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SL02VAT
2006 BMW 5 SERIES
Colour: Silver
Fuel: Diesel
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- Registration SL02VAT
- Manufacturer BMW
- Model 5 SERIES
- Year 2006
- Colour Silver
- Fuel Type Diesel
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- Expires 26 Mar 2027
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MOT History 26 Tests
MOT Test Statistics
26
Total Tests
18
Passes
8
Failures
69.23%
Pass Rate
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101 Total Defects Recorded
27 Mar 2026
Pass
Mileage: 218,209 MI
Expiry date: 26 Mar 2027Advisory notice item(s)
- Front Play in steering rack inner joint(s) both sides ()
- Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint has slight play (5.3.4 (a) (i))
19 Mar 2025
Pass
Mileage: 213,038 MI
Expiry date: 22 Mar 2026 12 Jun 202626 Feb 2025
Fail
Mileage: 212,998 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i)) Repair immediately
- Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i)) Repair immediately
7 Mar 2024
Pass
Mileage: 209,604 MI
Expiry date: 22 Mar 2025Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Front Anti-roll bar pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement D bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
1 Mar 2024
Fail
Mileage: 209,598 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Offside Rear Brake hose excessively damaged (1.1.12 (b) (ii)) Repair immediately
- Nearside Rear Brake hose excessively damaged (1.1.12 (b) (ii)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Front Anti-roll bar pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement D bush (5.3.4 (a) (i))
1 Mar 2023
Pass
Mileage: 205,798 MI
Expiry date: 22 Mar 2024Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Front Play in steering rack inner joint(s) ()
- Front Anti-roll bar pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement both sides, D bushes (5.3.4 (a) (i))
11 Mar 2022
Pass
Mileage: 202,025 MI
Expiry date: 22 Mar 2023Advisory notice item(s)
- Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- under trays fitted preventing full inspection
- plastic sill covers fitted
- Front Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
7 Mar 2022
Fail
Mileage: 202,025 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Parking brake lever ratchet not holding correctly (1.1.6 (a)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Front Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- under trays fitted preventing full inspection
- plastic sill covers fitted
- Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
23 Mar 2021
Pass
Mileage: 197,034 MI
Expiry date: 22 Mar 2022Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- under trays fitted preventing full inspection of under side
- sill cover's fitted preventing full inspection of the sills
- Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Front Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
11 Mar 2021
Fail
Mileage: 197,026 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Brake pipe excessively corroded front to rear in the middle of car (1.1.11 (c)) Repair immediately
- Front Brakes imbalanced across an axle Axle 1 (1.2.1 (b) (i)) Repair immediately
- Offside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) Repair immediately
- Offside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) Repair immediately
- Offside Brake pipe excessively corroded front to rear in the middle of car (1.1.11 (c)) Repair immediately
- Nearside Rear Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) Repair immediately
- Nearside Front Brake pipe excessively corroded (1.1.11 (c)) Repair immediately
- Nearside Front Brake disc significantly and obviously worn (1.1.14 (a) (i)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Lower Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Offside Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material (1.1.11 (c))
- sill cover's fitted preventing full inspection of the sills
- under trays fitted preventing full inspection of under side
- Front Anti-roll bar corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
10 Jan 2020
Pass
Mileage: 193,560 MI
Expiry date: 30 Jan 2021Advisory notice item(s)
- Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened both sides worn (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- under trays fitted preventing full inspection of under side
- Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened both sides worn (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Oil leak, but not excessive (8.4.1 (a) (i))
- Offside Front Play in steering rack inner joint(s) ()
- Nearside Rear Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement (5.3.4 (a) (i))
5 Jan 2019
Pass
Mileage: 182,406 MI
Expiry date: 30 Jan 2020Advisory notice item(s)
- plastic sill covers fitted
- Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement splitting slightly both sides (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Front Brake pipe corroded, covered in grease or other material under wheel arch brake pipes corroded both sides (1.1.11 (c))
- under trays fitted preventing full inspection of vehicle
29 Jan 2018
Pass
Mileage: 171,886 MI
Expiry date: 30 Jan 2019Advisory notice item(s)
- slight marks on front brake discs
- Front Shock absorber has a light misting of oil (2.7.3)
- Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.B.4d)
- Nearside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.B.4d)
23 Jan 2018
Fail
Mileage: 171,709 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)
- Offside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded going to flexible hose (3.6.B.2c)
- Nearside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded going to flexible hose (3.6.B.2c)
Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- slight marks on front brake discs
- Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated but not resulting in excessive movement (2.4.G.2)
- Front Shock absorber has a light misting of oil (2.7.3)
16 Jan 2017
Pass
Mileage: 161,871 MI
Expiry date: 30 Jan 2018Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.B.4d)
- small stone chip on windcreen
- Offside Rear Brake hose slightly deteriorated (3.6.B.4d)
- Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
11 Jan 2016
Pass
Mileage: 151,634 MI
Expiry date: 30 Jan 2017Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has slight play in a ball joint (2.4.G.2)
10 Jan 2015
Pass
Mileage: 142,479 MI
Expiry date: 30 Jan 2016 12 Jun 20268 Jan 2015
Fail
Mileage: 142,471 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
- Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
Advisory notice item(s)
- Front registration plate delaminated but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)
- Nearside Front Headlamp deteriorated but light output not reduced (1.7.5a)
- Front registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (6.3.1d)
- Offside Front Headlamp deteriorated but light output not reduced (1.7.5a)
31 Jan 2014
Pass
Mileage: 133,471 MI
Expiry date: 30 Jan 2015 12 Jun 202628 Jan 2013
Pass
Mileage: 123,262 MI
Expiry date: 27 Jan 2014Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
28 Jan 2013
Fail
Mileage: 123,262 MI
Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Offside Front Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Nearside Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
20 Jan 2012
Pass
Mileage: 110,588 MI
Expiry date: 19 Jan 2013 12 Jun 202614 Feb 2011
Pass
Mileage: 90,693 MI
Expiry date: 27 Feb 2012 12 Jun 202626 Feb 2010
Fail
Mileage: 68,118 MI
Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)
- Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
26 Feb 2010
Pass
Mileage: 68,118 MI
Expiry date: 27 Feb 2011Advisory notice item(s)
- Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)
- Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
- Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
28 Feb 2009
Pass
Mileage: 42,444 MI
Expiry date: 27 Feb 2010Advisory notice item(s)
- Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 40mm circle outside zone 'A' (8.3.1d)
- Windscreen has damage to an area less than a 10mm circle within zone 'A' (8.3.1a)
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SL02VAT was registered on 2006-02-14
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