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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 6-SERIESs year 2018

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Pass percent:92.77%
(The average a diesel BMW 6-SERIES year 2018 passes without issue)
Based on:7,300 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment59
Registration plate issues50
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))47
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively40
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))37
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))31
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))17
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))16
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))10
Windscreen washer not working 10
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))9
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))7
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))7
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))6
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured inner rim (5.2.2 (a))5
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))5
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))5
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))4
Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))4
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))4
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))4
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))4
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))4
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))4
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))3
Offside Front Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))3
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))3
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))3
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))3
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))3
Stop lamp(s) remains on when the brakes are released (4.3.2 (a) (iii))3
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))2
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak2
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak2
Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))2
Offside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))2
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing wheel bolt (5.2.1 (a) (i))2
Service brake efficiency below requirements (1.2.2 (a) (i))2
Nearside Front Front fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))2
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))2
Offside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak2
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))2
Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))2
Offside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))2
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured inner rim (5.2.2 (a))2
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))2
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated donut (6.1.7 (d) (i))2
Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a))2
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))2
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))2
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))2
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak2
Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g))2

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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