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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 7-SERIESs year 2009

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Pass percent:84.36%
(The average a diesel BMW 7-SERIES year 2009 passes without issue)
Based on:9,868 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment226
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively122
Registration plate issues93
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))45
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))45
Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|40
Offside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|37
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|28
Registration plate lamp issues24
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))24
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))23
Offside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|22
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak22
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||21
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))21
Nearside Front coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|20
Windscreen washer not working 19
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|19
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|18
Nearside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|18
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))18
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))18
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))17
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))17
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))17
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault |5.4.2|16
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|15
Nearside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|15
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))14
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))14
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))14
Windscreen has damage14
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|13
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|13
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|13
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|12
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e))11
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak11
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||10
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|10
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|9
Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|9
Offside Front Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|9
Nearside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||9
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort9
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||9
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|9
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))8
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))8
Nearside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|8
Brakes imbalanced across an axle8
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction |3.1.7|8
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|8
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault8
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))8
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||7
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||7
Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative |1.7.2|7
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||7
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|7
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))7
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))7
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|7
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))7
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|7
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))7
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|7
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured |4.2.B.1a|6
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak6
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))6
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|6
Central Rear Seat belt buckle missing (7.1.2 (d))6
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated |3.6.G.2|6
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|6
Offside Front Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|6
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a||6
Offside Front Position lamp not working |4.2.1 |a||6
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||6
Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i))5
Offside Front Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|5
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))5
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))5
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||5
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))5
Offside Front Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))5
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|5
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||5
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))5
Nearside Front Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|5

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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