MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5s year 2007

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Pass percent:67.21%

(The average a diesel BMW 5 year 2007 passes without issue)

Based on:61 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	3
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Registration plate issues	2
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Wheel stud\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	1
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.1.6 \|a\|\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.1.3 \|b\| \|i\|\|	1
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment \|1.1.6 \|c\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt drop link \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect Leaking (5.3.2 (d))	1
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (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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Most common failures	No# failures
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	3
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	3
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	2
Registration plate lamp issues	2
Registration plate issues	2
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Wheel stud\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	1
Nearside Front Ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	1
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.1.6 \|a\|\|	1
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.1.3 \|b\| \|i\|\|	1
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment \|1.1.6 \|c\|\|	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt drop link \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect Leaking (5.3.2 (d))	1
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	1
Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i))	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	1

MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 5s year 2007

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