MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 7-SERIESs year 2010

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Pass percent:85.67%

(The average a diesel BMW 7-SERIES year 2010 passes without issue)

Based on:10,693 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	168
Registration plate issues	136
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	89
Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked \|4.2.A.1a\|	55
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	43
Offside Rear Road wheel cracked \|4.2.A.1a\|	41
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	34
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	32
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	30
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	25
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	23
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	22
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	20
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	19
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	19
Nearside Front Road wheel cracked \|4.2.A.1a\|	18
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	17
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	17
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	17
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	17
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	16
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	16
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	16
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))	16
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	16
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	16
Registration plate lamp issues	15
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	14
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated \|3.6.G.2\|	14
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	14
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	14
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	14
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	14
Windscreen has damage	14
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	13
Windscreen washer not working	12
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	12
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured \|5.2.2 \|a\|\|	12
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	12
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	11
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	11
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	11
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	10
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	9
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	9
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	9
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	8
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	8
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	8
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	8
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	8
Offside Front Road wheel cracked \|4.2.A.1a\|	8
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	7
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))	7
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	7
Front brake excessively fluctuating	7
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))	7
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	7
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	7
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	7
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	6
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	6
Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i))	6
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	6
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	6
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	6
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	6
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured \|5.2.2 \|a\|\|	6
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	6
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn \|5.3.4 \|a\| \|i\|\|	6
Offside Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	6
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	6
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	6
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing \|5.2.1 \|a\| \|i\|\|	6
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	6
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	5
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))	5
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement front \|2.4.G.2\|	5
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	5
Offside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	5
Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	5
Nearside Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	5
Nearside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	5
Offside Front Lower Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	5
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	5
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction \|3.1.7\|	5
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	5
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	5
Offside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	5
Front Headlamp cleaning device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	5
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	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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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 7-SERIESs year 2010

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