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MINI Cooper MOT pass rate by year

How the MINI Cooper's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2001 to 2023, across the DVSA record.

What is the MINI Cooper MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each MINI Cooper model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The MINI Cooper averages 13.9% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
200165.5%34.5%2,521
200268.3%31.7%9,566
200369.8%30.2%16,230
200472.5%27.5%18,343
200572.8%27.2%19,466
200673.6%26.4%18,803
200775.0%25.0%35,910
200876.3%23.7%26,878
200978.3%21.7%26,039
201079.2%20.8%32,109
201179.5%20.5%54,736
201281.8%18.2%132,621
201382.0%18.0%204,198
201485.4%14.6%281,923
201586.5%13.5%343,321
201687.4%12.6%318,358
201788.1%11.9%297,663
201889.1%10.9%262,087
201990.0%10.0%245,035
202090.0%10.0%138,051
202189.7%10.3%104,175
202290.8%9.2%65,147
202391.0%9.0%17,362

Does age change how often a MINI Cooper fails?

Older MINI Coopers fail more often, as expected. The 2001 cars fail 34.5% of tests against 9.0% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 13.9%. The 2001 is the weakest year at 34.5%, and the 2023 the strongest at 9.0%.

More on the MINI Cooper

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
MINI Cooper: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All MINI models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain