BMW MOT pass rates by model
Across 1,798,203 MOT tests in 2025, 78.9% of BMW cars passed first time. For all cars it was 71.5%.
Pass rates fall as cars get older, so compare models at the same age. The columns below split each model by age at the test.
| Model | Tests | All ages | 3–5 years | 6–10 years | 11 years and over |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 Series | 467,987 | 75.7% | 87.3% | 82.5% | 69.1% |
| 1 Series | 383,231 | 75.9% | 88.6% | 80.2% | 67.3% |
| 5 Series | 199,811 | 79.5% | 87.8% | 84.8% | 72.6% |
| 2 Series | 126,957 | 83.3% | 88.1% | 81.4% | 73.9% |
| X1 | 106,699 | 81.9% | 90.5% | 83.3% | 70.4% |
| 4 Series | 106,405 | 83.3% | 87.2% | 82.8% | 77.1% |
| X3 | 102,647 | 80.4% | 88.7% | 82.3% | 69.8% |
| X5 | 86,810 | 80.1% | 87.1% | 85.9% | 71.5% |
| Z4 | 34,445 | 77.4% | 90.5% | 83.2% | 74.2% |
| i3 | 24,166 | 86.8% | 89.5% | 84.9% | 78.0% |
| 6 Series | 21,674 | 79.6% | 87.7% | 84.2% | 75.6% |
| X2 | 19,278 | 85.9% | 87.4% | 83.4% | – |
| 7 Series | 18,034 | 84.2% | 92.1% | 88.5% | 77.5% |
| X4 | 17,696 | 84.4% | 88.8% | 81.9% | 82.8% |
| M3 | 15,729 | 86.5% | 93.2% | 89.4% | 85.1% |
| X6 | 15,290 | 83.2% | 88.5% | 85.6% | 77.3% |
| M4 | 12,578 | 87.3% | 90.3% | 86.2% | 84.2% |
| Z3 | 11,195 | 70.3% | – | – | 70.3% |
| 8 Series | 5,919 | 84.9% | 86.1% | 84.0% | 78.9% |
| iX3 | 4,235 | 87.5% | 87.6% | – | – |
| M5 | 3,820 | 87.6% | – | 88.9% | 86.7% |
| M2 | 3,819 | 88.5% | 88.4% | 88.4% | – |
| i8 | 2,142 | 89.8% | 94.4% | 89.2% | – |
| X7 | 2,049 | 86.8% | 87.2% | 83.2% | – |
| iX | 1,748 | 88.0% | 88.0% | – | – |
| Alpina | 1,571 | 83.5% | 90.9% | 84.0% | 82.2% |
| M6 | 1,260 | 88.0% | – | 88.3% | 87.9% |
| i4 | 1,008 | 86.6% | 86.5% | – | – |
| All cars | 31,590,883 | 71.5% | 86.1% | 76.1% | 61.3% |
First-time pass rate on normal MOT tests of cars aged three and over. Models with fewer than 500 tests aren’t listed. “–” means too few tests at that age.
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data for 2025. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Our own analysis; not produced or endorsed by DVSA.