BMW 335 MOT reliability

BMW 335s passed their MOT first time 86% of the time across 4,821 tests in 2025.

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First-time pass rate

86%

MOTs analysed

4,821

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

2019 diesel

61 MOTs

These figures come from 61 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 92%. Typical mileage 52,727 (most between 34,533 and 65,420).

2021: 100% → 2022: 90% → 2023: 88% → 2024: 94% → 2025: 92%

Most common failures

Condition: has ply or cords exposed (3.3%)
Brake pads: worn down to wear indicator (1.6%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.6%)
Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.6%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.6%)

Where 2019 335s fail

Wheels & tyres

6.6%

Brakes

1.6%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

1.6%

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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.