MINI (all bodies) MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 626,921 MINI (all bodies) cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
DVSA records most MINIs without a body style, so this page covers the hatch, convertible and other MINIs together. Records that name the Countryman, Clubman, Paceman, Coupe or Roadster are left out.
How often does a MINI (all bodies) pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 75.8% of the 626,921 MINI (all bodies) cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 71.8% of the time, so the MINI (all bodies) was 4.0 points above them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the MINI (all bodies) did best for 2014 registrations (10.4 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2001 registrations (10.9 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | MINI (all bodies) | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89.5% | 89.1% | 30,946 |
| 2021 | 88.5% | 88.2% | 36,233 |
| 2020 | 88.0% | 86.8% | 35,782 |
| 2019 | 87.7% | 84.2% | 48,095 |
| 2018 | 86.6% | 81.7% | 43,317 |
| 2017 | 84.7% | 78.9% | 44,386 |
| 2016 | 83.5% | 75.5% | 44,780 |
| 2015 | 81.4% | 72.4% | 44,314 |
| 2014 | 79.3% | 68.9% | 30,471 |
| 2013 | 72.9% | 65.9% | 40,219 |
| 2012 | 70.9% | 63.5% | 34,306 |
| 2011 | 66.3% | 61.3% | 28,840 |
| 2010 | 65.3% | 59.1% | 30,068 |
| 2009 | 60.4% | 57.9% | 25,208 |
| 2008 | 58.1% | 56.7% | 21,932 |
| 2007 | 56.2% | 56.9% | 20,669 |
| 2006 | 55.7% | 56.6% | 17,375 |
| 2005 | 55.1% | 57.3% | 17,836 |
| 2004 | 55.0% | 57.4% | 14,274 |
| 2003 | 55.0% | 58.4% | 9,882 |
| 2002 | 52.7% | 59.2% | 6,183 |
| 2001 | 50.1% | 61.0% | 1,395 |
What the MINI (all bodies) failed on most
Of the 151,571 MINI (all bodies) cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Sidelight or rear light not working16.0%
- 2.Headlight aim out of line13.6%
- 3.Badly damaged tyre12.7%
- 4.Wiper blade not clearing the screen11.0%
- 5.Tyre tread below the legal limit7.4%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 40.4%, tyres 25.9%, brakes 19.6%, visibility 18.6%, suspension 18.3%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | MINI (all bodies) | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 18,300 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 24,500 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 29,000 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 34,800 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 41,000 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 48,400 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 55,200 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 62,600 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 67,900 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 74,300 | 84,700 |
| 13 years | 78,200 | 90,400 |
| 14 years | 84,000 | 95,900 |
| 15 years | 85,500 | 97,900 |
| 16 years | 87,600 | 98,600 |
| 17 years | 92,800 | 103,500 |
| 18 years | 91,600 | 104,800 |
| 19 years | 95,000 | 104,100 |
| 20 years | 98,400 | 103,100 |
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).