MOT pass rate · 2025 data
BMW M4 MOT pass rate
The BMW M4 passed 88.84% of its 13,529 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 11.5 percentage points better than average.
How the BMW M4 holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the BMW M4 grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 3,464 | 92.81% |
| 6–10 years | 9,087 | 87.23% |
| 11 years and over | 905 | 89.06% |
The BMW M4 only loses 3.8 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, so it holds its test performance unusually well as it ages.
Why the BMW M4 fails its MOT
Across every BMW M4 that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was tyres, accounting for 48.57% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 48.57% | 1,135 |
| Suspension | 23.53% | 550 |
| Brakes | 6.42% | 150 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5.99% | 140 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5.01% | 117 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3.94% | 92 |
How the BMW M4 compares
Ranked on pass rate, the BMW M4 sits 129th of 651 models in this data , and 20th of the 77 BMW models covered . BMW as a whole averaged 82.85%, so this model runs 6 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used BMW M4
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average BMW M4 came to its 2025 test at 42,371 miles and 7.1 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific BMW M4
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other BMW models
- BMW 3 Series 77.74% pass rate · 346,651 tests
- BMW 118 83.02% pass rate · 152,065 tests
- BMW X1 85.23% pass rate · 110,526 tests
- BMW X3 84.47% pass rate · 107,873 tests
- BMW 116 78.55% pass rate · 100,563 tests
- BMW X5 83.17% pass rate · 92,379 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- MINI Cooper 87.98% pass rate
- MINI Countryman 88.41% pass rate
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 88.01% pass rate
- Suzuki Vitara 89.5% pass rate
- Hyundai Kona 89.77% pass rate
- SEAT Ateca 89.82% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.