BMW F 900 XR Te: MOT pass rate by registration year

Which F 900 XR Te years pass first time, and which fall short of the model's 95.8% average, from 1,277 DVSA tests.

2020

highest-passing year · 96.3%

2021

lowest-passing year · 95.1%

1.2pp

spread across 3 years

Pass rate by registration year

first-time pass rate · cohorts with 50 or more tests · registration year from first use date

Highest pass rate: 2020 (96.3% of 640 tests). Lowest: 2021 (95.1% of 535).

Registered	Tests	First-time pass	vs model (95.8%)
2020	640	96.3%	+0.5 pp
2021	535	95.1%	-0.7 pp
2022	102	96.1%	+0.3 pp

Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years. A first-time MOT pass is a roadworthiness check, not a full mechanical inspection.

Pass rate over time

first-time pass rate by test year · 2023–2025

Questions

Which F 900 XR Te years have the lowest MOT pass rate?: none: no registration year of the BMW F 900 XR Te falls more than two points under the model's 95.8% overall pass rate.
Which F 900 XR Te year has the highest MOT pass rate?: 2020, at 96.3% of 640 first tests (2005–2025).
How much does the F 900 XR Te pass rate vary by year?: 1.2 percentage points between the highest (2020, 96.3%) and lowest (2021, 95.1%) cohorts with at least 50 tests. Older cohorts are survivors: the worst examples have already left the road, which tends to lift the earliest years.

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