Pass rate
100.0%
Above average — 5.2 pts ahead of the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 58 recorded tests.
2023 BMW Z4 MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 12,232 mi
Only 58 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
66.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 100.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2005 75.5% pass
Across the 20 years on record, a spread of 24.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 100.0%
- Typical mileage
- 12k mi
The 2023 BMW Z4 MOT pass rate is 100.0% of its MOT tests — 5.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 66.7% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.4× the national share
Tyres make up 66.7% of everything recorded on the 2023 BMW Z4, against 19.8% nationally — 46.9 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 94.8% and this one manages 100.0% — 5.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 58 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 2023 BMW Z4 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 Z4 in this dataset had covered 12,232 mi.
No individual failure item was recorded often enough to list.
- 58 recorded tests behind this page.
- 100.0% overall pass rate, 100.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the BMW Z4, the average is 83.2% — best year 2023 (100.0%), worst 2005 (75.5%).
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
- 58
- Typical mileage (median)
- 12,232 mi
- Make and model
- BMW Z4
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Service parts
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Z4 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 92% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2023 Z4
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.
Every year of the Z4, side by side
20 model years on record, from 2003 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.5% to 100.0% — a spread of 24.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 77.5% srs malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2004 78.3% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2005 75.5% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 79.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 80.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 79.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 85.3% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2010 84.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 85.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 85.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 85.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 87.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 87.4% has ply or cords exposed
- 2016 86.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2017 86.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 91.3% has ply or cords exposed
- 2020 92.7% has ply or cords exposed
- 2021 92.5% has ply or cords exposed
- 2022 93.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 100.0%no single leading item
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 Z4 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 Z4 0 failure items · 3 advisories · 2 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 3 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 | 2 | 66.70% | 19.76% | +46.94 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 33.30% | 0.75% | +32.55 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 1.7% | £20–55 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 55 | 100.0% | 12,054 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 31,456 mi |
Source: 58 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 Z4 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 BMW Z4?
100.0% of the 58 2023 BMW Z4 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 Z4?
Not enough item-level records were available for this vehicle.
Does mileage affect the 2023 BMW Z4 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 Z4 in this dataset had covered 12,232 mi.