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MOT History from tests of diesel BMW 7-SERIESs year 2016

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mot history
Pass percent:93.27%
(The average a diesel BMW 7-SERIES year 2016 passes without issue)
Based on:8,839 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate issues126
Headlamp aim out of alignment63
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively34
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))31
Windscreen washer not working 31
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))19
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))19
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))18
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))17
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))16
Offside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))16
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))16
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))14
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))12
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))10
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))7
Offside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))7
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))5
Offside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))5
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))5
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))4
Windscreen damaged and affecting the drivers view of the road (3.2 (a) (ii))4
Main beam tell-tale not working (4.9.1 (a) (ii))3
Rear fog lamp tell-tale not working (4.9.1 (a) (ii))3
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))3
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))3
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))3
Nearside Front Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))3
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))3
Nearside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))3
Brake performance not tested (1.2.1 (g))3
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.2.2 |g||3
Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))2
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp does not illuminate (1.6 (a))2
Horn not working (7.7 (a))2
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt split (6.1.7 (g) (ii))2
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))2
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))2
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a||2
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))2
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction |8.2.1.2 |h||2
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing |5.2.1 |a| |i||2
Nearside Rear Suspension unit leaking (5.3.5 (c))2
Nearside Front Outer Prop shaft joint constant velocity boot no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))2
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))2
Nearside Rear Suspension system inoperative (5.3.5 (a))2
Registration plate lamp issues2
Speedometer cannot be illuminated (7.8 (c) (ii))2
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured |5.2.2 |a||2
Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))2
Nearside Rear Road wheel more than one fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (ii))2

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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