2019 BMW M4: MOT pass rate and reliability
89.5% of 2019 BMW M4s pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,756 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 30,065 miles.
How the 2019 compares
- Against all BMW M4s (88.3%, 11,394 tests): +1.2 points
- Against all 2019 cars (87.9%): +1.6 points
- National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%
Every BMW M4 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 M4:
| Year | Pass rate | Tests | Avg mileage |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 88.4% | 938 | 61,175 |
| 2015 | 89% | 1,881 | 55,352 |
| 2016 | 87.9% | 1,747 | 48,657 |
| 2017 | 86.9% | 1,956 | 41,876 |
| 2018 | 88% | 2,025 | 36,818 |
| 2019 | 89.5% | 1,756 | 30,065 |
| 2020 | 89.1% | 1,081 | 25,074 |
What this means if you are buying a 2019 M4
The 2019 sits close to the BMW M4 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 M4 the average at test was 30,065 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.
2019 is the strongest year on record for this model at 89.5%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.
Nearby model years
- 2016 BMW M4 - 87.9%
- 2017 BMW M4 - 86.9%
- 2018 BMW M4 - 88%
- 2020 BMW M4 - 89.1%