26.7%fail rate
BMW Z3 MOT pass rate by year
How the BMW Z3's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1997 to 2003, across the DVSA record.
What is the BMW Z3 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each BMW Z3 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 Z3 averages 26.7% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 70.6% | 29.4% | 84,606 |
| 1998 | 72.1% | 27.9% | 110,815 |
| 1999 | 72.9% | 27.1% | 116,230 |
| 2000 | 73.7% | 26.3% | 78,680 |
| 2001 | 75.8% | 24.2% | 68,445 |
| 2002 | 77.3% | 22.7% | 38,667 |
| 2003 | 80.5% | 19.5% | 2,751 |
Does age change how often a BMW Z3 fails?
Older BMW Z3s fail more often, as expected. The 1997 cars fail 29.4% of tests against 19.5% for the 2003. Across every year the model averages 26.7%. The 1997 is the weakest year at 29.4%, and the 2003 the strongest at 19.5%.
More on the BMW Z3
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| BMW Z3: 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