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Rover MINI MOT pass rate by year

How the Rover MINI's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1980 to 2001, across the DVSA record.

What is the Rover MINI MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Rover MINI 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 Rover MINI averages 33.0% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198069.3%30.7%2,436
198168.1%31.9%1,420
198268.3%31.7%1,712
198366.6%33.4%1,762
198467.4%32.6%2,214
198569.1%30.9%2,324
198666.8%33.2%2,787
198764.5%35.5%3,536
198865.4%34.6%4,042
198965.8%34.2%13,968
199065.1%34.9%48,552
199164.7%35.3%48,934
199264.0%36.0%42,623
199364.5%35.5%46,733
199465.0%35.0%44,872
199565.6%34.4%39,724
199666.3%33.7%37,035
199766.6%33.4%30,412
199868.2%31.8%38,270
199970.3%29.7%30,922
200071.4%28.6%47,189
200173.6%26.4%14,110

Does age change how often a Rover MINI fails?

Older Rover MINIs fail more often, as expected. The 1980 cars fail 30.7% of tests against 26.4% for the 2001. Across every year the model averages 33.0%. The 1992 is the weakest year at 36.0%, and the 2001 the strongest at 26.4%.

More on the Rover MINI

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

See also
Rover MINI: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Rover 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