Pass rate
100.0%
Above average — 5.2 pts ahead of the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 57 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £15–£41
2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 17,686 mi
Only 57 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
Visibility
40.0% of faults · 5.0% nationally
mostly wipers, washers and chips in the driver’s view.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 100.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 93.0% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 100.0%
- Typical mileage
- 18k mi
The 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I MOT pass rate is 100.0% of its MOT tests — 5.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Visibility is the biggest single reason it fails, at 40.0% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Visibility: 8.0× the national share
Visibility accounts for 40.0% of everything recorded on the 2023 BMW X3 Xdrive20i, against 5.0% nationally — 35.0 points above. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- 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 94.8% and this one manages 100.0% — 5.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 67% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 5.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 100.0%. The median 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I in this dataset had covered 17,686 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 1.75% of tests.
- 57 recorded tests behind this page.
- 100.0% overall pass rate, 100.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW X3 XDRIVE20I, the average is 93.3% — best year 2023 (100.0%), worst 2022 (93.0%).
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
- 57
- Typical mileage (median)
- 17,686 mi
- Make and model
- BMW X3 XDRIVE20I
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the X3 XDRIVE20I MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 92% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2023 X3 XDRIVE20I
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 2023 X3 XDRIVE20I
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 lights 1.8% 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.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.8% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2023 X3 XDRIVE20I through its MOT
Across the 3 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £15–£41 — and 67% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 3 common items
- £15–£41
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: headlamp aim too high
- £30–£80
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 67%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 67%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 57 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 X3 XDRIVE20I, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2021 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.0% to 100.0% — a spread of 7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 93.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 93.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 100.0%headlamp aim too high
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 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Levc Tx 97.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I 3 failure items · 2 advisories · 4 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 5 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 2 | 40.00% | 4.97% | +35.03 |
| Tyres | 1 | 20.00% | 19.76% | +0.24 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 20.00% | 12.21% | +7.79 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 20.00% | 4.18% | +15.82 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £30–80 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.8% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 48 | 100.0% | 17,001 mi |
| 30-60k | 9 | 100.0% | 34,492 mi |
Source: 57 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.
2023 X3 XDRIVE20I MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I?
100.0% of the 57 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 100.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (1.75%), wipers blade defective (1.75%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.75%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 BMW X3 XDRIVE20I in this dataset had covered 17,686 mi.