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Bmw X1 - 2013

163.7 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2013 is 221.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Bmw X1, model year 2013. Sample size: 7,976 cars, 18,257 tests and 29,891 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 7,976 cars

The 2013 BMW X1 has a lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 164 defects per 100 vehicles versus 219. This model shows a particularly strong performance in categories such as steering, lights and electrics, and body structure, where its defect rates are significantly lower than average. Interestingly, as mileage increases, the defect rate also rises, but it remains consistently lower than the yearly average across all mileage segments. Overall, the BMW X1 demonstrates a solid reliability profile, especially in key safety and structural areas.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 7,976 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 6.2% better
92.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 98.4 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▲ 76.0% better
3.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 12.9 / 100 tests
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
Visibility
▲ 10.0% better
16.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 18.0 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 65.3% better
17.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.1 / 100 tests
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
  • Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
  • A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
  • Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 19.9% better
175.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 219.6 / 100 tests
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
Body/Structure
▲ 53.0% better
9.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▲ 80.8% better
1.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.2 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt:
Other
▲ 38.8% better
12.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.6 / 100 tests
  • Emissions test unable to be completed
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 379 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,428
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,100
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,984
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,808
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,628
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,213
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,197
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 846
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 670
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 630

Serious faults (Top 10)

A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,197
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 670
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 618
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 329
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 329
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 243
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 238
A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 192
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 172
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 158