BMW MOT pass rate

3,593,629 MOT tests in 2024. Overall pass rate: 84.4%

BMW has a 84.4% MOT pass rate based on 3,593,629 real DVSA test records from 2024. That is 6.1 percentage points above the UK average of 78.3%. It ranks 32 out of 85 makes.

The strongest model is the R 18 at 97.7%, while the 523 is lowest at 73.4%.

The single most common reason a BMW fails its MOT is a tyre seriously damaged, which accounted for 70,900 failures.

Most common BMW MOT failures

Reason	Count
a tyre seriously damaged	70,900
tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements	63,191
a suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn	49,814
a tyre cords visible or damaged	43,503
a shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage	33,640
the aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements	32,035
windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen	30,346
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	27,484
a lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning	25,356
a spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened	20,185

How BMW compares

BMW pass rate84.4%

UK average78.3%

Black line = UK average (78.3%). Based on 57.7 million MOT tests.

All BMW models

Model	Tests	Pass rate	Avg mileage
3 Series	689,310	79.2%	108,809
118	229,516	82.8%	71,237
116	190,804	78.9%	87,653
X5	184,014	85.4%	94,028
X3	176,658	83.9%	77,473
X1	168,167	86.5%	61,609
1 Series	147,739	84.8%	71,480
5 Series	137,888	87.5%	78,105
520	131,208	82%	119,151
420	119,602	87.5%	66,157
218	81,702	86.1%	54,948
120	77,488	78.3%	100,236
320	67,502	89%	57,681
Z4	65,171	83.4%	69,418
530	44,032	81.7%	129,078
2 Series	43,320	89.7%	44,206
I3	41,328	89.4%	38,848
M3	35,510	90.6%	74,247
M4	34,740	91.5%	42,638
X4	33,692	89.1%	60,158
X6	33,500	87.6%	83,968
435	30,870	89.1%	69,254
330	30,414	89.6%	63,759
430	28,528	88.6%	66,920
Z3	27,461	74.2%	87,463
525	26,057	77.4%	141,604
640	24,031	87.2%	76,944
220	23,453	85.5%	64,312
M135I Xdrive Auto	20,852	93.5%	28,338
730	17,737	87.2%	101,695
535	17,266	85.4%	118,132
316	17,169	75.8%	101,082
X2	15,384	88.2%	36,455
330E M Sport Auto	15,099	87.4%	44,259
X3 Xdrive20D M Sport Mhev Auto	14,001	91.7%	30,292
R1200	13,981	94.6%	26,150
318	13,436	86.1%	64,125
R Series	11,373	91.2%	40,318
6 Series	11,220	87.8%	72,084
S 1000	11,185	92.2%	13,804
218I M Sport Auto	11,020	90.9%	28,412
R1250	10,727	95.8%	14,667
X5 Xdrive45E M Sport Auto	10,516	88.3%	40,007
520D M Sport Mhev Auto	10,208	91.1%	40,050
440	10,087	90.8%	47,277
335	9,898	89.7%	67,738
M2	9,781	92.3%	42,010
M5	9,416	91.7%	76,877
320I M Sport Auto	9,365	91%	28,423
125	8,583	84.8%	81,651
R 1200	8,302	95.2%	25,232
7 Series	8,095	89.9%	73,559
740	7,494	91.3%	74,670
218I M Sport	7,458	90%	29,589
420I M Sport Auto	7,239	93%	24,071
123	6,939	77.7%	121,604
114	6,349	77.8%	88,712
216	6,172	82.2%	74,725
K Series	5,898	91.1%	37,667
630	5,704	80%	111,234
M235I Xdrive Auto	5,356	93.8%	26,730
428	5,299	85.7%	65,767
X3 M Competition Auto	5,248	94.5%	31,009
320D M Sport Mhev Auto	5,176	89.5%	38,926
8 Series	4,975	92.1%	36,015
M340I Xdrive Mhev Auto	4,910	92.1%	29,509
523	4,862	73.4%	118,237
840I Auto	4,812	90.3%	31,575
330E Se Pro Auto	4,735	88%	52,706
M340I Xdrive Auto	4,694	92.1%	34,699
M340D Xdrive Mhev Auto	4,644	91.4%	35,852
X3 Xdrive30E M Sport Auto	4,571	91.1%	35,196
I8	4,542	91.5%	39,062
225	4,511	86.7%	63,657
F Series	4,369	87.7%	28,950
R Ninet	4,335	92.8%	7,647
635	4,148	84.1%	124,937
518	4,026	82.7%	122,377
