2019 BMW 320: MOT pass rate and reliability
89.4% of 2019 BMW 320s pass the MOT first time, measured across 6,973 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 43,123 miles.
How the 2019 compares
- Against all BMW 320s (88%, 39,982 tests): +1.4 points
- Against all 2019 cars (87.9%): +1.5 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every BMW 320 model year
Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2019 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the BMW 320:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 83.3% | 227 | 82,917 |
| 2015 | 86.6% | 246 | 76,452 |
| 2016 | 86.9% | 3,240 | 80,406 |
| 2017 | 87.8% | 13,890 | 71,349 |
| 2018 | 88.6% | 8,990 | 59,294 |
| 2019 | 89.4% | 6,973 | 43,123 |
| 2020 | 88.9% | 4,128 | 34,765 |
| 2021 | 90.6% | 1,229 | 28,851 |
What this means if you are buying a 2019 320
The 2019 sits close to the BMW 320 average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.
What a 7-year-old car fails on
A 2019 car is 7 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:
- Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
- Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
- Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
- Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
- Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
- Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested
That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2019 BMW 320 the average at test was 43,123 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.
The strongest year for this model is 2021 at 90.6%, and the weakest in our data is 2013 at 83.3%. That 7.3 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2019 car against a newer one tells you very little.
Nearby model years
- 2016 BMW 320 - 86.9%
- 2017 BMW 320 - 87.8%
- 2018 BMW 320 - 88.6%
- 2020 BMW 320 - 88.9%
- 2021 BMW 320 - 90.6%