Pass rate
88.2%
Above average — 15.2 pts ahead of the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 51 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£68
2007 BMW 760 MOT pass rate
- 2007
- typical 127,832 mi
Only 51 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.
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Most common fault
Suspension
32.5% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2010 89.5% pass
- Avoid 2004 73.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 16.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.0%
- Typical mileage
- 128k mi
The 2007 BMW 760 MOT pass rate is 88.2% of its MOT tests — 15.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.5× the national share
Suspension accounts for 32.5% of everything recorded on the 2007 BMW 760, against 21.0% nationally — 11.5 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- 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 73.0% and this one manages 88.2% — 15.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 23% 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 2007 BMW 760 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 15.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.0%. The median 2007 BMW 760 in this dataset had covered 127,832 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt", noted on 3.92% of tests.
- 51 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.2% overall pass rate, 87.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW 760, the average is 81.4% — best year 2010 (89.5%), worst 2004 (73.2%).
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
- 51
- Typical mileage (median)
- 127,832 mi
- Make and model
- BMW 760
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 760 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 75% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2007 760
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 2007 760
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 suspension joints 3.9% of tests
“ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
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
“all direction indicators light intensity significantly reduced”
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 exhaust and emissions 2.0% of tests
“emissions not tested unable to be completed”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2007 760 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£68 — and 23% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£68
- Cheapest common item: all direction indicators light intensity…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: emissions not tested unable to be completed
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 23%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 51 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 760, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2003 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.2% to 89.5% — a spread of 16.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 80.6% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2004 73.2% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 78.9% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 83.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2007 88.2%ball joint dust cover no longer…
- 2010 89.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2014 81.3% coil spring fractured or broken
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 2007 BMW 760 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 2007 cars with a similar record
- Porsche Boxster 87.3%
- Porsche 911 89.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Sl 85.5%
- Porsche Cayman 85.3%
- Aston Martin DB9 91.4%
- Bentley Continental 92.1%
Closest pass rates among 2007 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 2007 BMW 760 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 77 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 25 | 32.50% | 20.98% | +11.52 |
| Tyres | 17 | 22.10% | 19.76% | +2.34 |
| Brakes | 16 | 20.80% | 20.89% | −0.09 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7 | 9.10% | 12.21% | −3.11 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 6.50% | 5.52% | +0.98 |
| Visibility | 4 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 2.60% | 5.57% | −2.97 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 1.30% | 0.75% | +0.55 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| All direction indicators light intensity significantly reduced Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Major | 2.0% | £20–55 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.0% | £60–250 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Rectified | 2.0% | £45–120 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £8–25 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.0% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 21.6% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.8% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.9% | £18–45 |
| Flexible brake hoses excessively deteriorated Brakes | Advisory | 5.9% | £25–70 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 9 | 100.0% | 55,332 mi |
| 60-90k | 10 | 90.0% | 79,093 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 101,538 mi |
| 120k+ | 30 | 83.3% | 151,362 mi |
Source: 51 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.
2007 760 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 BMW 760?
88.2% of the 51 2007 BMW 760 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 87.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 BMW 760?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.92%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (3.92%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 BMW 760 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 83.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 BMW 760 in this dataset had covered 127,832 mi.