MOT History from tests of petrol BMW CSs year 1971

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Pass percent:78.05%

(The average a petrol BMW CS year 1971 passes without issue)

Based on:41 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Offside Front brake caliper has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front suspension retaining device missing \|2.5.A.4\|	1
Offside Front suspension retaining device missing \|2.5.A.4\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working both side \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam both side \|1.7.5a\|	1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on continue on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| not working both side \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working both side \|1.2.1b\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer deteriorated \|7.2.4c\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated \|7.1.1a\|	1
Brake pipe excessively corroded	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Offside Front front brake grabbing severely \|3.7.A.2b\|	1
Nearside front parking brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.6a\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Driver`s seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.A.2\|	1
Front passenger seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.4\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	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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Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	2
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	2
Offside Front brake caliper has restricted free movement \|3.5.1k\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded \|5.2.6\|	1
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Nearside Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Vehicle structure has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings \|6.1.B.2\|	1
Brake pedal spongy \|3.3.B.1b\|	1
Nearside Front suspension retaining device missing \|2.5.A.4\|	1
Offside Front suspension retaining device missing \|2.5.A.4\|	1
Front position lamp\|s\| not working both side \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam both side \|1.7.5a\|	1
Front Windscreen wiper not operating automatically when switched on continue on \|8.2.1b\|	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Rear position lamp\|s\| not working both side \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Rear Stop lamp not working both side \|1.2.1b\|	1
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer deteriorated \|7.2.4c\|	1
Nearside Rear Rear position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	1
Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated \|7.1.1a\|	1
Brake pipe excessively corroded	1
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	1
Offside Front front brake grabbing severely \|3.7.A.2b\|	1
Nearside front parking brake recording little or no effort \|3.7.B.6a\|	1
Offside Front Seat belt locking mechanism does not secure or release \|5.2.5a\|	1
Driver`s seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.A.2\|	1
Front passenger seat cannot be secured in the upright position. \|6.2.4\|	1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BMW CSs year 1971

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