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BMW 520

Year-by-year

Year	Trims	Best MPG	Complaints	Fatal crashes	Inventory

UK MOT pass rate by age

Pass rate of BMW 520 units presented for the UK MOT (annual roadworthiness test) at each age. Aggregated from 82,409 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	50	86.0%	26,690 mi
4	116	90.5%	40,019 mi
5	164	92.7%	45,098 mi
6	1,496	86.2%	62,796 mi
7	12,303	87.0%	71,563 mi
8	12,648	85.6%	85,561 mi
9	11,983	84.6%	98,145 mi
10	6,887	80.1%	105,439 mi
11	6,840	75.7%	116,343 mi
12	8,502	75.9%	129,654 mi
13	4,610	74.6%	131,989 mi
14	4,461	73.2%	138,489 mi
15	3,357	74.6%	147,801 mi
16	3,686	69.7%	155,947 mi
17	2,494	68.4%	165,573 mi
18	670	66.4%	162,439 mi
19	309	67.0%	123,322 mi
20	439	66.5%	115,025 mi
21	350	68.3%	116,563 mi
22	266	70.7%	110,158 mi
23	174	64.4%	122,626 mi
24	161	60.3%	133,868 mi
25	112	64.3%	130,921 mi
26	56	69.6%	128,768 mi
27	47	68.1%	121,123 mi
28	113	70.8%	128,785 mi
29	68	69.1%	125,154 mi
30	47	74.5%	108,219 mi

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