Pass rate
92.3%
Above average — 0.3 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,716 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £47–£109
2022 BMW 5 Series MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 35,506 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
65.5% 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 →
3.8 pts down across model years — 8.0% in 2004, 4.2% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 96.6% pass
- Avoid 2000 73.0% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 23.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.8%
- Typical mileage
- 36k mi
The 2022 BMW 5 Series MOT pass rate is 92.3% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 65.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how BMW 5 Series does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.3× the national share
Tyres make up 65.5% of everything recorded on the 2022 BMW 5 Series, against 19.8% nationally — 45.7 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 12% 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 2022 BMW 5 Series compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 0.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.8%. The median 2022 BMW 5 Series in this dataset had covered 35,506 mi.
86% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Hybrid, which passed 92.3% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.6% of the time, April–September 92.0%.
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 2.54% of tests.
- 2,716 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.3% overall pass rate, 91.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 5 Series, the average is 87.4% — best year 2023 (96.6%), worst 2000 (73.0%).
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
- 2,716
- Typical mileage (median)
- 35,506 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 5 Series
- 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 5 Series MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 81% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (86% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the 5 Series
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 856 | 93.2% |
| London | 427 | 97.9% |
| North West | 259 | 88.8% |
| East of England | 228 | 90.8% |
| West Midlands | 202 | 89.1% |
| Yorkshire | 185 | 91.9% |
| South West | 163 | 92.0% |
| East Midlands | 153 | 90.2% |
| Scotland | 94 | 91.5% |
| Wales | 87 | 83.9% |
| North East | 62 | 91.9% |
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 5 Series
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 5 Series
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 2.4% 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 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.
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Check the wipers and washers 0.8% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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 2022 5 Series through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £47–£109 — and 12% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £47–£109
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 12%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,716 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 5 Series, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.0% to 96.6% — a spread of 23.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 73.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2001 78.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 75.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2003 75.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 77.0% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 77.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2006 77.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 79.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 81.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 80.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 82.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 81.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 81.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 81.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 88.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 88.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2016 85.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2017 88.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 89.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 90.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 90.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 92.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 92.3%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 96.6% 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 2022 BMW 5 Series 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
- MG Hs 92.3%
- Peugeot 3008 92.3%
- Skoda Octavia 92.3%
- Kia Picanto 92.3%
- Skoda Kodiaq 92.3%
- Audi A6 92.3%
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 5 Series 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 1,014 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 | 666 | 65.50% | 19.76% | +45.74 |
| Visibility | 120 | 11.80% | 4.97% | +6.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 87 | 8.60% | 4.18% | +4.42 |
| Road Wheels | 43 | 4.20% | 0.75% | +3.45 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 40 | 3.90% | 12.21% | −8.31 |
| Brakes | 15 | 1.50% | 20.89% | −19.39 |
| Suspension | 14 | 1.40% | 20.98% | −19.58 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 14 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 9 | 0.90% | 5.52% | −4.62 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 6 | 0.60% | 0.82% | −0.22 |
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 | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.81% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.70% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.52% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.48% | £8–22 |
| Fractured Road Wheels | Major | 0.26% | £20–55 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.22% | £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 | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.2% | £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 | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 1.2% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 999 | 93.8% | 19,320 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,275 | 91.9% | 41,478 mi |
| 60-90k | 366 | 89.9% | 71,112 mi |
| 90-120k | 71 | 90.1% | 100,462 mi |
| 120k+ | 4 | 100.0% | 127,266 mi |
Source: 2,716 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 5 Series MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 BMW 5 Series?
92.3% of the 2,716 2022 BMW 5 Series tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 91.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 BMW 5 Series?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.54%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.43%), has ply or cords exposed (1.36%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 BMW 5 Series MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 BMW 5 Series in this dataset had covered 35,506 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2022 BMW 5 Series?
Hybrid: 92.3% pass rate across 2,327 tests. Petrol: 92.5% pass rate across 389 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2022 BMW 5 Series MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 92.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.