MINI MOT failure rates by model
MINI cars fail 21.4% of MOT tests. Here is every MINI model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for MINI cars?
Across 12,767,298 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 21.4% of MINI cars fail. That is 4.3 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The MINI models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| MINI MINI | 25.6% | 8,156,108 | Lamps & electrical |
| MINI Moke | 25.6% | 1,835 | Lamps & electrical |
| MINI Clubvan | 19.0% | 4,476 | Lamps & electrical |
| MINI First | 18.6% | 25,025 | Lamps & electrical |
| MINI One | 16.4% | 591,563 | Tyres |
| MINI Roadster | 14.8% | 30,624 | Tyres |
| MINI Country | 14.8% | 1,032 | Tyres |
| MINI Clubman | 14.3% | 218,578 | Tyres |
| MINI Unknown | 14.2% | 9,498 | Tyres |
| MINI Cooper | 13.9% | 2,703,659 | Tyres |
| MINI Challenge | 13.7% | 2,023 | Tyres |
| MINI John | 12.8% | 146,577 | Tyres |
| MINI Paceman | 12.7% | 85,528 | Tyres |
| MINI Countryman | 12.4% | 780,553 | Tyres |
| MINI Gt | 11.0% | 4,586 | Tyres |
Which MINI fails its MOT most, and which least?
The MINI MINI has the highest failure rate at 25.6%, and the MINI Gt the lowest at 11.0%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
Compare another make
Failure rates for other makes with a large MOT sample.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain