BMW MOT data

BMW records an 84.7% MOT pass rate across 10,528,409 tests and 35 models with published data. The range is wide: the i8 passes 91.6% of the time while the Z3 manages 77.1%. Select a model for a full breakdown by year, mileage and failure area.

35
Models with data
10,528,409
MOT tests analysed
84.7%
Pass rate
15.3%
Fail rate

BMW models

BMW 3 Series
1980–2025 · 2,987,237 tests · Lighting & signalling
82.6%
Pass
17.4%
Fail
BMW 1 Series
1981–2025 · 2,288,981 tests · Lighting & signalling
84.0%
Pass
16.0%
Fail
BMW 5 Series
1980–2025 · 1,245,662 tests · Tyres
84.3%
Pass
15.7%
Fail
BMW 2 Series
1980–2024 · 626,646 tests · Tyres
89.2%
Pass
10.8%
Fail
BMW 4 Series
2013–2025 · 567,497 tests · Tyres
88.2%
Pass
11.8%
Fail
BMW X1
2001–2024 · 558,903 tests · Tyres
87.7%
Pass
12.3%
Fail
BMW X3
1998–2024 · 556,814 tests · Lighting & signalling
85.6%
Pass
14.4%
Fail
BMW X5
2000–2025 · 526,447 tests · Tyres
83.8%
Pass
16.3%
Fail
BMW Z4
1998–2023 · 203,952 tests · Suspension
82.9%
Pass
17.1%
Fail
BMW 6 Series
1980–2021 · 134,382 tests · Tyres
84.5%
Pass
15.5%
Fail
BMW 7 Series
1980–2025 · 107,963 tests · Suspension
86.6%
Pass
13.4%
Fail
BMW i3
2013–2022 · 106,399 tests · Tyres
91.2%
Pass
8.8%
Fail
BMW M3
1984–2025 · 86,808 tests · Lighting & signalling
88.5%
Pass
11.5%
Fail
BMW X6
2007–2023 · 85,498 tests · Tyres
87.2%
Pass
12.8%
Fail
BMW X4
2004–2025 · 85,352 tests · Tyres
88.8%
Pass
11.2%
Fail
BMW X2
2017–2025 · 82,041 tests · Tyres
89.3%
Pass
10.7%
Fail
BMW Z3
1991–2022 · 75,998 tests · Lighting & signalling
77.1%
Pass
22.9%
Fail
BMW M4-
2014–2024 · 59,882 tests · Tyres
89.5%
Pass
10.5%
Fail
BMW 8 Series
1990–2023 · 23,246 tests · Tyres
87.1%
Pass
12.9%
Fail
BMW M5
1986–2024 · 22,292 tests · Suspension
89.2%
Pass
10.8%
Fail
BMW M2
2016–2024 · 18,316 tests · Tyres
91.1%
Pass
8.9%
Fail
BMW iX3
2021–2024 · 14,157 tests · Tyres
88.8%
Pass
11.2%
Fail
BMW i8
2014–2020 · 11,689 tests · Tyres
91.6%
Pass
8.4%
Fail
BMW Alpina
1980–2023 · 8,449 tests · Lighting & signalling
86.5%
Pass
13.6%
Fail
BMW i4
2021–2025 · 8,183 tests · Tyres
87.8%
Pass
12.2%
Fail
BMW M6
1988–2021 · 7,387 tests · Tyres
90.2%
Pass
9.8%
Fail
BMW X7
2019–2025 · 7,093 tests · Tyres
87.9%
Pass
12.1%
Fail
BMW iX
2021–2024 · 6,903 tests · Tyres
88.7%
Pass
11.3%
Fail
BMW M4 Competition
2016–2023 · 1,816 tests · Tyres
93.3%
Pass
6.7%
Fail
BMW M4 Competition M
2021–2023 · 1,812 tests · Tyres
94.6%
Pass
5.4%
Fail
BMW M2 Competition
2018–2020 · 1,710 tests · Tyres
92.6%
Pass
7.4%
Fail
BMW M8 Competition
2019–2023 · 1,384 tests · Tyres
93.8%
Pass
6.2%
Fail
BMW M3 Competition M
2021–2023 · 1,252 tests · Tyres
95.4%
Pass
4.6%
Fail
BMW M3 Competition
2010–2023 · 1,187 tests · Tyres
94.7%
Pass
5.3%
Fail
BMW 3
1987–2020 · 919 tests · Tyres
81.2%
Pass
18.8%
Fail

Methodology & source. Based on 10,528,409 MOT tests. Dataset: DVSA MOT testing data (2021,2022,2023,2024,2025). Data last updated 2026-07-27. Figures reflect MOT-testable defects only — read the methodology for how these are calculated and what they don't measure.