Pass rate
88.0%
Above average — 6.8 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 284 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£92
2023 BMW 330E MOT pass rate
- 2023
- 2 trims combined
- typical 42,304 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
64.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 90.6% pass
- Avoid 2022 86.9% pass
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 3.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.6%
- Typical mileage
- 42k mi
The 2023 BMW 330E MOT pass rate is 88.0% of its MOT tests — 6.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 64.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.2× the national share
Tyres make up 64.1% of everything recorded on the 2023 BMW 330e, against 19.8% nationally — 44.3 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 94.8%; this one manages 88.0% — 6.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 13% 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 330E first registered in 2023 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2023 BMW 330E compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 6.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.6%. The median 2023 BMW 330E in this dataset had covered 42,304 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.1% of the time, April–September 97.9%.
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 2.82% of tests.
- 284 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.0% overall pass rate, 86.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 330E, the average is 88.0% — best year 2019 (90.6%), worst 2022 (86.9%).
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
- 284
- Typical mileage (median)
- 42,304 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 330E
- 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 330E MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the BMW 330E is most common
Across all 330E model years on record (2019–2023): 31,812 BMW 330E cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 45,572 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 1,186 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) | 1,186 | 87.7% |
| 2 | Nottingham (NG) | 870 | 89.6% |
| 3 | Peterborough (PE) | 868 | 88.8% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 834 | 86.3% |
| 5 | Coventry (CV) | 706 | 92.7% |
| 6 | Leicester (LE) | 704 | 89.9% |
| 7 | Northampton (NN) | 643 | 88.2% |
| 8 | Leeds (LS) | 595 | 90.0% |
| 9 | Warrington (WA) | 581 | 86.3% |
| 10 | Bristol (BS) | 579 | 85.9% |
| 11 | Reading (RG) | 560 | 86.6% |
| 12 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 560 | 90.2% |
| 13 | Doncaster (DN) | 557 | 91.2% |
| 14 | Derby (DE) | 542 | 89.3% |
| 15 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 526 | 88.9% |
| 16 | Manchester (M) | 494 | 87.6% |
| 17 | Glasgow (G) | 493 | 85.4% |
| 18 | Stockport (SK) | 466 | 87.0% |
| 19 | Guildford (GU) | 442 | 85.3% |
| 20 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 428 | 87.2% |
The twenty areas with the most BMW 330E 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 330E
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 62 | 96.8% |
| Yorkshire | 36 | 88.9% |
| East of England | 34 | 91.2% |
| North West | 29 | 86.2% |
| West Midlands | 28 | 85.7% |
| East Midlands | 26 | 80.8% |
| South West | 24 | 79.2% |
| Scotland | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2023 330E
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 2023 330E
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 1.4% 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 1.1% 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 wipers and washers 1.1% 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.
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 2023 330E through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£92 — and 13% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£92
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 13%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 284 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 330E, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2019 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.9% to 90.6% — a spread of 3.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 90.6% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 88.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 87.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 86.9% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 88.0%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 2023 BMW 330E 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 BMW 330E 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 141 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 | 91 | 64.10% | 19.76% | +44.34 |
| Non-component advisories | 14 | 9.90% | 4.18% | +5.72 |
| Visibility | 12 | 8.50% | 4.97% | +3.53 |
| Suspension | 8 | 5.60% | 20.98% | −15.38 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 2.80% | 0.82% | +1.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 2.10% | 12.21% | −10.11 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 2.10% | 5.52% | −3.42 |
| Steering | 3 | 2.10% | 2.57% | −0.47 |
| Brakes | 2 | 1.40% | 20.89% | −19.49 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
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 | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Buckle not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.1% | £40–120 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £5–15 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.70% | £5–25 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 0.70% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.70% | £45–95 |
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 | 14.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 1.8% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 77 | 94.8% | 20,271 mi |
| 30-60k | 142 | 87.3% | 43,759 mi |
| 60-90k | 46 | 87.0% | 72,478 mi |
| 90-120k | 16 | 68.8% | 100,280 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 66.7% | 125,758 mi |
Source: 284 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.
2023 330E MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 BMW 330E?
88.0% of the 284 2023 BMW 330E tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 86.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 BMW 330E?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.82%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (2.11%), has ply or cords exposed (2.11%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 BMW 330E MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.8% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 BMW 330E in this dataset had covered 42,304 mi.
Does the season affect the 2023 BMW 330E MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 97.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.