BMW 118 MOT data

From the national MOT record: 1,980,222 tests across 195,404 vehicles on record.

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Vehicles on record

195,404

Average engine

1,499cc

MOT pass rate

81.5%

How the BMW 118 compares

The BMW 118 has an MOT pass rate of 81.5%, against 76.7% across all BMW vehicles, and 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 1,980,222 tests for this model and 37,982,799 for the make, so the comparison rests on the whole national record rather than a sample of it. See what BMW 118 models fail on.

Common BMW 118 defects

From 1,331,807 BMW 118 tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 609,737 (45.8%)

Brakes 375,294 (28.2%)

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 105,630 (7.9%)

Visibility 89,762 (6.7%)

Nuisance (emissions and noise) 58,295 (4.4%)

Body, structure and attachments 27,950 (2.1%)

Registration plates and vehicle identification 27,061 (2.0%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common BMW 118 MOT failures has the full breakdown and how it is worked out.

Other BMW models

3 SERIES (994,426) 316 (162,953) 520 (159,661) 116 (138,873) X5 (135,009) 5 SERIES (120,567) X3 (116,249) X1 (112,594) 1 SERIES (94,658) 420 (67,861) 320 (65,894) 120 (62,086)

Check a specific BMW 118

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

Figures cover every BMW 118 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. Some MOT records describe the same model with extra trim or engine detail attached; where that detail is a recognised trim or drivetrain code, the vehicle is counted under the base model shown here rather than treated as a separate one.