Pass rate
90.7%
Above average — 1.2 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 442 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£88
2019 BMW 330D MOT pass rate
- 2019
- 2 trims combined
- typical 43,420 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
44.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 90.7% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 87.4% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 3.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.8%
- Typical mileage
- 43k mi
The 2019 BMW 330D MOT pass rate is 90.7% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 44.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 44.1% of everything recorded on the 2019 BMW 330d, against 19.8% nationally — 24.3 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 16% 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.
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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Every BMW 330D first registered in 2019 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2019 BMW 330D compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 1.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.8%. The median 2019 BMW 330D in this dataset had covered 43,420 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.4% of the time, April–September 91.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 1.81% of tests.
- 442 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.7% overall pass rate, 89.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 330D, the average is 88.8% — best year 2019 (90.7%), worst 2022 (87.4%).
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
- 442
- Typical mileage (median)
- 43,420 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 330D
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 330D MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 79% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the BMW 330D is most common
Across all 330D model years on record (2019–2022): 1,596 BMW 330D cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,613 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 50 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 50 | 87.8% |
| 2 | Nottingham (NG) | 37 | 90.3% |
| 3 | Guildford (GU) | 37 | 91.4% |
| 4 | Reading (RG) | 34 | 84.2% |
| 5 | Bristol (BS) | 31 | 90.7% |
| 6 | Leicester (LE) | 31 | 88.0% |
| 7 | Peterborough (PE) | 31 | 95.9% |
| 8 | Hereford (HR) | 30 | 76.3% |
| 9 | Chelmsford (CM) | 28 | 80.4% |
| 10 | High Wycombe (HP) | 27 | 88.0% |
| 11 | Shrewsbury (SY) | 27 | 93.6% |
| 12 | Coventry (CV) | 27 | 89.1% |
| 13 | Swansea (SA) | 25 | 90.2% |
| 14 | York (YO) | 25 | 97.2% |
| 15 | Stockport (SK) | 24 | 81.8% |
| 16 | Edinburgh (EH) | 24 | 87.5% |
| 17 | Middlesbrough (TS) | 24 | 94.3% |
| 18 | Leeds (LS) | 24 | 85.3% |
| 19 | Ashford (TN) | 23 | 82.6% |
| 20 | Sheffield (S) | 23 | 89.2% |
The twenty areas with the most BMW 330D cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the 330D
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 98 | 88.8% |
| North West | 75 | 89.3% |
| East of England | 58 | 89.7% |
| Scotland | 41 | 87.8% |
| West Midlands | 40 | 92.5% |
| South West | 37 | 97.3% |
| Yorkshire | 33 | 97.0% |
| East Midlands | 28 | 89.3% |
| North East | 19 | 89.5% |
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 330D
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 330D
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 windscreen 1.6% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 0.9% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the lights 0.9% 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 330D through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£88 — and 16% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £37–£88
- 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
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 16%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 442 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 330D, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2019 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.4% to 90.7% — a spread of 3.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 90.7%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 87.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 89.3% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2022 87.4% has a bulge, caused by separation…
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 330D 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
- Alfa Romeo Stelvio 90.7%
- Ford Ecosport 90.8%
- Kia Picanto 90.8%
- Volvo XC60 90.8%
- Fiat 500X 90.8%
- Audi A7 90.8%
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 330D 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 198 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 | 89 | 44.10% | 19.76% | +24.34 |
| Brakes | 33 | 16.30% | 20.89% | −4.59 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 8.90% | 4.18% | +4.72 |
| Suspension | 17 | 8.40% | 20.98% | −12.58 |
| Visibility | 15 | 7.40% | 4.97% | +2.43 |
| Road Wheels | 11 | 5.40% | 0.75% | +4.65 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 2.50% | 5.52% | −3.02 |
| Steering | 5 | 2.50% | 2.57% | −0.07 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 1.50% | 12.21% | −10.71 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.00% | 5.57% | −4.57 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.90% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.90% | £3–12 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 0.90% | £18–45 |
| Fractured Road Wheels | Major | 0.68% | £20–55 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.68% | £45–95 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 0.68% | £5–15 |
| Buckle not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 0.45% | £40–120 |
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 | 8.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.3% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 117 | 92.3% | 22,793 mi |
| 30-60k | 229 | 90.8% | 44,027 mi |
| 60-90k | 85 | 87.1% | 69,961 mi |
| 90-120k | 8 | 100.0% | 100,216 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 100.0% | 150,607 mi |
Source: 442 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 330D MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 BMW 330D?
90.7% of the 442 2019 BMW 330D tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 89.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 BMW 330D?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.81%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.58%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.58%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 BMW 330D MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 BMW 330D in this dataset had covered 43,420 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 BMW 330D MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.