Pass rate
85.1%
Above average — 4.9 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 74 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£62
2014 BMW 6 Series MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 84,677 mi
Only 74 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
41.5% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 91.2% pass
- Avoid 2006 80.0% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 11.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 83.1%
- Typical mileage
- 85k mi
The 2014 BMW 6 Series MOT pass rate is 85.1% of its MOT tests — 4.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 41.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how BMW 6 Series does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.1× the national share
Tyres make up 41.5% of everything recorded on the 2014 BMW 6 Series, against 19.8% nationally — 21.7 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 80.2% and this one manages 85.1% — 4.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 17% 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 2014 BMW 6 Series compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 4.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 83.1%. The median 2014 BMW 6 Series in this dataset had covered 84,677 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 6.76% of tests.
- 74 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.1% overall pass rate, 83.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 6 Series, the average is 87.8% — best year 2019 (91.2%), worst 2006 (80.0%).
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
- 74
- Typical mileage (median)
- 84,677 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 6 Series
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 6 Series MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 6 Series
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 16 | 93.8% |
| North West | 16 | 87.5% |
| Scotland | 15 | 80.0% |
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 2014 6 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 2014 6 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 coil springs 6.8% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the lights 2.7% of tests
“srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 2.7% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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 2014 6 Series through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£62 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£62
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: has ply or cords exposed
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 74 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 6 Series, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2005 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.0% to 91.2% — a spread of 11.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2005 83.5% position lamp not working
- 2006 80.0% position lamp not working
- 2007 81.6% position lamp not working
- 2008 80.8% ball joint excessively worn
- 2009 84.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 83.1% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2011 83.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 84.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 83.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 85.1%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2017 87.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2018 90.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 91.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 90.7% 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 2014 BMW 6 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 85.0%
- Land Rover Defender 85.0%
- Maserati Ghibli 85.2%
- Land Rover Freelander 85.3%
- Audi A3 84.8%
- Skoda Citigo 85.4%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 BMW 6 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 65 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 | 27 | 41.50% | 19.76% | +21.74 |
| Brakes | 11 | 16.90% | 20.89% | −3.99 |
| Suspension | 8 | 12.30% | 20.98% | −8.68 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 9.20% | 12.21% | −3.01 |
| Steering | 4 | 6.20% | 2.57% | +3.63 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 4.60% | 0.82% | +3.78 |
| Visibility | 2 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 3.10% | 1.76% | +1.34 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 1.50% | 5.52% | −4.02 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 1.50% | 4.18% | −2.68 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.8% | £25–65 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.7% | £3–12 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp cleaning device inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.4% | £5–25 |
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 | 13.5% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Advisory | 5.4% | £60–150 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 100.0% | 25,083 mi |
| 30-60k | 11 | 100.0% | 45,588 mi |
| 60-90k | 24 | 79.2% | 78,876 mi |
| 90-120k | 24 | 87.5% | 104,912 mi |
| 120k+ | 8 | 62.5% | 125,396 mi |
Source: 74 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.
2014 6 Series MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 BMW 6 Series?
85.1% of the 74 2014 BMW 6 Series tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 83.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 BMW 6 Series?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (6.76%), has ply or cords exposed (2.70%), srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault (2.70%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 BMW 6 Series MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 62.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 BMW 6 Series in this dataset had covered 84,677 mi.