Pass rate
88.4%
Above average — 3.6 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 337 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£96
2022 BMW 430D MOT pass rate
- 2022
- 2 trims combined
- typical 25,846 mi
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Most common fault
Tyres
71.4% 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 2022 88.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 88.3% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.0%
- Typical mileage
- 26k mi
The 2022 BMW 430D MOT pass rate is 88.4% of its MOT tests — 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 71.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.6× the national share
Tyres make up 71.4% of everything recorded on the 2022 BMW 430d, against 19.8% nationally — 51.6 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 92.0%; this one manages 88.4% — 3.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 6% 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 430D first registered in 2022 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2022 BMW 430D compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 3.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.0%. The median 2022 BMW 430D in this dataset had covered 25,846 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.6% of the time, April–September 83.1%.
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 3.56% of tests.
- 337 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.4% overall pass rate, 87.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 430D, the average is 88.3% — best year 2022 (88.4%), worst 2021 (88.3%).
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
- 337
- Typical mileage (median)
- 25,846 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 430D
- 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 430D MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 80% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 430D
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 62 | 82.3% |
| Yorkshire | 49 | 85.7% |
| North West | 41 | 92.7% |
| West Midlands | 39 | 89.7% |
| Scotland | 32 | 90.6% |
| East of England | 31 | 93.5% |
| South West | 27 | 85.2% |
| Wales | 18 | 88.9% |
| North East | 16 | 87.5% |
| East Midlands | 16 | 93.8% |
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 2022 430D
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 2022 430D
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 1.2% 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 tyre tread 0.9% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the number plates 0.6% of tests
“registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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 2022 430D through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£96 — and 6% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£96
- Cheapest common item: side repeaters not working
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 6%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 337 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 430D, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2021 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.3% to 88.4% — a spread of 0.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 88.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 88.4%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 2022 BMW 430D 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Citroen E-C4 88.4%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqb 88.5%
- Land Rover Discovery 88.5%
- Peugeot 5008 88.7%
- MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech 88.0%
- Tesla Model 3 88.9%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 BMW 430D 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 112 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 | 80 | 71.40% | 19.76% | +51.64 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 8.00% | 4.18% | +3.82 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 5 | 4.50% | 1.76% | +2.74 |
| Visibility | 4 | 3.60% | 4.97% | −1.37 |
| Road Wheels | 4 | 3.60% | 0.75% | +2.85 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 2.70% | 12.21% | −9.51 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 2.70% | 5.52% | −2.82 |
| Suspension | 2 | 1.80% | 20.98% | −19.18 |
| Brakes | 2 | 1.80% | 20.89% | −19.09 |
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 | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 3.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 2.4% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £80–200 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.89% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.89% | £45–95 |
| Fractured Road Wheels | Major | 0.59% | £20–55 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Rectified | 0.59% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.59% | £20–80 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.30% | £18–45 |
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 | 8.6% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 0.89% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.59% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 214 | 88.3% | 19,974 mi |
| 30-60k | 113 | 88.5% | 40,514 mi |
| 60-90k | 10 | 90.0% | 67,240 mi |
Source: 337 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.
2022 430D MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 BMW 430D?
88.4% of the 337 2022 BMW 430D tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 87.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 BMW 430D?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.56%), has ply or cords exposed (3.26%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (2.37%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 BMW 430D MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.3% of the time, falling to 90.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 BMW 430D in this dataset had covered 25,846 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 BMW 430D MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.