BMW 850 MOT reliability

BMW 850s passed their MOT first time 84% of the time across 154 tests in 2025.

Example photo of a BMW 850 — Photo: Thomas doerfer · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

First-time pass rate

84%

MOTs analysed

154

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

1999 petrol

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 100%. Typical mileage 42,304 (most between 42,304 and 42,304).

2006: 100% → 2007: 50% → 2008: 100% → 2009: 33% → 2010: 100% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 50% → 2013: 50% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 0% → 2020: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2025: 100%

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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.