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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW E46s year 2001

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mot history
Pass percent:61.11%
(The average a petrol BMW E46 year 2001 passes without issue)
Based on:54 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate lamp issues4
Brake pipe excessively corroded3
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|3
Headlamp aim out of alignment2
Nearside Stop lamp not working |1.2.1b|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator not working |1.4.A.2c|1
Nearside 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
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
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Offside Rear coil spring broken |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush |2.5.A.1c|1
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive movement at a wishbone pin or bush |2.5.A.1c|1
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour both (4.4.3 (a))1
Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Obligatory mirror missing |8.1.1|1
Offside Rear Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect |1.8.A.1b|1
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint lower ball joint |unable to check other components| |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt drop link |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 drop link |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))1
Offside Front Position lamp light intensity significantly reduced (4.2.3 (a) (ii))1
Nearside Front Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak1
Nearside Rear position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Stop lamp|s| all missing |4.3.1 |a| |iii||1
Windscreen washer not working 1
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured |2.4.C.1a|1
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour |1.4.A.2f|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Offside Front Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a ball joint |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings sil |6.1.B.2|1
Registration plate issues1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|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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