X5 Xdrive30D M Sport Mhev Auto	3,865	92.5%	33,427
528	3,858	79.9%	101,683
218I Sport	3,567	90.2%	32,820
X2 Sdrive20I M Sport Auto	3,548	89.1%	32,776
128Ti Auto	3,517	93.4%	25,078
220D M Sport Auto	3,432	90.6%	37,197
F 800	3,329	92.8%	17,457
X4 Xdrive20D M Sport Mhev Auto	3,268	91.7%	31,837
645	3,254	79.8%	104,072
M6	3,225	91.8%	55,209
M440I Xdrive Mhev Auto	3,088	92.1%	23,382
Alpina	3,026	88.2%	91,239
840I M Sport Auto	2,950	91.5%	25,677
Ix3 Premier Edition	2,871	90.6%	31,696
X7	2,866	88.7%	43,536
X2 Xdrive20D M Sport Auto	2,815	88.9%	39,760
650	2,755	80.9%	86,937
4 Series	2,727	86.1%	82,398
220I M Sport Auto	2,555	89.3%	33,702
330E Sport Pro Auto	2,453	88.8%	49,432
530D Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto	2,422	90.3%	34,481
318I M Sport Auto	2,400	91.1%	34,553
218I Se	2,397	87.6%	37,827
X4 M Competition Auto	2,377	94.4%	32,018
Unclassified	2,339	84.9%	82,378
X2 Sdrive20I Sport Auto	2,302	88.6%	33,160
R1100	2,267	87%	45,239
X1 Xdrive25E M Sport Auto	2,267	92.1%	36,035
330E Xdrive M Sport Auto	2,255	87.4%	40,018
135	2,200	87%	79,673
K 1600	2,193	95.5%	16,715
225Xe M Sport Premium Auto	2,144	89.7%	42,316
M4 Competition Auto	2,082	95.3%	20,689
520D Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto	2,068	90%	36,392
218I Sport Auto	1,981	89.6%	29,957
418	1,939	85.7%	90,646
420D M Sport Mhev Auto	1,887	90.5%	28,549
X2 Xdrive20D M Sport X Auto	1,836	88.8%	43,026
840	1,817	82.8%	105,543
X5 Xdrive40D M Sport Mhev Auto	1,787	92.9%	31,669
R 1250 Gs Adventure Te	1,784	96%	10,898
Ix3 Premier Edition Pro	1,768	88.2%	31,001
728	1,750	79.6%	133,335
M3 Competition Auto	1,725	96.9%	21,457
750	1,709	89.6%	88,718
R1150	1,701	90.4%	41,983
220I Luxury Auto	1,674	89.7%	29,165
218I Se Auto	1,629	88.7%	46,224
R 1250 Gs Te	1,610	96.3%	10,624
330E M Sport Pro Edition Auto	1,520	84.5%	42,597
G310	1,504	91.4%	6,834
540	1,498	80%	122,839
M8 Competition Auto	1,493	97.5%	25,603
340I	1,487	92.1%	47,576
S 1000 Xr Te	1,486	97.3%	9,358
218I Luxury Auto	1,456	88.7%	31,122
330I M Sport Auto	1,440	91.5%	26,633
430I M Sport Auto	1,424	93.1%	23,955
X6 Xdrive30D M Sport Mhev Auto	1,416	88.3%	31,442
X6 Xdrive30D M Sport Auto	1,415	89.6%	38,091
320I Xdrive M Sport Auto	1,357	91.2%	24,869
X2 Sdrive20I M Sport X Auto	1,337	86.7%	37,608
320I Sport Auto	1,298	88%	32,409
130	1,285	81%	113,869
X7 Xdrive40D M Sport Mhev Auto	1,283	92.6%	34,709
X1 Xdrive25E Xline Auto	1,249	90.3%	35,405
735	1,197	74.1%	116,811
X3 Xdrive30D M Sport Mhev Auto	1,177	94.2%	29,807
228	1,171	87.3%	59,452
218I Luxury	1,168	88.5%	35,392
X1 Xdrive25E Sport Auto	1,168	88.4%	34,992
220D Xdrive Luxury Auto	1,152	90.5%	40,717
X2 Xdrive25E M Sport Auto	1,132	87.8%	27,964
218D M Sport Auto	1,130	88.2%	37,339
420D Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto	1,126	92.1%	30,925
R80	1,078	90.1%	36,444
530E Xdrive M Sport Auto	1,077	88.4%	44,077
520I M Sport Mhev Auto	1,076	93.1%	27,411
F850	1,050	94.6%	11,149
X5 M Competition Auto	987	94.7%	29,626
318D M Sport Mhev Auto	975	87.2%	37,887
R 1250 Rt Le	967	97%	11,732
M2 Competition	963	92.6%	26,688
225Xe Sport Auto	947	91.4%	40,294
M4 Competition M Xdrive Auto	943	94.8%	19,373
225Xe M Sport Auto	896	87.8%	40,088
220I Se Auto	894	92.3%	26,228
X2 Sdrive20I Se Auto	869	90.3%	32,258
F750	849	95.2%	10,827
220I Sport Auto	848	89.2%	31,724
X6 Xdrive40I M Sport Auto	839	92.3%	33,391
X5 Xdrive45E Xline Auto	835	87.8%	46,682
X5 M50I Auto	832	91.1%	28,789
330E Xdrive M Sport Pro Ed A	822	88.6%	39,650
