BMW 118: 78% pass.

143,941 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 78% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 74% would be expected: 4 points better than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	89%	88%	1%	9%	925
4 years	87%	86%	2%	11%	1,818
5 years	85%	84%	2%	13%	1,759
6 years	80%	82%	5%	15%	2,165
7 years	81%	79%	4%	15%	4,048
8 years	81%	76%	4%	15%	5,493
9 years	79%	73%	4%	17%	5,001
10 years	76%	70%	6%	19%	4,055
11 years	72%	67%	6%	23%	4,722
12 years	67%	64%	6%	27%	3,460
13 years	65%	62%	6%	28%	6,556
14 years	67%	60%	6%	27%	7,692
15 years	65%	58%	7%	28%	6,570
16 years	63%	57%	7%	30%	4,048
17 years	63%	57%	8%	30%	2,575
18 years	62%	57%	9%	29%	1,585
19 years	60%	57%	9%	31%	1,162
20 years	61%	57%	8%	31%	493

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	91%	88%	1%	7%	9,928
4 years	89%	86%	1%	9%	14,616
5 years	87%	84%	2%	11%	11,015
6 years	83%	82%	4%	13%	8,161
7 years	81%	79%	4%	14%	8,467
8 years	81%	76%	4%	14%	8,672
9 years	80%	73%	4%	15%	7,441
10 years	80%	70%	5%	15%	2,600
11 years	77%	67%	5%	18%	760
12 years	72%	64%	6%	22%	617
13 years	70%	62%	8%	22%	1,199
14 years	69%	60%	7%	24%	1,309
15 years	69%	58%	8%	23%	1,541
16 years	66%	57%	8%	26%	1,239
17 years	65%	57%	7%	28%	1,017
18 years	61%	57%	10%	29%	667
19 years	59%	57%	10%	31%	427
20 years	70%	57%	8%	22%	138

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.