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Common BMW 220i M Sport Auto MOT failures

Based on 14,200 BMW 220i 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 220i M Sport Auto

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 3,718 tests (26.2%)
Brakes 1,128 tests (7.9%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 401 tests (2.8%)
Visibility 355 tests (2.5%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 104 tests (0.7%)
Body, structure and attachments 78 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 14,200 classifiable tests for BMW 220i M Sport Auto.

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What BMW 220i M Sport Auto failures look like

14,200 BMW 220i 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 3,718 tests (26.2%), with brakes on 1,128 tests (7.9%) and with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 401 tests (2.8%). 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 3,342 of the 14,200 tests: 792 failures and 2,550 advisories or minors.

  • Brake pad(s) wearing thin

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.13, in brakes

    Recorded on 689 of the 14,200 tests: 88 failures and 601 advisories or minors.

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

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes

    Recorded on 439 of the 14,200 tests: 12 failures and 427 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.