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BMW M3 MOT pass rate by year
How the BMW M3's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1987 to 2022, across the DVSA record.
What is the BMW M3 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each BMW M3 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 M3 averages 19.0% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1987 | 79.8% | 20.2% | 1,494 |
| 1988 | 83.0% | 17.0% | 1,510 |
| 1989 | 84.7% | 15.3% | 1,884 |
| 1990 | 83.7% | 16.3% | 1,973 |
| 1993 | 70.5% | 29.5% | 1,209 |
| 1994 | 71.1% | 28.9% | 6,007 |
| 1995 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 10,528 |
| 1996 | 72.6% | 27.4% | 12,420 |
| 1997 | 73.9% | 26.1% | 12,911 |
| 1998 | 74.8% | 25.2% | 13,218 |
| 1999 | 73.7% | 26.3% | 6,624 |
| 2001 | 76.7% | 23.3% | 17,886 |
| 2002 | 77.5% | 22.5% | 58,618 |
| 2003 | 79.2% | 20.8% | 80,648 |
| 2004 | 80.0% | 20.0% | 50,373 |
| 2005 | 80.9% | 19.1% | 30,396 |
| 2006 | 82.2% | 17.8% | 9,821 |
| 2007 | 86.0% | 14.0% | 11,372 |
| 2008 | 86.7% | 13.3% | 26,417 |
| 2009 | 88.0% | 12.0% | 14,013 |
| 2010 | 88.3% | 11.7% | 11,463 |
| 2011 | 89.2% | 10.8% | 11,197 |
| 2012 | 90.1% | 9.9% | 8,689 |
| 2013 | 90.1% | 9.9% | 6,016 |
| 2014 | 88.9% | 11.1% | 2,604 |
| 2015 | 89.5% | 10.5% | 5,632 |
| 2016 | 89.9% | 10.1% | 6,731 |
| 2017 | 89.7% | 10.3% | 7,641 |
| 2018 | 90.7% | 9.3% | 5,728 |
| 2021 | 94.3% | 5.7% | 1,933 |
| 2022 | 93.3% | 6.7% | 1,436 |
Does age change how often a BMW M3 fails?
Older BMW M3s fail more often, as expected. The 1987 cars fail 20.2% of tests against 6.7% for the 2022. Across every year the model averages 19.0%. The 1993 is the weakest year at 29.5%, and the 2021 the strongest at 5.7%.
More on the BMW M3
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| BMW M3: 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