2022 BMW 5 Series: MOT pass rate and reliability

96.6% of 2022 BMW 5 Series pass the MOT first time, measured across 355 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 34,175 miles.

How the 2022 compares

  • Against all BMW 5 Series (85.8%, 73,063 tests): +10.8 points
  • Against all 2022 cars (93.7%): +2.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every BMW 5 Series model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2022 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the BMW 5 Series:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2003 69.3% 205 141,559
2004 71.2% 271 150,065
2005 72.5% 385 158,682
2006 72.8% 751 159,057
2007 75.5% 880 157,957
2008 77.1% 803 154,282
2009 79.3% 691 148,795
2010 78.4% 662 137,607
2011 77.4% 1,059 133,870
2012 77.6% 5,920 124,637
2013 77.2% 5,907 117,987
2014 85.1% 201 101,932
2017 87.1% 13,355 74,168
2018 88.7% 18,968 64,995
2019 89.4% 15,586 53,822
2020 90.2% 4,262 41,452
2021 91.3% 1,844 37,915
2022 96.6% 355 34,175

What this means if you are buying a 2022 5 Series

The 2022 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 10.8 points more often than the BMW 5 Series average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 4-year-old car fails on

A 2022 car is 4 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 2022 BMW 5 Series the average at test was 34,175 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.

2022 is the strongest year on record for this model at 96.6%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

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