Used car guide · 2018–2026

BMW X2 common problems and MOT failures

What goes wrong on a used BMW X2, year by year: known faults from UK buying guides, the parts flagged at MOT more than on other cars (from 55,691 MOTs done during 2023–2025), and what to check before you buy one.

55,691MOTs done in 2023–2025, all years of this model
28,715on the UK register
2021best year at its MOT

Pick the year

Most years have their own guide. The year is when the car was first registered (it’s on the logbook, or check the reg below).

202620252024202320222021202020192018

What usually goes wrong with a BMW X2?

We haven’t found widely reported faults for the BMW X2 in the UK buying guides we use yet. That doesn’t mean it has none, so check the car carefully and look at the MOT weak spots below.

BMW X2 MOT pass rate by year

Of the years since 2005 with plenty of MOT tests, the 2021 BMW X2 did best (87% passed first time, 0 points above all 2021 cars) and the 2022 did worst (88%, 1 point below all 2022 cars). Older cars fail more, so compare each year with all cars registered the same year.

YearPass first timeAll cars that yearMOT tests
202387%92% -5104 (small sample)
202288%89% -12,654
202187%87% +06,893
202087%87% +010,792
201985%85% +020,694
201883%83% +014,554

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Where this comes from: MOT figures are the DVSA’s anonymised results for every MOT test done in Great Britain during 2023–2025, grouped by the year each car was first registered. How many are on the road is from the Department for Transport’s vehicle licensing statistics. Known faults are from UK buying guides, in our own words, with links. How we score