Pass rate
82.3%
Around average — 9.8 pts ahead of the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 293 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£68
2006 BMW 750 MOT pass rate
- 2006
- typical 103,524 mi
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Most common fault
Emissions & leaks
21.4% of faults · 5.5% nationally
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 94.2% pass
- Avoid 2007 79.4% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 14.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 79.9%
- Typical mileage
- 104k mi
The 2006 BMW 750 MOT pass rate is 82.3% of its MOT tests — 9.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Emissions & leaks is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.4% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 3.9× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 21.4% of everything recorded on the 2006 BMW 750, against 5.5% nationally — 15.9 points above. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- 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 72.5% and this one manages 82.3% — 9.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 293 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2006 BMW 750 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 9.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.9%. The median 2006 BMW 750 in this dataset had covered 103,524 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.4% of the time, April–September 84.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 2.73% of tests.
- 293 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.3% overall pass rate, 79.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 750, the average is 85.9% — best year 2018 (94.2%), worst 2007 (79.4%).
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
- 293
- Typical mileage (median)
- 103,524 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 750
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 750 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 750
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 66 | 83.3% |
| East of England | 43 | 86.0% |
| London | 42 | 85.7% |
| West Midlands | 30 | 83.3% |
| North West | 25 | 80.0% |
| Scotland | 23 | 65.2% |
| East Midlands | 16 | 81.3% |
| North East | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2006 750
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 2006 750
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 2.7% 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 suspension joints 2.4% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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.
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Check the lights 2.0% of tests
“mirrors slightly damaged”
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.
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 2006 750 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£68 — and 50% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£68
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 50%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 293 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 750, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2000 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.4% to 94.2% — a spread of 14.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 88.9% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2005 79.5% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2006 82.3%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2007 79.4% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2008 87.2% ball joint excessively worn
- 2009 83.2% malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2014 86.4% washers provides insufficient…
- 2016 92.6% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2017 91.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2018 94.2% 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 2006 BMW 750 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 2006 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Alphard 82.8%
- Audi Q7 81.7%
- Toyota Estima 82.9%
- Porsche Cayenne 83.0%
- Jaguar Xk 81.5%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 83.6%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 BMW 750 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 484 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 105 | 21.40% | 5.52% | +15.88 |
| Suspension | 94 | 19.20% | 20.98% | −1.78 |
| Brakes | 92 | 18.80% | 20.89% | −2.09 |
| Tyres | 82 | 16.70% | 19.76% | −3.06 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 43 | 8.80% | 12.21% | −3.41 |
| Visibility | 26 | 5.30% | 4.97% | +0.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 16 | 3.30% | 4.18% | −0.88 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 10 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 9 | 1.80% | 0.82% | +0.98 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7 | 1.40% | 5.57% | −4.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.7% | £25–65 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £40–150 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £5–20 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.0% | £8–22 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.7% | £45–110 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 26.3% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 16.7% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.3% | £45–95 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £25–70 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £80–180 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 6 | 50.0% | 19,698 mi |
| 30-60k | 23 | 91.3% | 51,571 mi |
| 60-90k | 70 | 85.7% | 76,400 mi |
| 90-120k | 93 | 79.6% | 104,181 mi |
| 120k+ | 101 | 82.2% | 139,658 mi |
Source: 293 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.
2006 750 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 BMW 750?
82.3% of the 293 2006 BMW 750 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 79.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 BMW 750?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (2.73%), pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (2.39%), mirrors slightly damaged (2.05%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 BMW 750 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 50.0% of the time, falling to 82.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 BMW 750 in this dataset had covered 103,524 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 BMW 750 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.