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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 7-SERIESs year 1996

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mot history
Pass percent:45.45%
(The average a diesel BMW 7-SERIES year 1996 passes without issue)
Based on:22 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Brake hose excessively deteriorated3
Brake pipe excessively corroded3
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Offside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|2
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|2
Registration plate issues1
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive |7.3.D.4|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
Nearside Outer Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Outer Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Inner Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Outer Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear coil spring cracked |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Headlamp excessively deteriorated so that the light output is severely reduced |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Offside Rear Direction indicators adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.4.A.2h|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|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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