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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW 5s year 2001

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mot history
Pass percent:35.00%
(The average a petrol BMW 5 year 2001 passes without issue)
Based on:20 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate lamp issues6
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Registration plate issues2
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|2
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|2
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively2
Centre Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Nearside Front Brake hose twisted |3.6.B.4c|1
Offside Front Brake hose twisted |3.6.B.4c|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer torn |7.2.4c|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view |8.1.2a|1
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Front Direction indicator adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.4.A.2h|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive |7.3.D.3|1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits |7.3.D.3|1
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|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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