BMW 5 Series MOT pass rate by year
How the BMW 5 Series's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1985 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the BMW 5 Series MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each BMW 5 Series model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The BMW 5 Series averages 19.4% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 69.9% | 30.1% | 1,452 |
| 1986 | 69.6% | 30.4% | 1,962 |
| 1987 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 2,225 |
| 1988 | 64.5% | 35.5% | 2,346 |
| 1989 | 65.6% | 34.4% | 4,920 |
| 1990 | 64.7% | 35.3% | 5,841 |
| 1991 | 65.7% | 34.3% | 6,088 |
| 1992 | 64.6% | 35.4% | 8,030 |
| 1993 | 64.3% | 35.7% | 9,820 |
| 1994 | 65.3% | 34.7% | 11,743 |
| 1995 | 67.0% | 33.0% | 12,369 |
| 1996 | 67.0% | 33.0% | 14,538 |
| 1997 | 67.5% | 32.5% | 19,647 |
| 1998 | 68.6% | 31.4% | 24,572 |
| 1999 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 21,497 |
| 2000 | 70.4% | 29.6% | 21,022 |
| 2001 | 72.9% | 27.1% | 21,143 |
| 2002 | 74.7% | 25.3% | 19,528 |
| 2003 | 75.7% | 24.3% | 20,666 |
| 2004 | 76.3% | 23.7% | 25,273 |
| 2005 | 76.1% | 23.9% | 24,029 |
| 2006 | 76.1% | 23.9% | 34,228 |
| 2007 | 77.9% | 22.1% | 32,451 |
| 2008 | 79.2% | 20.8% | 27,013 |
| 2009 | 79.1% | 20.9% | 18,620 |
| 2010 | 80.5% | 19.5% | 15,543 |
| 2011 | 80.8% | 19.2% | 21,243 |
| 2012 | 81.7% | 18.3% | 93,995 |
| 2013 | 81.8% | 18.2% | 86,764 |
| 2014 | 87.7% | 12.3% | 2,791 |
| 2017 | 88.6% | 11.4% | 107,691 |
| 2018 | 88.5% | 11.5% | 124,778 |
| 2019 | 89.0% | 11.0% | 83,633 |
| 2020 | 89.7% | 10.3% | 17,702 |
| 2021 | 91.2% | 8.8% | 5,524 |
| 2022 | 91.6% | 8.4% | 4,395 |
| 2023 | 92.8% | 7.2% | 1,321 |
Does age change how often a BMW 5 Series fails?
Older BMW 5 Seriess fail more often, as expected. The 1985 cars fail 30.1% of tests against 7.2% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 19.4%. The 1993 is the weakest year at 35.7%, and the 2023 the strongest at 7.2%.
More on the BMW 5 Series
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
|---|
| BMW 5 Series: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All BMW models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain