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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 7-SERIESs year 2012

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Pass percent:86.74%
(The average a diesel BMW 7-SERIES year 2012 passes without issue)
Based on:10,570 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment150
Registration plate issues124
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively91
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))45
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))34
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))30
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))30
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))30
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))29
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))29
Nearside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|24
Offside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))24
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))24
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))21
Offside Rear Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|21
Nearside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak20
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))17
Windscreen washer not working 15
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))14
Parking brake efficiency below requirements |1.4.2 |a| |i||13
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))13
Registration plate lamp issues12
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))11
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))11
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))11
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||11
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||11
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))10
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))10
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))10
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a||10
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak10
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|10
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))9
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|9
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))8
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))7
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||7
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))7
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))6
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|6
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|6
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))6
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken |5.3.1 |b| |i||6
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault6
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened6
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||6
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))6
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a||6
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||6
Brake fluid warning lamp illuminated |3.6.G.2|6
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))5
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))5
Electronic parking brake warning indicates a malfunction (1.1.6 (e))5
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|5
Nearside Front Road wheel cracked |4.2.A.1a|5
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|5
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn front arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))5
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|5
Oil leaking excessively from engine (8.4.1 (a) (i))5
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn |5.3.4 |a| |i||5
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|5
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))5
Offside Side repeater not working |1.4.A.2c|5
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn rear (5.3.4 (a) (i))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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