MOT History from tests of diesel BMW X3s year 2018

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Pass percent:93.15%

(The average a diesel BMW X3 year 2018 passes without issue)

Based on:26,666 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	538
Headlamp aim out of alignment	339
Registration plate issues	173
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))	147
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	58
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	54
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	48
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	45
Windscreen washer not working	42
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))	28
Nearside Front Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	16
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	16
Nearside Front Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))	16
Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d))	13
Nearside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	13
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	9
Offside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))	8
Nearside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	8
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	8
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	7
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm pin or bush excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	6
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	6
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp light intensity significantly reduced (4.5.4 (a))	6

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 diesel BMW X3s year 2018

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