2021 BMW 530d Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto: MOT pass rate and reliability

84.4% of 2021 BMW 530d Xdrive M Sport Mhev Autos pass the MOT first time, measured across 816 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 33,685 miles.

How the 2021 compares

  • Against all BMW 530d Xdrive M Sport Mhev Autos (85.6%, 1,151 tests): -1.2 points
  • Against all 2021 cars (90%): -5.6 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every BMW 530d Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2021 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the BMW 530d Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2020 88.8% 269 40,886
2021 84.4% 816 33,685

What this means if you are buying a 2021 530d Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto

The 2021 sits close to the BMW 530d Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto 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 5-year-old car fails on

A 2021 car is 5 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 2021 BMW 530d Xdrive M Sport Mhev Auto the average at test was 33,685 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 2020 at 88.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2021 at 84.4%. That 4.4 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2021 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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