BMW M5 Recorded MOT Outcomes

12.0%
historical failure rate from 21,106 tests
14.9 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 9.8% 132 Tyres
3-5 years 9.3% 1,252 Tyres
6-10 years 10.2% 9,506 Tyres
11-15 years 11.0% 3,374 Suspension
15+ years 15.7% 6,842 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics1.8%
Suspension1.8%
Tyres1.6%
Brakes1.3%
Visibility1.1%
Body & Chassis0.3%
Steering0.2%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other BMW Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

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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