Pass rate
85.2%
Above average — 4.3 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 115 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£64
2019 BMW 330I MOT pass rate
- 2019
- 2 trims combined
- typical 34,702 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
43.2% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 92.6% pass
- Avoid 2019 85.2% pass · this year
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 7.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.5%
- Typical mileage
- 35k mi
The 2019 BMW 330I MOT pass rate is 85.2% of its MOT tests — 4.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 43.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how BMW 330I does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.2× the national share
Tyres make up 43.2% of everything recorded on the 2019 BMW 330i, against 19.8% nationally — 23.4 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 89.5%; this one manages 85.2% — 4.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% 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 330I 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 330I compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 4.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.5%. The median 2019 BMW 330I in this dataset had covered 34,702 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.5% of the time, April–September 90.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure", noted on 2.61% of tests.
- 115 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.2% overall pass rate, 82.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 330I, the average is 91.3% — best year 2022 (92.6%), worst 2019 (85.2%).
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
- 115
- Typical mileage (median)
- 34,702 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 330I
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 330I MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 330I
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 20 | 85.0% |
| North West | 19 | 73.7% |
| South East | 18 | 88.9% |
| East of England | 15 | 80.0% |
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 330I
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 330I
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 suspension joints 0.9% of tests
“ball joint likely to become detached”
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
“headlamp aim too high”
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.
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Check the wipers and washers 0.9% 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 2019 330I through its MOT
Across the 9 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£64 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 9 common items
- £28–£64
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 89%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 115 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 330I, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2019 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 85.2% to 92.6% — a spread of 7.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 85.2%has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2020 90.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 91.6% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 92.6% 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 330I 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
- Tesla Model X 85.0%
- MG Zs 85.5%
- Renault Megane 84.8%
- Peugeot 508 85.7%
- Ford Ranger 84.6%
- Hyundai I800 84.6%
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 330I 9 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 44 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 | 19 | 43.20% | 19.76% | +23.44 |
| Brakes | 7 | 15.90% | 20.89% | −4.99 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 15.90% | 4.18% | +11.72 |
| Suspension | 3 | 6.80% | 20.98% | −14.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 6.80% | 12.21% | −5.41 |
| Visibility | 2 | 4.50% | 4.97% | −0.47 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 4.50% | 0.75% | +3.75 |
| Steering | 1 | 2.30% | 2.57% | −0.27 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint likely to become detached Suspension | Major | 0.87% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.87% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.87% | £30–80 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover insecure so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 0.87% | £18–45 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Rectified | 0.87% | £5–15 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.87% | £8–22 |
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 | 7.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–110 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 1.7% | £20–55 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 39 | 82.1% | 20,359 mi |
| 30-60k | 67 | 88.1% | 41,247 mi |
| 60-90k | 9 | 77.8% | 66,728 mi |
Source: 115 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 330I MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 BMW 330I?
85.2% of the 115 2019 BMW 330I tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 82.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 BMW 330I?
The three most recorded items are has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (2.61%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.74%), side repeaters not working (1.74%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 BMW 330I MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 82.1% of the time, falling to 77.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 BMW 330I in this dataset had covered 34,702 mi.
Does the season affect the 2019 BMW 330I MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 90.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.