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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW BMWs year 1972

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mot history
Pass percent:87.21%
(The average a petrol BMW BMW year 1972 passes without issue)
Based on:86 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Rear brake binding4
Brakes imbalanced across an axle3
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Registration plate lamp issues3
Offside Rear position lamp|s| adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.1.A.3f|2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort2
Parking brake is not capable of being maintained in operation by direct mechanical action only |3.1.2|1
Parking brake lever ratchet mechanism is excessively worn |3.1.5|1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside |1.8|1
Offside Rear position lamp|s| missing |1.1.A.3a|1
Fuel pipe insecure |7.2.1|1
Offside Inner Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Bonnet cannot be secured in the closed position |8.4.1|1
Fuel system component insecure |7.2.1|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|1
Offside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users |1.8.A.1a|1
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam |1.7.5a|1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Rear brake application uneven1
rear brakes release unevenly |3.7.B.4|1
Nearside Rear Suspension spring mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Offside Front Seat belt retracting mechanism defective |5.2.5b|1
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Front Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Brake lever insecure |3.1.2a|1
Nearside Front suspension assembly component loose |2.3.1|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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