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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW B3s year 2001

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Pass percent:67.16%
(The average a petrol BMW B3 year 2001 passes without issue)
Based on:67 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment6
Registration plate issues5
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|3
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|2
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|2
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Torque/reaction arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Torque/reaction arm has a deteriorated rubber bush resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Registration plate lamp issues1
Offside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint |2.5.B.1a|1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault |7.1.6 |a||1
Offside Front Steering linkage ball joint ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.1.3 |g| |ii||1
Offside Rear Lower Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced inner sill area, close to jacking point |6.1.1 |c| |i||1
Nearside Inner Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Inner Front Lower Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Rear Rear fog lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.3.2f|1
Offside Front Headlamp levelling device obviously defective |1.7.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Headlamp levelling device obviously defective |1.7.2|1
Offside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak |2.7.3|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Brake hose has insufficient room to move1
Vehicle Identification Number has more than one different number displayed |6.3.5.b|1
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2|1
Offside Headlamp cleaning device obviously defective |1.7.2|1
Headlamp levelling device obviously defective connecting rod broken |1.7.2|1
Nearside Front Vehicle Identification Number has more than one different number displayed dash board |6.3.5.b|1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour x2 |1.4.A.2f|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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