BMW 1602 MOT reliability

BMW 1602s passed their MOT first time 75% of the time across 4 tests in 2025. 68 are still licensed in Great Britain.

Example photo of a BMW 1602 — Photo: Berit from Redhill/Surrey, UK · CC BY 2.0 · Wikimedia Commons

These figures come from only 4 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.

First-time pass rate

75%

MOTs analysed

4

Still licensed (GB)

68

Body type

–

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

1971 petrol

2 MOTs

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 40,079 (most between 23,312 and 56,845).

2005: 0% → 2006: 60% → 2007: 64% → 2008: 63% → 2009: 83% → 2010: 100% → 2011: 60% → 2012: 80% → 2013: 25% → 2014: 60% → 2015: 42% → 2016: 67% → 2017: 58% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Washers: jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (50.0%)

Where 1971 1602s fail

Visibility & wipers

50.0%

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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.