Pass rate
93.8%
Above average — 3.1 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 65 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £45–£112
2020 BMW 530 MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 32,775 mi
Only 65 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
56.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 93.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2000 76.1% pass
Across the 21 years on record, a spread of 17.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.5%
- Typical mileage
- 33k mi
The 2020 BMW 530 MOT pass rate is 93.8% of its MOT tests — 3.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 56.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how BMW 530 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.9× the national share
Tyres make up 56.5% of everything recorded on the 2020 BMW 530, against 19.8% nationally — 36.7 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.
- 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 90.7% and this one manages 93.8% — 3.1 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 2020 BMW 530 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 3.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.5%. The median 2020 BMW 530 in this dataset had covered 32,775 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 51% of tests, with a 87.9% pass rate.
The single most recorded failure item is "Fixing missing", noted on 1.54% of tests.
- 65 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.8% overall pass rate, 93.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 530, the average is 82.5% — best year 2020 (93.8%), worst 2000 (76.1%).
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
- 65
- Typical mileage (median)
- 32,775 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 530
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wheel Hub Bearing Kit
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 530 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (51% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the 530
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 19 | 89.5% |
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 2020 530
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 2020 530
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 number plates 1.5% 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.
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Check the windscreen 1.5% 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.
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 2020 530 through its MOT
Across the 6 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £45–£112 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 6 common items
- £45–£112
- Cheapest common item: fixing missing
- £20–£55
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 67%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 65 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 530, side by side
21 model years on record, from 2000 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.1% to 93.8% — a spread of 17.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 76.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 76.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 77.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 77.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 78.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 78.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 79.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 80.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 82.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 82.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 81.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 82.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 83.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 86.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 87.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 88.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 89.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 89.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 91.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 84.2% has ply or cords exposed
- 2020 93.8%fixing missing
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 2020 BMW 530 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Volvo XC60 Momentum B5 93.8%
- Volkswagen T-Roc 93.7%
- Mitsubishi Asx Exceed 93.9%
- Ford Puma 93.6%
- Toyota Aygo 93.6%
- Audi Q3 93.6%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 BMW 530 6 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 23 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 | 13 | 56.50% | 19.76% | +36.74 |
| Brakes | 3 | 13.00% | 20.89% | −7.89 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 8.70% | 4.18% | +4.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 8.70% | 1.76% | +6.94 |
| Suspension | 1 | 4.30% | 20.98% | −16.68 |
| Visibility | 1 | 4.30% | 4.97% | −0.67 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 4.30% | 0.75% | +3.55 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Rectified | 1.5% | £20–55 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.5% | £20–80 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £80–200 |
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 | 12.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.5% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Items removed from drivers view prior to test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.5% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 31 | 90.3% | 20,468 mi |
| 30-60k | 19 | 100.0% | 44,007 mi |
| 60-90k | 6 | 100.0% | 71,864 mi |
| 90-120k | 7 | 85.7% | 98,987 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 100.0% | 135,946 mi |
Source: 65 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.
2020 530 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 BMW 530?
93.8% of the 65 2020 BMW 530 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 93.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 BMW 530?
The three most recorded items are fixing missing (1.54%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.54%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.54%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 BMW 530 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 BMW 530 in this dataset had covered 32,775 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 BMW 530?
Diesel: 87.9% pass rate across 33 tests. Hybrid: 100.0% pass rate across 23 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.