Pass rate
88.6%
Above average — 2.1 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 167 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £49–£119
2020 BMW X6 M50I MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 29,788 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
54.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 89.2% pass
- Avoid 2021 83.3% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 5.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 87.2%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2020 BMW X6 M50I MOT pass rate is 88.6% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 54.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how BMW X6 M50I does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.7× the national share
Tyres make up 54.0% of everything recorded on the 2020 BMW X6 M50i, against 19.8% nationally — 34.2 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 8% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 167 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2020 BMW X6 M50I compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 2.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 87.2%. The median 2020 BMW X6 M50I in this dataset had covered 29,788 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.3% of the time, April–September 86.2%.
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 5.39% of tests.
- 167 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.6% overall pass rate, 87.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW X6 M50I, the average is 86.6% — best year 2022 (89.2%), worst 2021 (83.3%).
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
- 167
- Typical mileage (median)
- 29,788 mi
- Make and model
- BMW X6 M50I
- 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 X6 M50I MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the X6 M50I
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 39 | 92.3% |
| West Midlands | 25 | 80.0% |
| North West | 23 | 91.3% |
| London | 18 | 94.4% |
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 2020 X6 M50I
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 2020 X6 M50I
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 4.2% 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 suspension joints 0.6% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
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 number plates 0.6% 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.
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 2020 X6 M50I through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £49–£119 — and 8% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £49–£119
- Cheapest common item: side repeaters not working
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 8%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 167 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 X6 M50I, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 83.3% to 89.2% — a spread of 5.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 88.6%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 83.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 89.2% has a cut in excess of the…
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 2020 BMW X6 M50I 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Peugeot Rifter 88.6%
- Jaguar Xe 88.5%
- Mitsubishi Shogun 88.5%
- Peugeot 208 88.7%
- Mercedes-Benz C 88.7%
- Volvo V60 R-Design + 88.7%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 BMW X6 M50I 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 87 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 | 47 | 54.00% | 19.76% | +34.24 |
| Brakes | 14 | 16.10% | 20.89% | −4.79 |
| Visibility | 9 | 10.30% | 4.97% | +5.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 6.90% | 4.18% | +2.72 |
| Suspension | 3 | 3.40% | 20.98% | −17.58 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2 | 2.30% | 12.21% | −9.91 |
| Steering | 1 | 1.10% | 2.57% | −1.47 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 1.10% | 0.82% | +0.28 |
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 | 5.4% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.2% | £80–200 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £5–25 |
| Buckle missing Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 0.60% | £40–120 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Rectified | 0.60% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.60% | £40–150 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.60% | £20–80 |
| Size/type of different sizes are fitted on the same axle. Tyres | Major | 0.60% | £45–95 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover excessively damaged or deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of… Steering | Major | 0.60% | £18–45 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 0.60% | £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 | 7.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 2.4% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 84 | 88.1% | 20,983 mi |
| 30-60k | 69 | 91.3% | 41,269 mi |
| 60-90k | 12 | 75.0% | 66,482 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 112,828 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 140,026 mi |
Source: 167 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.
2020 X6 M50I MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 BMW X6 M50I?
88.6% of the 167 2020 BMW X6 M50I tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 87.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 BMW X6 M50I?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (5.39%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.19%), side repeaters not working (1.20%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 BMW X6 M50I MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.1% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 BMW X6 M50I in this dataset had covered 29,788 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 BMW X6 M50I MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.