BMW 116I MOT reliability

BMW 116Is passed their MOT first time 77% of the time across 64 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 64 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

77%

MOTs analysed

64

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

2012 petrol

17 MOTs

These figures come from only 17 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 82%. Typical mileage 59,750 (most between 51,250 and 87,750).

2014: 93% → 2015: 89% → 2016: 87% → 2017: 84% → 2018: 75% → 2019: 67% → 2020: 75% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 57% → 2023: 80% → 2024: 93% → 2025: 82%

Combined model spellings: 116I, 5, UNCLASSIFIED. Mileage percentiles and individual failure rankings are unavailable for this combined group.

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (5.9%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (5.9%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (5.9%)

Where 2012 116Is fail

Wheels & tyres

11.8%

Lights & electrics

5.9%

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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.