BMW 328 MOT reliability

BMW 328s passed their MOT first time 71% of the time across 120 tests in 2025.

Example photo of a BMW 328 — Photo: Softeis · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

First-time pass rate

71%

MOTs analysed

120

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

2014 petrol

16 MOTs

These figures come from only 16 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 88%. Typical mileage 80,317 (most between 56,562 and 104,714).

2016: 94% → 2017: 91% → 2018: 0% → 2019: 50% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 71% → 2023: 63% → 2024: 64% → 2025: 88%

Most common failures

Horn: not working (6.3%)
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.3%)

Where 2014 328s fail

Lights & electrics

6.3%

Suspension & axles

6.3%

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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.