2022 BMW 3 Series: MOT pass rate and common faults

13,357 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2022 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

85.7%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 85.1% to 86.3% (±0.7 points).

2022 BMW 3 Series85.7%
All vehicles first used in 202288.5%

That is 2.8 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2022 (88.5%). These cars were about 3 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2022 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2022, failures are more common in tyres (1.9×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.8×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.6×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2022.

Tyres9.4 in 100 tests1.9× compared with 5.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2022
Lights and electrics1.9 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2022
Windscreen, wipers, mirrors1.4 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2022
Suspension1.0 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2022
Seat belts and airbags0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2022
Wheels0.5 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2022

All vehicles first used in 2022: the 217 models in our data, 1,692,367 tests (95.8% of all 1,765,878 tests on vehicles first used in 2022). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Typical mileage at test33,900

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

After an MOT advisory

Not enough 2022 BMW 3 Series cars with a tyre, brake or suspension advisory to show figures for this year alone.

BMW 3 Series, all first-use years together

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2022 BMW 3 Series

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

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Other BMW 3 Series years

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