MOT History from tests of diesel BMW M3s year 2004

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Pass percent:72.22%

(The average a diesel BMW M3 year 2004 passes without issue)

Based on:36 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Offside Rear coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp does not illuminate \|3.4.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	1
Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Rear brake disc excessively scored \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Windscreen washer not working	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
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	2
Brake pipe excessively corroded	2
Offside Rear coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp does not illuminate \|3.4.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	1
Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	1
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Rear brake disc excessively scored \|3.5.1h\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	1
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Windscreen washer not working	1

MOT History from tests of diesel BMW M3s year 2004

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