BMW X6 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a BMW X6 in Great Britain in 2025 — 16,008 tests. Figures cover every X6 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the X6 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
83.3%
11.0 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
16,008
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.0%
of X6 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
86,250
middle half: 68,750–106,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many BMW X6 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 18,048 BMW X6 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 16,599 taxed and 1,449 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. BMW X6 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
16,599
92.0% of the 18,048 X6 cars taxed or on SORN; 39 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
1,449
declared off the road by their keepers — 8.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed X6 cars peaked at 16,776 at the end of 2023 and has since fallen by 177 (1.1%) to 16,599 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 181 at the end of 2014 to 1,449 at the end of 2025, up 700.6%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed X6 cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

05k10k15k20k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed X6 cars, year 2014: 8kTaxed X6 cars, year 2015: 9kTaxed X6 cars, year 2016: 12kTaxed X6 cars, year 2017: 13kTaxed X6 cars, year 2018: 14kTaxed X6 cars, year 2019: 15kTaxed X6 cars, year 2020: 15kTaxed X6 cars, year 2021: 16kTaxed X6 cars, year 2022: 17kTaxed X6 cars, year 2023: 17kTaxed X6 cars, year 2024: 17kTaxed X6 cars, year 2025: 17k17k
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YearTaxed X6 cars
20148,470
20159,480
201611,604
201712,713
201814,415
201914,761
202015,183
202115,962
202216,543
202316,776
202416,626
202516,599

X6 cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

05001k2k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)X6 cars on SORN, year 2014: 181X6 cars on SORN, year 2015: 325X6 cars on SORN, year 2016: 276X6 cars on SORN, year 2017: 362X6 cars on SORN, year 2018: 446X6 cars on SORN, year 2019: 499X6 cars on SORN, year 2020: 644X6 cars on SORN, year 2021: 681X6 cars on SORN, year 2022: 813X6 cars on SORN, year 2023: 1kX6 cars on SORN, year 2024: 1kX6 cars on SORN, year 2025: 1k1k
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YearX6 cars on SORN
2014181
2015325
2016276
2017362
2018446
2019499
2020644
2021681
2022813
20231,019
20241,265
20251,449

Which model years survive

Taxed X6 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 16,599 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed X6 cars
20255003.0%
20245503.3%
20237704.6%
20229115.5%
20219245.6%
20209865.9%
20195903.6%
20181,97111.9%
20171,3027.8%
20161,68910.2%
20151,1687.0%
20141,2067.3%
20131,0436.3%
20129045.4%
20115793.5%
20105683.4%
20096493.9%
20082881.7%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)10.0%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name X6 under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the X6 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, X6 vs all cars, 2025.

BMW X6All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)BMW X6, vehicle age 3: 85.8%BMW X6, vehicle age 4: 87.3%BMW X6, vehicle age 5: 89.2%BMW X6, vehicle age 6: 88.3%BMW X6, vehicle age 7: 84.1%BMW X6, vehicle age 8: 86.7%BMW X6, vehicle age 9: 88.1%BMW X6, vehicle age 10: 84.8%BMW X6, vehicle age 11: 81.7%BMW X6, vehicle age 12: 79%BMW X6, vehicle age 13: 75.3%BMW X6, vehicle age 14: 78.4%BMW X6, vehicle age 15: 76.8%BMW X6, vehicle age 16: 73.3%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%BMW X6 73.3%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)X6 testsX6 pass rateAll cars
399485.8%88.5%
497987.3%87.2%
51,05189.2%86.0%
664188.3%83.5%
72,07284.1%80.9%
81,34586.7%78.2%
91,76288.1%74.9%
101,24584.8%71.9%
111,27581.7%68.6%
121,11279.0%65.8%
131,00375.3%63.5%
1466178.4%61.2%
1567676.8%59.3%
1677173.3%58.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

The X6's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the X6 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

