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BMW MOT History and Pass Rates | MOTindex
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BMW MOT data

From the national MOT record: 37,982,799 tests across 4,531,790 vehicles on record.

Vehicles on record

4,531,790

Average engine

2,325cc

MOT pass rate

76.7%

How BMW compares

BMW has an MOT pass rate of 76.7%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 37,982,799 tests and 18,660,043 since 2012 with a defect code to categorise, so the figure rests on the whole national record for this make rather than a sample of it. See what BMW vehicles fail on.

Fuel types checked

Petrol 13 (62%)
Diesel 7 (33%)
Hybrid Electric (Clean) 1 (5%)

Common BMW defects

From 18,660,043 BMW tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 8,036,167 (43.1%)
Brakes 4,842,644 (26.0%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 1,770,943 (9.5%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 1,196,380 (6.4%)
Visibility 1,141,088 (6.1%)
Body, structure and attachments 431,485 (2.3%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 408,027 (2.2%)
Steering 217,428 (1.2%)
Other equipment 114,891 (0.6%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common BMW MOT failures has the full breakdown, how it is worked out, and how it compares with other makes.

BMW models

Models with a page of their own, with vehicles on record, average engine size and pass rate
Model On record Engine Pass rate
3 SERIES 994,426 2,096cc 75%
118 195,404 1,499cc 82%
316 162,953 1,598cc 66%
520 159,661 - 78%
116 138,873 - 81%
X5 135,009 2,993cc 77%
5 SERIES 120,567 1,998cc 81%
X3 116,249 2,993cc 82%
X1 112,594 - 86%
1 SERIES 94,658 2,979cc 83%
420 67,861 - 86%
320 65,894 - 82%
120 62,086 - 80%
525 61,471 - 74%
530 55,938 - 77%
218 47,671 - 86%
Z4 46,105 - 80%
318i 38,478 - 7%
M3 35,069 3,246cc 81%
120 M Sport Mhev Auto 31,009 - 0%
330e M Sport Auto 30,451 - 58%
I3 27,760 - 89%
Unknown 27,433 - 11%
320 I 26,720 - 1%
Z3 26,698 - 73%
R Series 25,396 - 91%
I4 Edrive40 M Sport 23,479 - 33%
330 23,273 1,998cc 88%
730 22,726 - 80%
2 Series 21,333 - 88%
523 21,010 - 70%
320i M Sport Auto 20,696 - 52%
218i M Sport Auto 19,127 - 73%
535 17,746 - 79%
528 17,443 - 69%
X6 17,305 - 85%
118i M Sport Auto 17,223 - 3%
R1200 16,903 - 94%
520 I 16,834 - 0%
220 15,420 - 86%
520i 15,292 - 5%
323 I 15,280 - 0%
M135i Xdrive Auto 15,260 - 81%
K Series 15,164 - 90%
X4 15,131 - 87%
X3 Xdrive20d M Sport Mhev Auto 14,844 - 72%
420i M Sport Auto 14,792 - 64%
X5 Xdrive50e M Sport Auto 13,776 - 3%
430 13,715 - 87%
518 13,685 - 69%
435 13,621 - 87%
325i 13,577 - 8%
S 1000 12,721 - 92%
M4 12,578 - 88%
320i 12,283 - 15%
X5 Xdrive30d M Sport Mhev Auto 12,077 - 62%
640 11,882 - 85%
220i M Sport Auto 11,818 - 59%
316i 11,639 - 3%
X3 Xdrive30e M Sport Auto 11,585 - 51%
10,947 - 77%
M5 10,742 - 81%
X1 Sdrive 20i M Sport Mhev A 10,263 - 3%
520d M Sport Mhev Auto 10,031 - 82%
Ix1 Xdrive 30 M Sport 9,981 - 13%
520d M Sport Auto 9,901 - 54%
318 9,652 - 86%
R 1200 9,589 - 95%
728 9,568 - 70%
Ix3 M Sport Pro 9,494 - 59%
I4 9,476 - 35%
7 Series 9,267 - 80%
X2 8,946 - 87%
F Series 8,575 - 88%
Ix Xdrive40 M Sport 8,330 - 46%
X5 Xdrive45e M Sport Auto 8,218 - 82%
2002 8,101 - 36%
220 M Sport Mhev Auto 8,068 - 0%
R1250 7,892 - 96%
128ti 7,809 - 63%
318 I 7,678 - 1%
740 7,551 - 78%
Ix3 M Sport 7,533 - 56%
M2 7,521 2,979cc 79%
X1 Xdrive25e M Sport Auto 7,497 - 50%
316 I 7,396 - 1%
I4 Edrive35 M Sport 7,330 - 1%
520d 7,310 - 61%
525i 7,236 - 4%
R 1250 Gs Adventure Te 6,967 - 71%
218i M Sport 6,772 - 80%
Ix1 Edrive20 M Sport 6,758 - 0%
M340i Xdrive Mhev Auto 6,595 - 68%
528 I 6,560 - 0%
530e M Sport Auto 6,534 - 9%
6 Series 6,504 - 84%
M3 Competition M Xdrive Auto 6,423 - 34%
X2 Sdrive20i M Sport Mhev Auto 6,131 - 0%
730i 6,065 - 0%
735 5,693 - 73%
Ix2 Edrive20 M Sport 5,465 - 0%
320d 5,434 - 60%
335 5,250 - 89%
525 E Auto 5,249 - 0%
M440i Xdrive Mhev Auto 5,206 - 69%
735 I Se Auto 5,190 - 0%
123 5,100 - 80%
125 4,971 - 84%
440 4,909 - 90%
528i 4,895 - 3%
X3 Xdrive20 M Sport Mhev Auto 4,856 - 0%
216 4,844 - 84%
R Ninet 4,765 - 92%
X5 Xdrive40d M Sport Mhev Auto 4,677 - 61%
M135 Xdrive Auto 4,585 - 0%
Ix2 Xdrive 30 M Sport 4,574 - 0%
X7 Xdrive40d M Sport Mhev Auto 4,530 - 43%
320d M Sport Mhev Auto 4,525 - 77%
118i M Sport 4,513 - 19%
630 4,505 - 79%

Check a specific BMW

These are averages. For one vehicle's actual test history, enter its registration.

Figures cover every BMW in the national MOT record, which includes vehicles since scrapped or exported, so "on record" is not a count of cars on the road. Pass rate counts every recorded MOT test, retests included.