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BMW 3 SERIES2001 · 3.0L PETROL

Y378 BWN

Vehicle Insight Summary

With 96,136 miles recorded, this BLACK 2001 BMW 3 SERIES runs on PETROL with a 2979cc engine. MOT is not on record and tax is unpaid.

MOT

Expired

Expires 01/06/2017

Tax

Untaxed

Expires 30/11/2017

Mileage: 96,136
Fuel: PETROL
Year: 2001
Engine: 2979cc

Expert AI · Mechanic's Insight

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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Public record health check: Poor.

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✗ MOT Expired or Failed

✓ Taxed

✗ Poor MOT pass rate (40%)

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Locked

Finance

Locked

Write-off

Locked

Salvage

Locked

Imported

Locked

Exported

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Scrapped

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Destruction

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Full MOT History

AI Analysis · MOT Narrative

This 2001 BMW 3 Series (Y378 BWN) has a recorded MOT history spanning from May 2015 to June 2017, with 5 MOT tests on record.

Historically, this vehicle has passed 40% of its MOT tests, totaling 2 passes against 3 fails. A lower-than-average pass rate suggests the vehicle may have had periods of deferred maintenance.

The most commonly flagged areas across all MOT tests are: Lighting (9 issues), Tyres (6 issues), Brakes (5 issues), Suspension (2 issues), Windscreen (1 issue). These areas are worth paying attention to when inspecting this vehicle.

There are 12 advisory notices in the MOT history. Advisories are not failures but indicate areas that may need attention in the future.

A total of 15 failure items have been recorded across all tests. Recent failure items include: “Nearside Rear Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 255 35 18 Y94 (4.1.E.1)”; “Nearside Front Tyre has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure 225 40 18 88w (4.1.D.1b)”; “Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the in”.

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PASS

FAIL

ADVISORY