BMW Z8 MOT reliability

BMW Z8s passed their MOT first time 93% of the time across 74 tests in 2025. 46 are still licensed in Great Britain.

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These figures come from 74 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

93%

MOTs analysed

74

Still licensed (GB)

46

Body type

Roadster

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

2001 petrol

29 MOTs

Passed first time 86%. Typical mileage 36,639 (most between 15,396 and 59,033).

2005: 89% → 2006: 81% → 2007: 78% → 2008: 88% → 2009: 90% → 2010: 90% → 2011: 86% → 2012: 89% → 2013: 82% → 2014: 88% → 2015: 74% → 2016: 87% → 2017: 83% → 2018: 73% → 2019: 83% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 91% → 2022: 89% → 2023: 92% → 2024: 96% → 2025: 86%

Most common failures

Headlamp aim: too low (3.4%)
Headlamp levelling device: inoperative (3.4%)
Individual direction indicators: incorrect colour (3.4%)
Position lamp: not working (3.4%)
Stop lamp: not working (3.4%)

Where 2001 Z8s fail

Lights & electrics

10.3%

Visibility & wipers

3.4%

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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.