Pass rate
90.8%
Above average — 1.3 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 142 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£76
2019 BMW 216D Luxury MOT pass rate
- 2019
- typical 48,097 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
45.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 90.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2018 87.3% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 3.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 90.2%
- Typical mileage
- 48k mi
The 2019 BMW 216D Luxury MOT pass rate is 90.8% of its MOT tests — 1.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 45.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how BMW 216D Luxury does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 45.5% of everything recorded on the 2019 BMW 216d Luxury, against 19.8% nationally — 25.7 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 29% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 142 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2019 BMW 216D Luxury compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 1.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 90.2%. The median 2019 BMW 216D Luxury in this dataset had covered 48,097 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.0% of the time, April–September 88.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 2.11% of tests.
- 142 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.8% overall pass rate, 90.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 216D Luxury, the average is 89.8% — best year 2019 (90.8%), worst 2018 (87.3%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 142
- Typical mileage (median)
- 48,097 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 216D Luxury
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 216D Luxury MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 216D Luxury
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 42 | 92.9% |
| East of England | 27 | 85.2% |
| North West | 20 | 95.0% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2019 216D Luxury
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2019 216D Luxury
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the brakes 2.1% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the wipers and washers 2.1% of tests
“washers provides insufficient washer liquid”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the lights 1.4% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2019 216D Luxury through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£76 — and 29% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£76
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 29%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 142 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the 216D Luxury, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2018 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.3% to 90.8% — a spread of 3.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2018 87.3% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2019 90.8%brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2020 89.9% has a cut in excess of the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2019 BMW 216D Luxury with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2019 cars with a similar record
- Ford Ecosport 90.8%
- Kia Picanto 90.8%
- Volvo XC60 90.8%
- Fiat 500X 90.8%
- Audi A7 90.8%
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio 90.7%
Closest pass rates among 2019 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2019 BMW 216D Luxury 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 101 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 46 | 45.50% | 19.76% | +25.74 |
| Brakes | 28 | 27.70% | 20.89% | +6.81 |
| Suspension | 10 | 9.90% | 20.98% | −11.08 |
| Visibility | 8 | 7.90% | 4.97% | +2.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 3.00% | 12.21% | −9.21 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 3.00% | 5.52% | −2.52 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 3.00% | 4.18% | −1.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 2.1% | £5–15 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £40–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 0.70% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.70% | £25–65 |
| Electronic braking system warning device indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 0.70% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.70% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.70% | £30–80 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.9% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 21 | 95.2% | 22,462 mi |
| 30-60k | 70 | 91.4% | 43,516 mi |
| 60-90k | 34 | 88.2% | 73,152 mi |
| 90-120k | 14 | 85.7% | 103,512 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 100.0% | 124,891 mi |
Source: 142 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2019 216D Luxury MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 BMW 216D Luxury?
90.8% of the 142 2019 BMW 216D Luxury tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 90.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 BMW 216D Luxury?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.11%), washers provides insufficient washer liquid (2.11%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.41%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 BMW 216D Luxury MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.2% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 BMW 216D Luxury in this dataset had covered 48,097 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 BMW 216D Luxury MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.