BMW 520 Series MOT pass rate by year
How the BMW 520 Series's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1985 to 2018, across the DVSA record.
What is the BMW 520 Series MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each BMW 520 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 520 Series averages 21.5% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1985 | 68.1% | 31.9% | 1,059 |
| 1986 | 68.3% | 31.7% | 1,528 |
| 1987 | 68.1% | 31.9% | 2,480 |
| 1988 | 67.4% | 32.6% | 3,376 |
| 1989 | 66.4% | 33.6% | 5,694 |
| 1990 | 67.5% | 32.5% | 6,335 |
| 1991 | 66.6% | 33.4% | 8,263 |
| 1992 | 65.7% | 34.3% | 11,720 |
| 1993 | 65.6% | 34.4% | 12,507 |
| 1994 | 65.7% | 34.3% | 16,411 |
| 1995 | 67.4% | 32.6% | 21,029 |
| 1996 | 65.7% | 34.3% | 15,531 |
| 1997 | 65.6% | 34.4% | 23,214 |
| 1998 | 66.1% | 33.9% | 35,543 |
| 1999 | 67.2% | 32.8% | 36,333 |
| 2000 | 69.3% | 30.7% | 32,232 |
| 2001 | 72.5% | 27.5% | 35,947 |
| 2002 | 73.7% | 26.3% | 34,179 |
| 2003 | 74.4% | 25.6% | 35,020 |
| 2004 | 75.8% | 24.2% | 20,790 |
| 2005 | 73.8% | 26.2% | 33,785 |
| 2006 | 74.2% | 25.8% | 96,668 |
| 2007 | 76.2% | 23.8% | 121,302 |
| 2008 | 78.2% | 21.8% | 109,410 |
| 2009 | 78.8% | 21.2% | 105,496 |
| 2010 | 79.0% | 21.0% | 96,857 |
| 2011 | 79.8% | 20.2% | 158,012 |
| 2012 | 80.4% | 19.6% | 107,666 |
| 2013 | 83.6% | 16.4% | 90,043 |
| 2014 | 85.5% | 14.5% | 140,028 |
| 2015 | 87.2% | 12.8% | 127,960 |
| 2016 | 88.0% | 12.0% | 108,555 |
| 2017 | 87.8% | 12.2% | 11,993 |
| 2018 | 89.0% | 11.0% | 1,170 |
Does age change how often a BMW 520 Series fails?
Older BMW 520 Seriess fail more often, as expected. The 1985 cars fail 31.9% of tests against 11.0% for the 2018. Across every year the model averages 21.5%. The 1993 is the weakest year at 34.4%, and the 2018 the strongest at 11.0%.
More on the BMW 520 Series
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
|---|
| BMW 520 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