X2 Xdrive20D Sport Auto	803	88.2%	40,777
R850	795	89.1%	40,667
F650	792	81.6%	31,649
X2 Sdrive18D M Sport Auto	785	87.1%	40,927
325	782	79.3%	88,892
320D Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto	774	90.4%	33,611
Ix3 M Sport Pro	768	93.4%	28,168
X3 Xdrive30E Xline Auto	756	88.1%	35,648
M3 Competition M Xdrive Auto	748	97.3%	21,564
G Series	730	85.9%	19,395
120D M Sport Auto	729	91.1%	31,481
420I M Sport Pro Edition Auto	717	91.2%	25,043
F 700 Gs	713	94.1%	20,380
X6 Xdrive40D M Sport Mhev Auto	713	91%	31,442
X6 M50D Auto	710	91.5%	38,612
R100	702	89.7%	39,137
218D M Sport	652	89.9%	36,822
F 900 Xr Te	628	94.4%	9,121
X2 Xdrive25E M Sport X Auto	584	88%	32,312
225Xe Sport Premium Auto	578	87.9%	46,640
730D M Sport Mhev Auto	577	94.5%	31,469
K 1300	573	93.7%	24,759
520D Se Mhev Auto	573	91.3%	44,758
X3 M40D Mhev Auto	570	94.2%	30,269
840D Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto	568	87.9%	34,297
X6 M Competition Auto	550	92%	29,683
330D M Sport Mhev Auto	528	86.4%	32,839
220D Xdrive M Sport Auto	523	87.8%	41,790
S 1000 R Sport	522	94.6%	6,484
X2 Xdrive25E Sport Auto	519	82.9%	41,666
C400	518	96.9%	6,939
K75	509	86.6%	51,183
330E M Sport + Edition Auto	507	89.2%	46,988
745	503	79.1%	109,176
X5 Xdrive40I M Sport Mhev Auto	502	89.4%	28,742
320I M Sport + Edition Auto	501	88.6%	32,868
225Xe Luxury Auto	497	84.5%	40,246
X2 Sdrive18D Se	495	85.5%	58,340
X4 Xdrive30D M Sport Mhev Auto	495	91.3%	32,021
Ix Xdrive40 M Sport	493	89.9%	26,028
545	484	74.8%	121,782
550	477	89.3%	90,655
F 650 Gs	470	90%	25,944
425	459	86.7%	88,508
330D Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto	457	88.6%	29,524
220D Xdrive Sport Auto	454	89%	45,591
760	450	85.6%	95,173
850	443	87.8%	87,285
320D M Sport + Edition Mhev A	438	87.7%	37,365
M235I	432	89.8%	66,381
M440D Xdrive Mhev Auto	429	93.2%	28,600
216D Se Auto	428	88.1%	55,682
530D Xdrive M Sport Ed Mhev A	426	88.5%	40,579
430D Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto	410	87.8%	29,742
330D Xdrive M Sport + Ed Auto	405	85.2%	42,063
Hp4	389	95.4%	11,199
318I Sport Auto	378	90.2%	31,325
X2 Sdrive18D Sport	375	87.5%	54,754
X3 Xdrive20D Xline Mhev Auto	375	91.7%	29,749
X2 Sdrive18D M Sport	373	91.4%	41,012
X3 M40I Mhev Auto	372	94.4%	23,412
220D Luxury Auto	364	94.2%	37,697
320D M Sport Pro Ed Mhev Auto	364	86.8%	33,525
F 900 R Se	362	93.9%	7,139
X3 Xdrive20I M Sport Mhev Auto	362	93.1%	20,924
X4 M40D Mhev Auto	352	94.9%	33,429
220D Sport Auto	344	91.6%	37,549
328	337	85.2%	81,707
X3 Xdrive30E Se Auto	331	90.6%	39,562
X2 Sdrive18D Se Auto	331	84.9%	55,967
M550I Xdrive Auto	326	89%	25,578
R 1250 Rs Se	324	96.6%	9,735
X7 M50I Auto	318	94.7%	31,228
420D M Sport Pro Ed Mhev Auto	310	96.5%	29,348
M135	309	93.2%	58,948
218D Luxury Auto	305	93.4%	43,679
C 650	304	92.4%	13,528
3	303	84.8%	100,107
545E Xdrive M Sport Auto	297	84.8%	31,643
Ix3 M Sport	294	88.8%	28,886
216D M Sport Auto	294	90.5%	44,912
218D Sport Auto	287	88.9%	44,309
X2 Xdrive18D M Sport	278	86.7%	40,197
X6 M50I Auto	276	88.4%	29,380
218D Sport	273	85.7%	43,217
S 1000 Rr Sport	271	94.1%	7,219
X2 Sdrive18D Sport Auto	266	86.8%	46,178
R 18	262	97.7%	3,048
216D Se	249	87.6%	59,710
X6 Xdrive40I M Sport Mhev Auto	241	88.8%	26,467
F 750 Gs Te	240	96.7%	9,296
I4 Edrive40 M Sport	238	95.4%	29,393
Z1	231	85.7%	54,287
X2 Sdrive18D M Sport X Auto	228	89.5%	47,800
I4 M50	228	92.1%	25,929
G 650	220	89.1%	14,687
C1	207	83.1%	46,707
X5 (E70)	207	86%	101,091
M4 Heritage Edition S-A	202	91.1%	17,293