BMW 525 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 74.0% of 15,487 MOT tests on the BMW 525 ended in a pass, 2.5 points below the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the BMW 525 MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 7400 tests | 87.3% | 83,000 · 67k to 107k |
| 8414 tests | 82.6% | 89,000 · 71k to 117k |
| 9355 tests | 84.5% | 101,000 · 81k to 125k |
| 10204 tests | 81.4% | 113,000 · 89k to 133k |
| 11573 tests | 79.2% | 117,000 · 93k to 141k |
| 12930 tests | 77.7% | 119,000 · 95k to 143k |
| 13942 tests | 76.2% | 125,000 · 99k to 155k |
| 141,380 tests | 75.1% | 133,000 · 105k to 169k |
| 151,711 tests | 74.3% | 145,000 · 115k to 173k |
| 161,735 tests | 74.6% | 151,000 · 119k to 179k |
| 171,649 tests | 71.8% | 155,000 · 125k to 187k |
| 181,604 tests | 68.8% | 153,000 · 125k to 183k |
| 19908 tests | 69.6% | 135,000 · 105k to 169k |
| 20750 tests | 65.9% | 139,000 · 105k to 175k |
| 21710 tests | 70.7% | 139,000 · 105k to 171k |
| 22427 tests | 69.8% | 131,000 · 105k to 163k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the BMW 525. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used 525
The parts that come up most often in BMW 525 MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Brake pipes and hosesLook underneath at the metal brake pipes for heavy rust, and at the rubber hoses for cracks or bulges.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- Wipers, washers and windscreenRun the wipers and washers, and look for chips or cracks in the windscreen, above all in front of the driver.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Number platesCheck the plates are clean, legal and match the registration on the V5C logbook.
Check a specific 525
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Other BMW models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all BMW models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.