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Bmw X6 - 2014

114.3 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Bmw X6, model year 2014. Sample size: 1,660 cars, 3,887 tests and 4,444 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 1,660 cars

The 2014 BMW X6 has an overall defect rate of 114 per 100 vehicles, significantly lower than the yearly average of 194 per 100, indicating a 41% improvement. The model shows better performance particularly in the categories of brakes, steering, and visibility, with defect rates well below the average. Notably, while defect rates increase with higher mileage, the X6 maintains a relatively low rate across all mileage segments, especially in the 0–31,000 mile range. Overall, this model demonstrates strong reliability compared to its peers from the same year.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 1,660 cars

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Categories

Brakes
▲ 50.5% better
45.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Parking brake control missing, defective or inoperative
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
Steering
▲ 85.7% better
1.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • Excessive radial movement between the top of the steering column and the shaft indicating an excessively worn top bearing
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▲ 29.7% better
12.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▲ 61.8% better
15.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 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
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • Headlamp cleaning device: inoperative in the case of LED or gas discharge systems (HID)
  • A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 34.0% better
131.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▲ 55.1% better
7.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A transmission: joint, belt or chain excessively worn
  • 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
  • A transmission shaft flexible coupling: excessively deteriorated
Equipment
▲ 73.3% better
1.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 10.2% better
14.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
  • 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
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 359 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: 1,375
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 344
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 266
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 226
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 224
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 170
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 118
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 115
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 96
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 90

Serious faults (Top 10)

A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 118
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 90
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 81
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 62
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 46
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 45
Headlamp cleaning device: inoperative in the case of LED or gas discharge systems (HID)
FAIL
Occurrences: 33
A direction indicator: lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 30
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 30
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 29