Does the BMW M5 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The BMW M5 records 5.00 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 14.57 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−9.57, 95% interval −10.04 to −9.11). It ranks 646 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a BMW M5 by registration

What exactly fails on brakes?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the BMW M5 is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 293 times in 2019–2024.

BMW M5: most frequent brakes defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded	293	1.13
Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement	144	0.56
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake	131	0.51
a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm	60	0.23
Warning device shows system malfunction	58	0.22

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 25,897 (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 M5 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?

6.1% of BMW M5 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.4 months and 1,578 miles later (2,720 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 2,720 (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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