Does the BMW 4 Series fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The BMW 4 Series records 0.91 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.27 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+0.64, 95% interval +0.62 to +0.67). It ranks 21 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the BMW 4 Series is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 2,689 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 2,689 | 0.51 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 1,739 | 0.33 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 178 | 0.03 |
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 162 | 0.03 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 525,142 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a BMW 4 Series gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
2.5% of BMW 4 Series MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 8,283 miles later (2,326 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,326 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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