Pass rate
89.8%
Above average — 2.2 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 925 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£98
2022 BMW M340D MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 31,418 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
57.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 90.1% pass
- Avoid 2022 89.8% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 0.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.8%
- Typical mileage
- 31k mi
The 2022 BMW M340D MOT pass rate is 89.8% of its MOT tests — 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 57.8% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.9× the national share
Tyres make up 57.8% of everything recorded on the 2022 BMW M340d, against 19.8% nationally — 38.0 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 11% 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 2022 BMW M340D compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.8%. The median 2022 BMW M340D in this dataset had covered 31,418 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.9% of the time, April–September 89.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure", noted on 2.49% of tests.
- 925 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.8% overall pass rate, 88.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW M340D, the average is 90.0% — best year 2021 (90.1%), worst 2022 (89.8%).
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
- 925
- Typical mileage (median)
- 31,418 mi
- Make and model
- BMW M340D
- 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 M340D MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the BMW M340D is most common
Across all M340D model years on record (2020–2022): 3,476 BMW M340D cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 4,927 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 141 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 141 | 92.5% |
| 2 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 97 | 92.3% |
| 3 | Peterborough (PE) | 85 | 90.9% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 81 | 87.3% |
| 5 | Glasgow (G) | 79 | 89.3% |
| 6 | Aberdeen (AB) | 69 | 86.2% |
| 7 | Leeds (LS) | 69 | 91.2% |
| 8 | Blackburn (BB) | 64 | 89.4% |
| 9 | Bradford (BD) | 64 | 96.5% |
| 10 | Leicester (LE) | 60 | 93.5% |
| 11 | Manchester (M) | 59 | 89.3% |
| 12 | Doncaster (DN) | 57 | 96.1% |
| 13 | Liverpool (L) | 57 | 94.6% |
| 14 | Reading (RG) | 55 | 87.4% |
| 15 | Nottingham (NG) | 54 | 84.1% |
| 16 | Stockport (SK) | 53 | 80.2% |
| 17 | Coventry (CV) | 51 | 88.2% |
| 18 | Guildford (GU) | 50 | 85.9% |
| 19 | Edinburgh (EH) | 49 | 89.6% |
| 20 | Oldham (OL) | 49 | 93.8% |
The twenty areas with the most BMW M340D cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the M340D
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 151 | 90.1% |
| South East | 148 | 89.2% |
| North West | 125 | 92.8% |
| Yorkshire | 98 | 89.8% |
| West Midlands | 97 | 89.7% |
| East of England | 81 | 88.9% |
| South West | 75 | 86.7% |
| East Midlands | 53 | 86.8% |
| North East | 51 | 92.2% |
| London | 28 | 92.9% |
| Wales | 18 | 88.9% |
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 2022 M340D
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 2022 M340D
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 1.6% 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 number plates 0.8% of tests
“registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements”
Check both plates are present, legible and correctly spaced, with the postcode of the supplier and the BS AU 145e mark. A private plate in the wrong style is a fail before the car is even looked at.
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Check the lights 0.7% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 2022 M340D through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£98 — and 11% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£98
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 11%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 925 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 M340D, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.8% to 90.1% — a spread of 0.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 89.8% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2021 90.1% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2022 89.8%has a bulge, caused by separation…
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 2022 BMW M340D 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- MG Zs 89.8%
- MG Zs Trophy 89.8%
- Hyundai I10 89.6%
- Polestar Polestar 90.0%
- Audi Q4 E-Tron 90.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 90.3%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 BMW M340D 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 322 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 | 188 | 57.80% | 19.76% | +38.04 |
| Visibility | 36 | 11.10% | 4.97% | +6.13 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 30 | 9.20% | 5.52% | +3.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 20 | 6.20% | 4.18% | +2.02 |
| Brakes | 13 | 4.00% | 20.89% | −16.89 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 11 | 3.40% | 1.76% | +1.64 |
| Suspension | 9 | 2.80% | 20.98% | −18.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 8 | 2.50% | 12.21% | −9.71 |
| Road Wheels | 5 | 1.50% | 0.75% | +0.75 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 0.60% | 5.57% | −4.97 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £80–200 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.76% | £20–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.65% | £3–12 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.65% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.54% | £18–45 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.54% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.54% | £45–95 |
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 | 7.7% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 2.2% | £200–700 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 0.86% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 416 | 90.4% | 21,718 mi |
| 30-60k | 461 | 89.6% | 40,269 mi |
| 60-90k | 43 | 86.0% | 68,607 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 100.0% | 100,934 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 165,540 mi |
Source: 925 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.
2022 M340D MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 BMW M340D?
89.8% of the 925 2022 BMW M340D tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 88.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 BMW M340D?
The three most recorded items are has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (2.49%), has ply or cords exposed (2.27%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.95%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 BMW M340D MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.4% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 BMW M340D in this dataset had covered 31,418 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 BMW M340D MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.