BMW — MOT Reliability & Pass Rates
3,850,726 vehicles · 200 models · real MOT data, no estimates
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BMW Models — sorted by popularity
3 Series
✓ 76.2%
984,669 vehicles · 1981–2021
118
✓ 85.8%
189,688 vehicles · 2004–2023
520
✓ 80.3%
150,282 vehicles · 1980–2019
316
~ 68.6%
150,017 vehicles · 1980–2018
116
✓ 83.1%
136,792 vehicles · 2004–2022
X5
✓ 81.3%
131,907 vehicles · 2000–2021
5 Series
✓ 83.3%
118,397 vehicles · 1985–2023
X3
✓ 85.5%
112,664 vehicles · 2004–2021
X1
✓ 88.9%
111,625 vehicles · 2009–2022
1 Series
✓ 85.8%
93,632 vehicles · 2004–2019
420
✓ 88.6%
66,368 vehicles · 2013–2021
120
✓ 82.0%
61,583 vehicles · 2004–2021
525
~ 74.9%
56,790 vehicles · 1980–2016
530
✓ 78.7%
54,868 vehicles · 1988–2018
320
✓ 89.7%
49,853 vehicles · 1980–2022
218
✓ 88.7%
47,139 vehicles · 2014–2020
Z4
✓ 82.7%
44,709 vehicles · 2003–2022
M3
✓ 82.3%
34,552 vehicles · 1987–2018
I3
✓ 91.8%
32,068 vehicles · 2013–2022
318i
~ 71.4%
28,763 vehicles · 1983–1999
330e M Sport Auto
✓ 94.1%
27,133 vehicles · 2016–2026
Z3
~ 74.5%
26,469 vehicles · 1996–2003
320 I
~ 74.5%
25,030 vehicles · 1983–1995
R Series
✓ 92.3%
23,527 vehicles · 1980–2016
330
✓ 90.0%
22,460 vehicles · 2016–2021
2 Series
✓ 90.5%
21,140 vehicles · 2014–2021
730
✓ 82.1%
21,114 vehicles · 1987–2020
523
~ 71.1%
20,668 vehicles · 1996–2011
I4 Edrive40 M Sport
✓ 96.9%
20,490 vehicles · 2022–2026
118i M Sport Auto
✓ 99.0%
19,581 vehicles · 2020–2024
75%+ Good pass rate
60–75% Average
<60% Below average
First-test averages across all years.
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