1
Windscreen in an unacceptable condition (3.2 (c) (i))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured Inner rim in two places (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured Inner rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1
Offside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))1
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated DIFFERENTIAL COUPLING (6.1.7 (d) (i))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured 6x cracks on inner rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured x2 cracks on the inner edge of the rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured 1x crack on inner rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))1
Central Front Windscreen in an unacceptable condition crack in zone A over 10mm (3.2 (c) (i))1
Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured on previous weld repair (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Offside Front Road wheel fractured inside rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured rim x2 (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured rim x6 (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Front Brake pipe connection leaking on a hydraulic braking system (1.1.11 (b) (ii))1
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel has a welding defect crack over previous weld (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Direction indicator not working Wing mirror (4.4.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))1
Central Seat belt buckle missing Central Nearside buckle (7.1.2 (d))1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage insecurely attached detached and damaged (5.3.3 (a) (i))1
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured rim (5.2.2 (a))1
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel has a welding defect (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured rim (x6) (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured 2x cracks (5.2.2 (a))1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing missing x1 wheel bolt (5.2.1 (a) (i))1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (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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