MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 7-SERIESs year 1997

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Pass percent:53.13%

(The average a diesel BMW 7-SERIES year 1997 passes without issue)

Based on:32 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	3
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose twisted \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake hose \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Offside Front Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake hose \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Outer Rear Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Rear Suspension arm synthetic bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order \|not working\| \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Front Road wheel bead rim badly distorted \|4.2.A.1a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp does not illuminate \|3.4.1b\|	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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Most common failures	No# failures
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	3
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Fuel tank leaking \|7.2.3\|	1
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.2.C.1c\|	1
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Brake hose twisted \|found during steering lock to lock check\| \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Front Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake hose \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Offside Front Steering system lock to lock check stretches a brake hose \|2.2.D.2b\|	1
Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	1
Offside Outer Rear Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Front Steering pivot point has excessive play \|2.2.B.1g\|	1
Rear Suspension arm synthetic bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order \|not working\| \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Front Road wheel bead rim badly distorted \|4.2.A.1a\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp does not illuminate \|3.4.1b\|	1

MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 7-SERIESs year 1997

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