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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW 8-SERIESs year 2020

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Pass percent:95.76%
(The average a petrol BMW 8-SERIES year 2020 passes without issue)
Based on:3,395 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment52
Registration plate issues42
Nearside Rear Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))5
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively5
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))4
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))3
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))3
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))3
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))2
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))2
Windscreen washer not working 2
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))2
Nearside Front Inner Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))1
Offside Front Inner Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn - Rear arm (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Exhaust emissions exceed manufacturers specified limit (8.2.2.2 (a))1
Offside Front Seat belt webbing significantly weakened cut greater than 4mm (7.1.2 (b))1
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Nearside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured chalked (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Side repeater light intensity significantly reduced (4.4.3 (a))1
Brake performance unable to be tested (1.2.1 (g))1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))1
Rear Prop shaft joint excessively worn (6.1.7 (c) (i))1
Nearside Rear Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Front Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))1
Nearside Front Inner Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))1
Nearside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))1
Central Front Electronic parking brake control inoperative electronic handbrake does not release. (1.1.6 (d))1
Exhaust hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (8.2.1.2 (b))1
Nearside Rear Road wheel badly distorted (5.2.2 (c) (i))1
Exhaust catalytic converter obviously modified (8.2.1.1 (a))1
Nearside Rear Seat belt flexible stalk damaged (7.1.2 (b) (i))1
Offside Front Road wheel fractured (5.2.2 (a))1
Central Rear Seat belt buckle missing (7.1.2 (d))1
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn lower (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn lower (5.3.4 (a) (i))1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured (5.3.3 (b) (ii))1
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))1
Rear Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))1
Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle missing (7.1.2 (d))1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))1
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))1
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))1
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated excessive cracking (6.1.7 (d) (i))1
Rear Prop shaft flexible coupling excessively deteriorated (6.1.7 (d) (i))1
Offside Front Road wheel has a welding defect weld has fractured (5.2.2 (a))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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