MOT History from tests of petrol BMW UNKNOWNs year 1997

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Pass percent:76.92%

(The average a petrol BMW UNKNOWN year 1997 passes without issue)

Based on:52 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	1
Nearside Side repeater missing (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Side repeater missing (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)	1
Nearside Rear Position lamp not working side light (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	1
Front Exhaust system not adequately supported (7.1.1)	1
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint (2.5.B.1a)	1
Offside Rear position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)	1
Registration plate lamp issues	1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	1
Rear Valve stem seriously damaged (5.2.3 (j))	1
Rear Brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	1
Offside Front Brake disc insecure (1.1.14 (a) (ii))	1
Front Valve stem seriously damaged (5.2.3 (j))	1
Headlamp aim out of alignment	1
Registration plate issues	1
Rear Position lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.2.3 (b))	1
Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp (4.3.3 (b))	1
Exhaust carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits \|8.2.1.2 \|b\|\|	1
Exhaust carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits \|8.2.1.2 \|b\|\|	1
Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect both \|1.8.A.1b\|	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 UNKNOWNs year 1997

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