# BMW 528 MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The BMW 528 passes its MOT first time 77% of the time, from 1,840 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 77%
- MOT tests analysed: 1,840 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2023 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 30 (few mots) | 83% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 155 | 83% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 252 | 87% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 165 | 90% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 103 | 85% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 74 (few mots) | 88% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 172 | 80% |
| 2011 | Diesel | 5 (very few mots) | 80% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 148 | 76% |
| 2010 | Diesel | 4 (very few mots) | 75% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 9 (very few mots) | 44% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 166 | 69% |
| 2000 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1999 | Petrol | 208 | 60% |
| 1999 | Diesel | 2 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1998 | Petrol | 160 | 68% |
| 1997 | Petrol | 84 (few mots) | 60% |
| 1996 | Petrol | 52 (few mots) | 62% |
| 1996 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1989 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1987 | Petrol | 21 (few mots) | 81% |
| 1986 | Petrol | 12 (very few mots) | 83% |
| 1985 | Petrol | 6 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1984 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 67% |
| 1983 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 67% |
| 1981 | LPG | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1980 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |

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