BMW 528 Series MOT pass rate by year
How the BMW 528 Series's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1986 to 2016, across the DVSA record.
What is the BMW 528 Series MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each BMW 528 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 528 Series averages 30.0% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1986 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 1,056 |
| 1987 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 1,017 |
| 1996 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 14,811 |
| 1997 | 68.2% | 31.8% | 28,226 |
| 1998 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 40,948 |
| 1999 | 68.6% | 31.4% | 38,611 |
| 2000 | 69.7% | 30.3% | 28,177 |
| 2010 | 82.7% | 17.3% | 2,901 |
| 2011 | 83.2% | 16.8% | 2,553 |
| 2013 | 85.4% | 14.6% | 1,238 |
| 2014 | 89.2% | 10.8% | 1,696 |
| 2015 | 90.0% | 10.0% | 2,400 |
| 2016 | 89.4% | 10.6% | 1,363 |
Does age change how often a BMW 528 Series fails?
Older BMW 528 Seriess fail more often, as expected. The 1986 cars fail 30.6% of tests against 10.6% for the 2016. Across every year the model averages 30.0%. The 1996 is the weakest year at 33.3%, and the 2015 the strongest at 10.0%.
More on the BMW 528 Series
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| BMW 528 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