MOT pass rate · 2025 data
MINI Clubman MOT pass rate
The MINI Clubman passed 82.97% of its 25,842 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 5.7 percentage points better than average.
How the MINI Clubman holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the MINI Clubman grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 115 | 93.04% |
| 6–10 years | 25,130 | 83.19% |
| 11 years and over | 594 | 71.72% |
The MINI Clubman drops 21.3 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the MINI Clubman fails its MOT
Across every MINI Clubman that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was tyres, accounting for 32.7% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 32.7% | 2,389 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 20.9% | 1,527 |
| Suspension | 17.84% | 1,303 |
| Brakes | 10.92% | 798 |
| Visibility | 8.3% | 606 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4.05% | 296 |
How the MINI Clubman compares
Ranked on pass rate, the MINI Clubman sits 269th of 651 models in this data , and 7th of the 9 MINI models covered . MINI as a whole averaged 82.15%, so this model runs 0.8 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used MINI Clubman
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average MINI Clubman came to its 2025 test at 60,773 miles and 8.3 years old. Most examples tested were petrol, though 28.25% were diesel.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific MINI Clubman
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other MINI models
- MINI Cooper 87.98% pass rate · 353,531 tests
- MINI Mini 70% pass rate · 246,080 tests
- MINI Countryman 88.41% pass rate · 98,941 tests
- MINI ONE 84.28% pass rate · 51,817 tests
- MINI John 88.76% pass rate · 21,997 tests
- MINI Paceman 86.03% pass rate · 7,823 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Land Rover Range 83.61% pass rate
- Ford Kuga 83.58% pass rate
- Volkswagen Tiguan 83.85% pass rate
- BMW 118 83.02% pass rate
- Audi Q3 84.17% pass rate
- Audi A6 83.04% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.