Does the BMW 6 Series fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The BMW 6 Series records 1.34 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.44 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+0.90, 95% interval +0.84 to +0.96). It ranks 10 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 6 Series is “Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel”, recorded 975 times in 2019–2024.

BMW 6 Series: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel	975	0.71
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	803	0.58
A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	46	0.03

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 137,669 (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 6 Series gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?

2.8% of BMW 6 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 10,578 miles later (714 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 714 (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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