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Common BMW 220d M Sport Auto MOT failures

Based on 7,838 BMW 220d M Sport Auto tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Real DVSA defect codes

Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: BMW 220d M Sport Auto

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 2,027 tests (25.9%)
Brakes 700 tests (8.9%)
Visibility 151 tests (1.9%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 127 tests (1.6%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 64 tests (0.8%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 40 tests (0.5%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 7,838 classifiable tests for BMW 220d M Sport Auto.

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What BMW 220d M Sport Auto failures look like

7,838 BMW 220d M Sport Auto tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 2,027 tests (25.9%), with brakes on 700 tests (8.9%) and with visibility on 151 tests (1.9%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 1,881 of the 7,838 tests: 462 failures and 1,419 advisories or minors.

  • Brake pad(s) wearing thin

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.13, in brakes

    Recorded on 486 of the 7,838 tests: 50 failures and 436 advisories or minors.

  • Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes

    Recorded on 214 of the 7,838 tests: 6 failures and 208 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: BMW 3 Series (4,518,661 tests), BMW 118 (1,331,807 tests), BMW 116 (1,132,702 tests), BMW 520 (865,212 tests), every BMW model (18,660,043 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.