BMW 3 SERIES1997 · 1.9L PETROL
Vehicle Insight Summary
With 95,309 miles recorded, this RED 1997 BMW 3 SERIES runs on PETROL with a 1896cc engine. MOT is not on record and tax is unpaid.
- Fuel
- PETROL
- Year
- 1997
- Engine
- 1896cc
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 1997 BMW 3 Series (R39 RPR), we found 5 MOT results in the period of May 2007 to June 2009.
Historically, this vehicle has passed 60% of its MOT tests, totaling 3 passes against 2 fails. 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: Tyres (10 issues), Exhaust & Emissions (3 issues), Brakes (3 issues), Lighting (1 issue), Windscreen (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.
A total of 11 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)”; “Rear Brake pad(s) less than 1.5 mm thick (3.5.1g)”; “Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)”.
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