# BMW X3 MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The BMW X3 passes its MOT first time 81% of the time, from 108,577 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 81%
- MOT tests analysed: 108,577 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 121,700 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | Petrol | 4 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2024 | Hybrid | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2024 | ED | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2023 | ED | 138 | 96% |
| 2023 | Hybrid | 133 | 95% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 17 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2023 | Diesel | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2023 | Electric | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2022 | Hybrid | 3,822 | 90% |
| 2022 | ED | 3,253 | 91% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 338 | 94% |
| 2022 | Diesel | 31 (few mots) | 90% |
| 2022 | Electric | 5 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2021 | ED | 5,612 | 88% |
| 2021 | Hybrid | 2,615 | 88% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 2,344 | 91% |
| 2021 | Diesel | 88 (few mots) | 84% |
| 2021 | Electric | 5 (very few mots) | 80% |
| 2020 | Diesel | 3,510 | 88% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 2,031 | 90% |
| 2020 | ED | 1,355 | 90% |
| 2020 | Hybrid | 662 | 89% |
| 2019 | Diesel | 10,904 | 88% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 4,760 | 88% |
| 2019 | Hybrid | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2018 | Diesel | 6,341 | 88% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 1,801 | 88% |
| 2017 | Diesel | 8,061 | 82% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 5 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2016 | Diesel | 8,957 | 79% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 4 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2015 | Diesel | 7,015 | 78% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 13 (very few mots) | 92% |
| 2014 | Diesel | 6,021 | 74% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 20 (few mots) | 80% |
| 2013 | Diesel | 7,065 | 72% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 27 (few mots) | 85% |
| 2012 | Diesel | 6,609 | 71% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 47 (few mots) | 89% |
| 2011 | Diesel | 3,813 | 73% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 26 (few mots) | 85% |
| 2010 | Diesel | 807 | 71% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 8 (very few mots) | 75% |
| 2009 | Diesel | 1,154 | 69% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 25 (few mots) | 84% |
| 2008 | Diesel | 1,210 | 68% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 43 (few mots) | 67% |
| 2007 | Diesel | 1,650 | 67% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 126 | 71% |
| 2007 | GB | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2006 | Diesel | 2,086 | 65% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 283 | 65% |
| 2005 | Diesel | 1,395 | 62% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 610 | 64% |
| 2005 | LPG | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2005 | GB | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 1,528 | 64% |
| 2004 | Diesel | 178 | 59% |
| 2004 | LPG | 5 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2004 | LN | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1998 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |

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