X6 aheadX6 behind
-18-9+0+9+18Age 3: -2.7 points vs the average car3Age 4: +0.1 points vs the average carAge 5: +3.2 points vs the average car5Age 6: +4.8 points vs the average carAge 7: +3.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: +8.5 points vs the average carAge 9: +13.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: +12.9 points vs the average carAge 11: +13.1 points vs the average car11Age 12: +13.2 points vs the average carAge 13: +11.8 points vs the average car13Age 14: +17.2 points vs the average carAge 15: +17.5 points vs the average car15Age 16: +15.0 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-2.7
4+0.1
5+3.2
6+4.8
7+3.2
8+8.5
9+13.2
10+12.9
11+13.1
12+13.2
13+11.8
14+17.2
15+17.5
16+15.0

The X6 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the X6 fleet still in use.

07501k2k3kAge 3: 9943Age 4: 979Age 5: 1k5Age 6: 641Age 7: 2k7Age 8: 1kAge 9: 1k9Age 10: 1kAge 11: 1k11Age 12: 1kAge 13: 1k13Age 14: 661Age 15: 67615Age 16: 77116Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3994
4979
51,051
6641
72,072
81,345
91,762
101,245
111,275
121,112
131,003
14661
15676
16771

What an X6 fails on

Where the failure items land when an X6 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Tyres27.8%
Suspension18.0%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.6%
Brakes10.8%
Visibility9.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.5%
Identification of the vehicle3.7%
Road Wheels3.5%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (95.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a X6, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 43.2% of advisories43.2%Brakes: 21.0% of advisories21.0%Suspension: 17.7% of advisories17.7%Noise, emissions and leaks: 8.2% of advisories8.2%Non-component advisories: 6.8% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.2% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres43.2%
Brakes21.0%
Suspension17.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.2%
Non-component advisories6.8%
Identification of the vehicle1.2%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid X6?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested X6 fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 82.4% of 12,988 tests82.4%Diesel12,988 testsElectric diesel: 87.3% of 1,532 tests87.3%Electric diesel1,532 testsPetrol: 86.6% of 1,243 tests86.6%Petrol1,243 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel12,98882.4%
Electric diesel1,53287.3%
Petrol1,24386.6%

What mileage is normal for an X6?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) X6; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical X6 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k357911131516Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 21,250–36,250)Age 4: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 28,750–46,250)Age 5: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 31,250–53,750)Age 6: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 41,250–68,750)Age 7: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 46,250–76,250)Age 8: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 56,250–86,250)Age 9: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 61,250–93,750)Age 10: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 68,750–106,250)Age 11: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 76,250–116,250)Age 12: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 83,750–121,250)Age 13: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 91,250–128,750)Age 14: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 96,250–133,750)Age 15: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 98,750–138,750)Age 16: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 103,750–146,250)123k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
321,25026,25036,250
428,75036,25046,250
531,25041,25053,750
641,25053,75068,750
746,25058,75076,250
856,25071,25086,250
961,25076,25093,750
1068,75086,250106,250
1176,25096,250116,250
1283,750101,250121,250
1391,250108,750128,750
1496,250113,750133,750
1598,750118,750138,750
16103,750123,750146,250

What fails at each age

The X6's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresIdentification of the vehicleLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionBrakesEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres65.8%
3-5 yrsIdentification of the vehicle8.5%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7.4%
3-5 yrsVisibility5.3%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks4.0%
3-5 yrsEverything else9.0%
6-9 yrsTyres42.9%
6-9 yrsSuspension13.7%
6-9 yrsVisibility10.2%
6-9 yrsBrakes10.1%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks6.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else16.4%
10-13 yrsTyres24.8%
10-13 yrsSuspension21.3%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.7%
10-13 yrsBrakes13.6%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.0%
10-13 yrsEverything else16.6%
14+ yrsSuspension30.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.9%
14+ yrsBrakes15.2%
14+ yrsTyres13.2%
14+ yrsVisibility6.8%
14+ yrsEverything else16.0%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.