Does the BMW i3 fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

The BMW i3 records 0.32 vehicle identification failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.26 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.06, 95% interval +0.02 to +0.10). It ranks 262 of 636 models on vehicle identification (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the BMW i3 is “Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements”, recorded 234 times in 2019–2024.

BMW i3: most frequent vehicle identification defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements	234	0.27

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 87,422 (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

Does the BMW i3 fail the MOT on vehicle identification more than it should?

What exactly fails on vehicle identification?

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