BMW MOT pass rates by model (2025)

BMW vehicles took 1,880,801 first MOT tests in 2025, passing 83.0% — above the UK average of 77.5%. Median tested BMW: 9 years old, 74,992 miles.
83.0%Brand pass rate
1,880,801Tests in 2025
98Models with enough data

All BMW models

ModelTestsPass rateMedian mileage
3 Series 346,191 77.7% 108,404
118 151,434 83.0% 62,626
X1 105,826 85.0% 61,390
116 100,371 78.5% 88,748
X3 88,755 83.1% 75,880
1 Series 77,207 81.7% 72,716
X5 76,168 82.4% 95,914
5 Series 71,923 85.7% 74,562
520 71,728 81.0% 119,032
420 61,340 84.6% 69,494
218 46,269 84.6% 58,684
320 40,128 87.8% 62,136
120 38,510 77.0% 98,360
Z4 35,014 80.9% 66,847
I3 26,007 89.7% 35,988
2 Series 20,828 88.4% 47,598
530 20,314 80.0% 128,706
330 20,112 87.6% 69,124
220 14,857 84.0% 67,285
M3 14,657 88.4% 78,372
X4 14,546 85.9% 65,609
X6 12,769 85.4% 86,916
430 12,758 85.5% 69,369
435 12,530 85.0% 73,020
525 11,783 76.6% 139,007
330E M Sport Auto 11,281 86.9% 48,760
Z3 11,143 74.8% 83,464
M4 11,016 87.7% 44,240
218I M Sport Auto 10,130 90.1% 30,736
M135I Xdrive Auto 10,047 91.3% 31,242
640 9,585 83.6% 80,684
316 9,512 77.9% 98,672
318 8,761 85.8% 66,627
X2 8,747 88.8% 38,594
730 8,566 86.3% 103,161
X3 XDRIVE20D M Sport Mhev Auto 8,016 90.0% 34,596
535 7,698 84.1% 113,691
520D M Sport Mhev Auto 6,904 88.3% 42,462
X5 XDRIVE45E M Sport Auto 6,558 85.1% 40,440
420I M Sport Auto 6,183 90.4% 25,803
320I M Sport Auto 6,025 91.7% 31,412
6 Series 4,957 86.4% 70,184
335 4,802 87.1% 73,780
X5 XDRIVE30D M Sport Mhev Auto 4,735 87.8% 34,052
440 4,710 89.6% 49,926
216 4,601 80.9% 76,836
218I M Sport 4,556 89.9% 32,056
125 4,332 82.6% 85,602
I4 EDRIVE40 M Sport 4,288 86.4% 31,686
M5 3,767 89.4% 77,361
330E SE Pro Auto 3,767 87.5% 58,686
220I M Sport Auto 3,750 91.2% 28,307
7 Series 3,715 90.3% 69,964
IX3 M Sport Pro 3,713 87.6% 28,558
X3 XDRIVE30E M Sport Auto 3,403 89.9% 38,097
M2 3,323 89.6% 45,386
114 3,213 76.5% 91,855
M340I Xdrive Mhev Auto 3,189 90.4% 31,260
740 3,009 88.8% 76,651
IX3 M Sport 2,934 84.5% 30,488
123 2,927 73.9% 124,280
320D M Sport Mhev Auto 2,908 87.5% 44,988
428 2,810 84.7% 68,094
M235I Xdrive Auto 2,797 91.1% 29,654
128TI Auto 2,744 93.3% 25,024
630 2,637 76.8% 113,458
218I Sport 2,613 88.7% 36,386
M440I Xdrive Mhev Auto 2,581 90.4% 24,990
M340D Xdrive Mhev Auto 2,506 89.1% 40,036
225 2,464 86.6% 65,774
840I M Sport Auto 2,355 87.6% 27,851
IX XDRIVE40 M Sport 2,352 88.8% 28,724
X4 XDRIVE20D M Sport Mhev Auto 2,278 90.4% 33,688
518 2,173 82.2% 124,851
I8 2,129 91.2% 39,915
523 2,111 74.1% 109,645
330E Xdrive M Sport Auto 2,094 88.3% 45,126
X1 XDRIVE25E M Sport Auto 2,057 90.8% 37,071
X5 XDRIVE40D M Sport Mhev Auto 2,029 87.3% 33,003
X2 SDRIVE20I Sport Auto 2,010 90.0% 36,368
218I SE 1,977 88.5% 44,377
I4 M50 1,918 83.9% 29,874
530D Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto 1,903 85.7% 37,654
M340I Xdrive Auto 1,849 89.8% 39,262
528 1,839 80.4% 89,319
X2 SDRIVE20I M Sport Auto 1,827 89.3% 36,923
635 1,777 80.8% 123,380
220D M Sport Auto 1,768 89.5% 40,641
IX XDRIVE40 M Sport Edition 1,743 85.6% 29,046
IX3 Premier Edition 1,736 89.0% 36,599
X3 M Competition Auto 1,735 92.4% 34,843
420D M Sport Mhev Auto 1,732 88.5% 32,766
8 Series 1,713 85.9% 39,408
X3 XDRIVE20I M Sport Mhev Auto 1,643 93.0% 23,041
318I M Sport Auto 1,630 89.9% 39,164
840I Auto 1,608 86.1% 36,066
218I Sport Auto 1,578 90.6% 32,341
Alpina 1,556 85.9% 88,300

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Source: DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025 (Class 4 initial tests). Models shown have at least 1,500 tests. OGL v3.0.