Pass rate
86.2%
Above average — 7.6 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 528 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £52–£128
2013 BMW 435 MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 85,248 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
28.4% 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 →
1.0 pts up across model years — 5.4% in 2014, 6.4% in 2019.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 89.2% pass
- Avoid 2013 86.2% pass · this year
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.2%
- Typical mileage
- 85k mi
The 2013 BMW 435 MOT pass rate is 86.2% of its MOT tests — 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.4× the national share
Tyres make up 28.4% of everything recorded on the 2013 BMW 435, against 19.8% nationally — 8.6 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.
- 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 86.2% — 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 0% 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 435 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.2%. The median 2013 BMW 435 in this dataset had covered 85,248 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 57% of tests, with a 85.7% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.5% of the time, April–September 87.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 4.17% of tests.
- 528 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.2% overall pass rate, 84.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 435, the average is 87.5% — best year 2019 (89.2%), worst 2013 (86.2%).
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
- 528
- Typical mileage (median)
- 85,248 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 435
- 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 435 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 74% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (57% of tests).
Where the BMW 435 is most common
Across all 435 model years on record (2013–2020): 20,751 BMW 435 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 42,986 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 752 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) | 752 | 90.4% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 539 | 89.0% |
| 3 | Peterborough (PE) | 486 | 87.7% |
| 4 | Nottingham (NG) | 480 | 86.6% |
| 5 | Leicester (LE) | 442 | 87.3% |
| 6 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 419 | 89.3% |
| 7 | Coventry (CV) | 416 | 90.1% |
| 8 | Derby (DE) | 388 | 86.3% |
| 9 | Reading (RG) | 361 | 86.3% |
| 10 | Guildford (GU) | 339 | 85.4% |
| 11 | Doncaster (DN) | 319 | 89.4% |
| 12 | Glasgow (G) | 310 | 87.9% |
| 13 | Northampton (NN) | 304 | 83.3% |
| 14 | Manchester (M) | 299 | 87.5% |
| 15 | High Wycombe (HP) | 297 | 87.4% |
| 16 | Chelmsford (CM) | 295 | 85.4% |
| 17 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 279 | 86.3% |
| 18 | Leeds (LS) | 265 | 88.2% |
| 19 | Middlesbrough (TS) | 257 | 91.6% |
| 20 | Stockport (SK) | 255 | 87.9% |
The twenty areas with the most BMW 435 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 435
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 134 | 88.1% |
| South West | 67 | 79.1% |
| West Midlands | 63 | 87.3% |
| Yorkshire | 49 | 87.8% |
| North West | 49 | 83.7% |
| East of England | 48 | 89.6% |
| Scotland | 34 | 82.4% |
| London | 34 | 91.2% |
| East Midlands | 24 | 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 2013 435
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 435
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 4.2% 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 shock absorbers 2.1% 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.
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Check the tyre tread 1.3% 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.
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 435 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £52–£128 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £52–£128
- Cheapest common item: ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 528 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 435, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2013 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 86.2% to 89.2% — a spread of 3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 86.2%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 86.3% shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2015 86.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 87.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 88.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 88.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 89.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 88.9% 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 2013 BMW 435 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
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 86.2%
- Mazda Mx-5 86.3%
- MINI Paceman 86.0%
- Toyota Auris 85.9%
- Mercedes-Benz Ml 86.5%
- MINI Countryman 85.8%
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 435 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 534 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 | 152 | 28.40% | 19.76% | +8.64 |
| Brakes | 99 | 18.50% | 20.89% | −2.39 |
| Suspension | 87 | 16.20% | 20.98% | −4.78 |
| Non-component advisories | 48 | 9.00% | 4.18% | +4.82 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 43 | 8.00% | 5.52% | +2.48 |
| Visibility | 39 | 7.30% | 4.97% | +2.33 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 30 | 5.60% | 12.21% | −6.61 |
| Steering | 16 | 3.00% | 2.57% | +0.43 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 10 | 1.90% | 5.57% | −3.67 |
| Road Wheels | 10 | 1.90% | 0.75% | +1.15 |
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 | 4.2% | £80–200 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £30–75 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.95% | £30–80 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 0.76% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.76% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.76% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 0.76% | £80–250 |
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 | 16.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 7.4% | £120–300 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 5.7% | £30–75 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.5% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 13 | 100.0% | 13,402 mi |
| 30-60k | 86 | 88.4% | 46,953 mi |
| 60-90k | 203 | 87.2% | 75,210 mi |
| 90-120k | 173 | 82.1% | 102,191 mi |
| 120k+ | 52 | 88.5% | 135,401 mi |
Source: 528 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 435 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 BMW 435?
86.2% of the 528 2013 BMW 435 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 84.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 BMW 435?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.17%), shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (2.08%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.33%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 BMW 435 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 88.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 BMW 435 in this dataset had covered 85,248 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 BMW 435?
Petrol: 85.7% pass rate across 301 tests. Diesel: 86.8% pass rate across 227 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 BMW 435 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.