BMW 5251996 · 2.5L DIESEL
Vehicle Insight Summary
Considering this 1996 BMW 525? It's a DIESEL with a 2498cc engine showing 173,096 miles. MOT is not recorded and it's not currently taxed. View the full DVLA history below.
- Fuel
- DIESEL
- Year
- 1996
- Engine
- 2498cc
This vehicle has not had an MOT in the past 5 years and may no longer be on the road. Automatic AI analysis has been skipped.
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Full MOT History
Checking the history for this 1996 BMW 525 (P82 PCR), we found 5 MOT results in the period of February 2009 to March 2010.
With 2 passes and 3 failures, the lifetime MOT pass rate stands at 40%. Given the frequent MOT failures, it is worth checking if major repairs have been properly addressed.
The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Brakes (11 issues), Tyres (4 issues), Lighting (4 issues), Suspension (3 issues), Windscreen (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.
There are 11 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.
A total of 8 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)”; “Nearside Rear coil spring fractured (2.4.C.1a)”; “Nearside Stop lamp not working (1.2.1b)”.
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