BMW M MOT reliability

BMW Ms passed their MOT first time 69% of the time across 32 tests in 2025. 488 are still licensed in Great Britain.

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These figures come from 32 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

69%

MOTs analysed

32

Still licensed (GB)

488

Body type

Convertible

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

2 MOTs

These figures come from only 2 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 100%. Typical mileage 66,947 (most between 62,226 and 71,669).

2014: 100% → 2015: 85% → 2016: 94% → 2017: 94% → 2018: 93% → 2019: 83% → 2020: 96% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 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.