Pass rate
81.9%
Around average — 3.3 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 72 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£89
2013 BMW Alpina MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 97,090 mi
Only 72 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
34.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 98.2% pass
- Avoid 2009 81.6% pass
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 16.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.7%
- Typical mileage
- 97k mi
The 2013 BMW Alpina MOT pass rate is 81.9% of its MOT tests — 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how BMW Alpina does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.8× the national share
Tyres make up 34.8% of everything recorded on the 2013 BMW Alpina, against 19.8% nationally — 15.0 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 78.6% and this one manages 81.9% — 3.3 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 2013 BMW Alpina compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.7%. The median 2013 BMW Alpina in this dataset had covered 97,090 mi.
83% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 81.7% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.4% of the time, April–September 81.6%.
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 5.56% of tests.
- 72 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.9% overall pass rate, 78.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW Alpina, the average is 87.2% — best year 2022 (98.2%), worst 2009 (81.6%).
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
- 72
- Typical mileage (median)
- 97,090 mi
- Make and model
- BMW Alpina
- 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 Alpina MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (83% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Alpina
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 18 | 77.8% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2013 Alpina
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 2013 Alpina
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 2.8% 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 brakes 1.4% of tests
“brake discs significantly and obviously worn”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the lights 1.4% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 2013 Alpina through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£89 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £37–£89
- Cheapest common item: coil spring fractured or broken
- £25–£65
- Dearest common item: not functioning as intended
- £40–£120
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 72 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 Alpina, side by side
23 model years on record, from 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 81.6% to 98.2% — a spread of 16.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 85.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 83.5% anti-lock braking system warning…
- 2002 86.8% washers not working
- 2003 87.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 87.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2005 87.9% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2006 87.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 83.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 87.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 81.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 87.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 87.3% shock absorbers has a serious…
- 2012 89.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 81.9%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2014 84.8% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2015 89.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 88.9% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2017 89.4% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2018 87.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2019 93.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 90.9% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 91.4% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 98.2% 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 2013 BMW Alpina 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Peugeot 107 81.9%
- MINI COOPER D 81.9%
- Audi A3 82.0%
- Land Rover Discovery 82.0%
- Smart Fortwo Passion Mhd 82.0%
- SEAT Leon 81.8%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 BMW Alpina 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 46 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 | 16 | 34.80% | 19.76% | +15.04 |
| Suspension | 11 | 23.90% | 20.98% | +2.92 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 17.40% | 4.18% | +13.22 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 6.50% | 12.21% | −5.71 |
| Brakes | 2 | 4.30% | 20.89% | −16.59 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 4.30% | 5.57% | −1.27 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 2.20% | 5.52% | −3.32 |
| Visibility | 1 | 2.20% | 4.97% | −2.77 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 2.20% | 1.76% | +0.44 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 2.20% | 0.82% | +1.38 |
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 | 5.6% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £25–65 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 1.4% | £40–120 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 1.4% | £20–80 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £30–75 |
| Shock absorbers has negligible damping effect Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £30–75 |
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 | 9.7% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 5.6% | £25–65 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 5.6% | £120–300 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–95 |
| Anti-roll bar corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 2.8% | £12–30 |
| Flexible couplings excessively deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 2.8% | £80–250 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 15 | 86.7% | 45,029 mi |
| 60-90k | 17 | 88.2% | 76,421 mi |
| 90-120k | 33 | 78.8% | 105,771 mi |
| 120k+ | 7 | 71.4% | 125,824 mi |
Source: 72 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.
2013 Alpina MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 BMW Alpina?
81.9% of the 72 2013 BMW Alpina tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 78.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 BMW Alpina?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (5.56%), coil spring fractured or broken (2.78%), brake discs significantly and obviously worn (1.39%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 BMW Alpina MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.7% of the time, falling to 71.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 BMW Alpina in this dataset had covered 97,090 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 BMW Alpina?
Diesel: 81.7% pass rate across 60 tests. Petrol: 83.3% pass rate across 12 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 BMW Alpina MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.