Pass rate
93.5%
Above average — 5.6 pts ahead of the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 307 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £49–£136
2018 BMW M2 Competition MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 28,916 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
47.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2018 93.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2019 91.8% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 1.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.1%
- Typical mileage
- 29k mi
The 2018 BMW M2 Competition MOT pass rate is 93.5% of its MOT tests — 5.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 47.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.4× the national share
Tyres make up 47.3% of everything recorded on the 2018 BMW M2 Competition, against 19.8% nationally — 27.5 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 87.9% and this one manages 93.5% — 5.6 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 2018 BMW M2 Competition compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 5.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.1%. The median 2018 BMW M2 Competition in this dataset had covered 28,916 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.5% of the time, April–September 90.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 2.28% of tests.
- 307 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.5% overall pass rate, 93.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW M2 Competition, the average is 92.2% — best year 2018 (93.5%), worst 2019 (91.8%).
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
- 307
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,916 mi
- Make and model
- BMW M2 Competition
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 M2 Competition MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the M2 Competition
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 89 | 92.1% |
| East of England | 47 | 89.4% |
| Yorkshire | 26 | 96.2% |
| West Midlands | 25 | 96.0% |
| London | 23 | 100.0% |
| South West | 22 | 90.9% |
| East Midlands | 20 | 100.0% |
| Scotland | 20 | 90.0% |
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 2018 M2 Competition
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 2018 M2 Competition
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 windscreen 1.9% 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.
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Check the coil springs 1.3% 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 exhaust and emissions 1.0% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
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 2018 M2 Competition through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £49–£136 — and 0% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £49–£136
- Cheapest common item: ball joint excessively worn
- £18–£45
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 0%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 307 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 M2 Competition, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2018 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 91.8% to 93.5% — a spread of 1.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2018 93.5%has ply or cords exposed
- 2019 91.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 91.9% has ply or cords exposed
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 2018 BMW M2 Competition 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Honda Jazz 93.4%
- Toyota Prius 93.3%
- Honda Hr-V 93.3%
- Mazda Mx-5 93.7%
- Lexus Ct 93.2%
- Hyundai IX20 93.2%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 BMW M2 Competition 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 110 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 | 52 | 47.30% | 19.76% | +27.54 |
| Brakes | 19 | 17.30% | 20.89% | −3.59 |
| Suspension | 14 | 12.70% | 20.98% | −8.28 |
| Visibility | 8 | 7.30% | 4.97% | +2.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 5.50% | 4.18% | +1.32 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3 | 2.70% | 1.76% | +0.94 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 1.80% | 12.21% | −10.41 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £25–65 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.98% | £60–250 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.65% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.65% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.65% | £30–80 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.33% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.33% | £45–95 |
| Hydraulic brake callipers leaking and braking performance affected Brakes | Major | 0.33% | £45–110 |
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 | 10.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 0.98% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 166 | 95.2% | 20,126 mi |
| 30-60k | 124 | 91.1% | 39,394 mi |
| 60-90k | 17 | 94.1% | 68,304 mi |
Source: 307 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.
2018 M2 Competition MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 BMW M2 Competition?
93.5% of the 307 2018 BMW M2 Competition tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 93.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 BMW M2 Competition?
The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (2.28%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.95%), coil spring fractured or broken (1.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 BMW M2 Competition MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 95.2% of the time, falling to 94.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 BMW M2 Competition in this dataset had covered 28,916 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 BMW M2 Competition MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 90.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.