MOT History from tests of diesel BMW X3s year 2020

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Pass percent:93.62%

(The average a diesel BMW X3 year 2020 passes without issue)

Based on:7,903 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	121
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.2.2 (g))	97
Headlamp aim out of alignment	54
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	46
Registration plate issues	43
Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value (1.4.2 (a) (ii))	16
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	14
Windscreen washer not working	14
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	10
Electronic parking brake control inoperative (1.1.6 (d))	9
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i))	4
Offside Front Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	4
Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	3
Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (1.1.6 (d))	3
Nearside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	3
Nearside Front Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))	2
Nearside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))	2
Offside Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))	2
Offside Front Bumper damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (6.1.4 (a) (i))	2
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	2
Central Rear Seat belt buckle not functioning as intended (7.1.2 (d))	2
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	2
Rear brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	2
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	2

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 2020

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