BMW 3 MOT data
From the national MOT record: 5,111 tests across 570 vehicles on record.
Vehicles on record
570
Average engine
N/A
MOT pass rate
75.2%
How the BMW 3 compares
The BMW 3 has an MOT pass rate of 75.2%, against 76.7% across all BMW vehicles, and 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 5,111 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 3 models fail on.
Common BMW 3 defects
From 1,891 BMW 3 tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.
A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common BMW 3 MOT failures has the full breakdown and how it is worked out.
Other BMW models
Check a specific BMW 3
These are averages. For one vehicle's actual test history, enter its registration.
Figures cover every BMW 3 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.