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BMW R1200 MOT pass rate by year

How the BMW R1200's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2004 to 2018, across the DVSA record.

What is the BMW R1200 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each BMW R1200 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 R1200 averages 6.5% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
200492.2%7.8%6,657
200591.5%8.5%16,525
200690.9%9.1%14,054
200792.2%7.8%12,367
200892.5%7.5%11,581
200993.1%6.9%10,500
201094.0%6.0%11,447
201194.2%5.8%6,497
201294.3%5.7%4,057
201695.4%4.6%2,855
201795.7%4.3%21,566
201896.0%4.0%17,570

Does age change how often a BMW R1200 fails?

Older BMW R1200s fail more often, as expected. The 2004 cars fail 7.8% of tests against 4.0% for the 2018. Across every year the model averages 6.5%. The 2006 is the weakest year at 9.1%, and the 2018 the strongest at 4.0%.

More on the BMW R1200

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

See also
BMW R1200: 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