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BMW 530 Series MOT pass rate by year

How the BMW 530 Series's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1989 to 2017, across the DVSA record.

What is the BMW 530 Series MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each BMW 530 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 530 Series averages 23.2% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198967.7%32.3%2,134
199069.3%30.7%1,438
199368.9%31.1%2,758
199467.7%32.3%2,104
199566.2%33.8%2,409
199869.2%30.8%1,482
199968.5%31.5%19,697
200069.8%30.2%40,012
200171.7%28.3%66,913
200273.4%26.6%81,508
200374.5%25.5%92,536
200475.7%24.3%98,719
200576.5%23.5%70,300
200677.1%22.9%58,444
200779.4%20.6%48,894
200880.7%19.3%32,709
200981.3%18.7%25,351
201081.5%18.5%43,730
201182.0%18.0%26,200
201283.4%16.6%15,557
201386.0%14.0%10,184
201487.1%12.9%20,863
201588.4%11.6%19,230
201688.7%11.3%13,926
201788.0%12.0%2,000

Does age change how often a BMW 530 Series fails?

Older BMW 530 Seriess fail more often, as expected. The 1989 cars fail 32.3% of tests against 12.0% for the 2017. Across every year the model averages 23.2%. The 1995 is the weakest year at 33.8%, and the 2016 the strongest at 11.3%.

More on the BMW 530 Series

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
BMW 530 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