BMW 5 SERIES1998 · 2.8L PETROL
Vehicle Insight Summary
1998 BMW 5 SERIES — PETROL, 2793cc. This vehicle has 190,763 miles on record. MOT status: no valid MOT. Tax: not taxed. Review the complete history and specs.
- Fuel
- PETROL
- Year
- 1998
- Engine
- 2793cc
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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Technical Specifications
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Full MOT History
Checking the history for this 1998 BMW 5 Series (R289 LRA), we found 5 MOT results in the period of February 2006 to July 2008.
The vehicle has achieved an overall 60% pass rate, with 3 passes and 2 failures recorded. The pass rate is roughly in line with national averages for vehicles of this age.
The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Brakes (11 issues), Tyres (5 issues), Suspension (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 4 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.2)”; “Nearside Rear Upper Suspension arm has excessive play in a pin/bush (2.4.G.2)”; “Parking brake: efficiency below requirements (3.7.B.7)”.
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