MOT History from tests of petrol BMW M3s year 2005

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Pass percent:77.73%

(The average a petrol BMW M3 year 2005 passes without issue)

Based on:21,223 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1119
Brake pipe excessively corroded	481
Registration plate issues	450
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	318
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	275
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	268
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	244
Registration plate lamp issues	235
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	220
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	209
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	177
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	84
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	74
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	68
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	68
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	61
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	60
Electronic stability system warning lamp indicates a fault \|3.4.1c\|	58
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	55
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	53
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	53
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	52
Windscreen washer not working	50
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	46
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	45
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	45
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	45
Nearside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	44
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	44
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	43
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	39
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	39
Rear brake binding	39
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault (7.12 (e))	35
Fuel cap/sealing device sealing washer deteriorated \|7.2.4c\|	32
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	32
Offside Front Headlamp levelling device obviously defective \|1.7.2\|	32
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	32
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	31
Offside Rear coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	31
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	31
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	31
Windscreen has damage	30
Nearside Rear coil spring cracked \|2.4.C.1a\|	30
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	27
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	23
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	23
Front Headlamp levelling device obviously defective \|1.7.2\|	22
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	21
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	21
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	21
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction \|8.2.1.2 \|h\|\|	21
Headlamp levelling device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	21
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	19
Nearside Front Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	19
Headlamp levelling device obviously defective \|1.7.2\|	19
Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault \|7.12 \|e\|\|	18
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	18
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))	18
Nearside Rear Wheel bolt\|s\| missing \|4.2.A.1e\|	17
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	17
Offside Rear brake disc excessively pitted \|3.5.1h\|	16
Nearside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	16
Offside Rear Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak	16
Front brake application uneven	15
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	15
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	15
Offside Headlamp cleaning device inoperative \|1.7.2\|	15

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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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW M3s year 2005

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