6-10-Year BMW 3 Series Recorded MOT Outcomes
Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.
Recorded Component-Category Rates
These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.
| Component category | Recorded rate |
|---|---|
| Lamps & Electrics | 4.0% |
| Tyres | 3.4% |
| Brakes | 1.8% |
| Suspension | 1.7% |
| Visibility | 1.2% |
| Body & Chassis | 0.2% |
| Steering | 0.2% |
A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.
Other Recorded Age Bands
| Age band | Failure rate | Tests | Highest recorded component category |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-2 years | 12.7% | 19,895 | Tyres |
| 3-5 years | 11.5% | 138,956 | Tyres |
| 6-10 years | 20.4% | 621,125 | Lamps & Electrics |
| 11-15 years | 30.2% | 620,803 | Lamps & Electrics |
| 15+ years | 33.3% | 441,197 | Lamps & Electrics |
Other Model Groups
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Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.
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