MOT History from tests of petrol BMW M5s year 1996

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Pass percent:57.14%

(The average a petrol BMW M5 year 1996 passes without issue)

Based on:28 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate lamp issues	3
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	2
Nearside Front All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Centre Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	1
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Centre Rear Statutory seat belt missing \|5.1.1\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	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
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	2
Offside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	2
Nearside Front All position lamps not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| incorrect colour \|1.1.A.3e\|	1
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Centre Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	1
Nearside Rear Exhaust has a part missing \|7.1.1a\|	1
Offside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	1
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image kick up to the offside \|1.8\|	1
Centre Rear Statutory seat belt missing \|5.1.1\|	1
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content at idle excessive \|7.3.D.4\|	1
Exhaust emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle excessive \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Nearside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	1
Nearside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Rear Sub-frame rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement \|2.4.G.2\|	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	1
Exhaust emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits \|7.3.D.3\|	1
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	1
Nearside Front Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	1
Front Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	1
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	1

MOT History from tests of petrol BMW M5s year 1996

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