BMW 418 MOT reliability

BMW 418s passed their MOT first time 81% of the time across 970 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

81%

MOTs analysed

970

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2015 diesel

414 MOTs

Passed first time 80%. Typical mileage 95,275 (most between 75,120 and 119,904).

2017: 95% → 2018: 83% → 2019: 87% → 2020: 88% → 2021: 84% → 2022: 84% → 2023: 81% → 2024: 78% → 2025: 80%

Most common failures

Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.1%)
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (2.4%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.4%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.9%)
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (1.7%)

Where 2015 418s fail

Wheels & tyres

6.5%

Lights & electrics

5.1%

Brakes

4.8%

Visibility & wipers

3.9%

Suspension & axles

3.6%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

2.2%

Body, structure & corrosion

0.7%

Steering

0.2%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.