2019 BMW 440: MOT pass rate and reliability

88% of 2019 BMW 440s pass the MOT first time, measured across 648 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 35,799 miles.

How the 2019 compares

  • Against all BMW 440s (88.4%, 4,837 tests): -0.4 points
  • Against all 2019 cars (87.9%): +0.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every BMW 440 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 440:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2016 88.7% 821 56,248
2017 88.9% 1,496 49,740
2018 88.2% 1,647 43,635
2019 88% 648 35,799

What this means if you are buying a 2019 440

The 2019 sits close to the BMW 440 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 440 the average at test was 35,799 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 2017 at 88.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2019 at 88%. That 0.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2019 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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