MOT History from tests of petrol BMW R SERIESs year 1983

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Pass percent:87.83%

(The average a petrol BMW R SERIES year 1983 passes without issue)

Based on:115 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Registration plate issues	3
Headlamp aim out of alignment	2
Rear Stop lamp not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	2
Nearside Front Brake hose excessively damaged (1.1.12 (b) (ii))	1
Headlamp not working on dipped beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Headlamp not working on main beam (4.1.1 (a) (ii))	1
Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated (5.1.3 (b) (i))	1
Front Brake disc fractured (1.1.14 (a) (ii))	1
Front Headlamp aim so that beam "kick up" is not visible on the screen (4.1.2 (a))	1
Offside Front Throttle operating incorrectly (6.2.7 (a) (i))	1
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Fuel pipe leaking (6.1.3 (b) (i))	1
Horn not working (7.7 (a))	1
Offside Fuel system component leaking carb float bowl overflowing, quick release bowl emptied and refitted. (6.1.3 (b) (i))	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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MOT History from tests of petrol BMW R SERIESs year 1983

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