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BMW 3 Series

Year-by-year

Year	Trims	Best MPG	Complaints	Fatal crashes	Inventory

UK MOT pass rate by age

Pass rate of BMW 3 Series units presented for the UK MOT (annual roadworthiness test) at each age. Aggregated from 409,354 tests in the 2023 DVSA bulk dataset, across all model years registered to date. The MOT becomes mandatory once a vehicle reaches three years of age.

Age (yrs)	Tests	Pass rate	Median mileage
3	3,395	87.0%	27,711 mi
4	12,171	87.8%	35,777 mi
5	8,780	88.0%	43,947 mi
6	3,741	87.7%	56,525 mi
7	25,140	87.3%	67,090 mi
8	31,138	86.1%	76,310 mi
9	31,058	82.7%	87,982 mi
10	34,055	80.3%	94,147 mi
11	33,954	75.5%	101,982 mi
12	30,083	75.0%	112,856 mi
13	28,029	72.7%	116,411 mi
14	25,207	71.7%	114,033 mi
15	25,744	72.2%	118,748 mi
16	30,165	73.2%	123,445 mi
17	22,654	72.6%	129,813 mi
18	14,689	71.0%	128,758 mi
19	10,954	69.2%	118,540 mi
20	11,420	69.8%	118,168 mi
21	8,883	70.3%	118,015 mi
22	5,724	70.0%	114,553 mi
23	3,135	69.4%	113,469 mi
24	2,897	70.1%	112,522 mi
25	2,133	74.2%	119,347 mi
26	1,557	72.9%	116,245 mi
27	1,075	71.4%	116,130 mi
28	708	75.9%	110,108 mi
29	428	74.8%	112,960 mi
30	437	76.9%	108,161 mi

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data 2023 (Open Government Licence). Class 4 normal tests only.