Pass rate
86.8%
Above average — 8.2 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 462 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£87
2013 BMW 428 MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 75,591 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
26.4% 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 2016 89.3% pass
- Avoid 2014 86.5% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 2.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.3%
- Typical mileage
- 76k mi
The 2013 BMW 428 MOT pass rate is 86.8% of its MOT tests — 8.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Advisories: 3.6× the national share
Advisories make up 15.1% of everything recorded on the 2013 BMW 428, against 4.2% nationally — 10.9 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 26.4%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Most of what testers record here is advisory — worth reading, not worth walking away from on its own.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 78.6% and this one manages 86.8% — 8.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- 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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How does the 2013 BMW 428 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 8.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.3%. The median 2013 BMW 428 in this dataset had covered 75,591 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.3% of the time, April–September 83.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 2.60% of tests.
- 462 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.8% overall pass rate, 85.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 428, the average is 87.1% — best year 2016 (89.3%), worst 2014 (86.5%).
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
- 462
- Typical mileage (median)
- 75,591 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 428
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the 428 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the BMW 428 is most common
Across all 428 model years on record (2013–2016): 4,456 BMW 428 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 9,547 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 120 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) | 120 | 88.4% |
| 2 | Guildford (GU) | 114 | 86.4% |
| 3 | Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 104 | 88.5% |
| 4 | Reading (RG) | 104 | 89.1% |
| 5 | London (SE) | 103 | 88.7% |
| 6 | Chelmsford (CM) | 94 | 87.6% |
| 7 | Slough (SL) | 92 | 90.0% |
| 8 | Hayes (UB) | 89 | 90.2% |
| 9 | Hounslow (TW) | 88 | 88.9% |
| 10 | London (NW) | 87 | 87.9% |
| 11 | London (E) | 80 | 96.0% |
| 12 | Wembley (HA) | 79 | 91.9% |
| 13 | London (N) | 79 | 90.3% |
| 14 | Croydon (CR) | 77 | 83.0% |
| 15 | Enfield (EN) | 77 | 87.5% |
| 16 | Bristol (BS) | 74 | 77.8% |
| 17 | Peterborough (PE) | 74 | 87.8% |
| 18 | Crawley (RH) | 72 | 82.2% |
| 19 | Ashford (TN) | 72 | 85.0% |
| 20 | Southampton (SO) | 69 | 79.1% |
The twenty areas with the most BMW 428 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 428
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 144 | 84.7% |
| South West | 55 | 89.1% |
| London | 44 | 93.2% |
| East of England | 38 | 86.8% |
| East Midlands | 37 | 81.1% |
| Yorkshire | 35 | 88.6% |
| West Midlands | 31 | 90.3% |
| North West | 24 | 75.0% |
| Scotland | 23 | 91.3% |
| Wales | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2013 428
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 2013 428
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 2.6% 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 wipers and washers 1.7% 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 shock absorbers 1.5% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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 2013 428 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£87 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£87
- 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
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 462 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 428, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2013 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.5% to 89.3% — a spread of 2.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 86.8%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 86.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 87.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 89.3% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2013 BMW 428 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Toyota GT86 86.8%
- Honda Cr-V 86.7%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.9%
- Mercedes-Benz Ml 86.5%
- Honda Jazz 87.3%
- Lexus Ct 87.3%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 BMW 428 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 475 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 | 126 | 26.40% | 19.76% | +6.64 |
| Brakes | 94 | 19.70% | 20.89% | −1.19 |
| Non-component advisories | 72 | 15.10% | 4.18% | +10.92 |
| Suspension | 65 | 13.60% | 20.98% | −7.38 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 36 | 7.50% | 12.21% | −4.71 |
| Visibility | 29 | 6.10% | 4.97% | +1.13 |
| Steering | 18 | 3.80% | 2.57% | +1.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 2.90% | 5.52% | −2.62 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 11 | 2.30% | 1.76% | +0.54 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10 | 2.10% | 5.57% | −3.47 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.6% | £80–200 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £5–15 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.5% | £30–75 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.87% | £30–80 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.87% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.65% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.65% | £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 | 11.9% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 11.5% | £120–300 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.7% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.3% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.4% | £40–150 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 4.1% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 24 | 95.8% | 22,455 mi |
| 30-60k | 94 | 91.5% | 46,783 mi |
| 60-90k | 193 | 88.6% | 73,590 mi |
| 90-120k | 92 | 83.7% | 102,772 mi |
| 120k+ | 59 | 74.6% | 140,140 mi |
Source: 462 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.
2013 428 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 BMW 428?
86.8% of the 462 2013 BMW 428 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 85.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 BMW 428?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.60%), washers provides insufficient washer liquid (1.73%), shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (1.52%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 BMW 428 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.8% of the time, falling to 74.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 BMW 428 in this dataset had covered 75,591 mi.
Does the season affect the 2013 BMW 428 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.