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Reliability report

BMW reliability by model

32 BMW models compared with the average car of the same age – based on UK MOT tests, cross-checked with Dutch APK and Lithuanian inspections.

Photo: Alexander-93, CC BY-SA 4.0, Wikimedia Commons

BMW 3 Series
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
22.4% / 28.7%
🇳🇱 APK defects
40.8% / 44.8%
BMW 1 Series
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
16.1% / 19.7%
🇳🇱 APK defects
58.6% / 56.7%
BMW X1
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
14.9% / 19.3%
🇳🇱 APK defects
34.2% / 39.4%
BMW 5 Series
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
14.7% / 18.5%
🇳🇱 APK defects
36.8% / 43.1%
BMW X3
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
16.7% / 21.8%
🇳🇱 APK defects
37.0% / 46.1%
BMW X5
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
17.2% / 23.6%
🇳🇱 APK defects
33.1% / 41.3%
BMW 4 Series
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
13.9% / 16.1%
🇳🇱 APK defects
28.7% / 34.9%
BMW i3
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
10.3% / 14.7%
🇳🇱 APK defects
34.7% / 37.4%
BMW Z4
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
19.1% / 28.0%
🇳🇱 APK defects
28.2% / 48.6%
BMW 2 Series
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
12.4% / 17.1%
🇳🇱 APK defects
28.0% / 37.8%
BMW Z Series
much better than average
🇳🇱 APK defects
48.3% / 65.8%
BMW X4
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
13.5% / 16.7%
🇳🇱 APK defects
23.8% / 34.0%
BMW Z3
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
25.2% / 31.4%
🇳🇱 APK defects
61.9% / 68.4%
BMW 6 Series
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
15.9% / 23.7%
🇳🇱 APK defects
50.1% / 61.9%
BMW X6
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
14.3% / 22.3%
BMW 7 Series
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
13.0% / 22.6%
🇳🇱 APK defects
60.4% / 61.5%
BMW M135i
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
8.8% / 10.4%
🇳🇱 APK defects
25.2% / 36.5%
BMW X2
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
10.9% / 12.6%
🇳🇱 APK defects
27.8% / 32.9%
BMW M5
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
10.7% / 29.2%
🇳🇱 APK defects
33.6% / 57.0%
BMW i4
much worse than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
13.8% / 9.9%
🇳🇱 APK defects
20.1% / 27.0%
BMW iX3
much better than average
🇳🇱 APK defects
22.1% / 27.0%
BMW iX3 M Sport Pro
much worse than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
12.6% / 9.9%
BMW i3s
about average
🇳🇱 APK defects
32.0% / 32.8%
BMW 8 Series
better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
15.4% / 16.3%
BMW iX3 M Sport
much worse than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
15.5% / 9.9%
BMW i8
much better than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
8.8% / 19.9%
🇳🇱 APK defects
31.7% / 44.4%
BMW Z Series
much better than average
🇳🇱 APK defects
30.4% / 59.8%
BMW IX XDRIVE40 M Sport
much worse than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
11.4% / 9.9%
BMW X7
much worse than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
12.6% / 11.0%
BMW iX3 Premier Edition
much worse than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
11.0% / 9.9%
BMW IX XDRIVE40 M Sport Edition
much worse than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
14.5% / 9.9%
BMW iX3 Premier Edition Pro
much worse than average
🇬🇧 MOT fail rate
11.4% / 9.9%

The figure after the slash is the average for cars of the same age in that country. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Photos: Wikimedia Commons – authors and licences on the model pages.