MOT pass rate · 2025 data
MINI Cooper MOT pass rate
The MINI Cooper passed 87.98% of its 353,531 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 10.7 percentage points better than average.
How the MINI Cooper 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 Cooper grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 101,509 | 91.43% |
| 6–10 years | 193,533 | 88.46% |
| 11 years and over | 56,723 | 79.94% |
The MINI Cooper loses 11.5 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket — a normal pattern for a car of this age, but still worth checking the individual history.
Why the MINI Cooper fails its MOT
Across every MINI Cooper that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was tyres, accounting for 35.48% 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 | 35.48% | 26,501 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14.77% | 11,031 |
| Brakes | 14.58% | 10,888 |
| Visibility | 13.59% | 10,148 |
| Suspension | 8.87% | 6,629 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6.43% | 4,804 |
How the MINI Cooper compares
Ranked on pass rate, the MINI Cooper sits 150th of 651 models in this data , and 3rd of the 9 MINI models covered . MINI as a whole averaged 82.15%, so this model runs 5.8 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used MINI Cooper
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average MINI Cooper came to its 2025 test at 46,737 miles and 7.4 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
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 Cooper
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 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 Clubman 82.97% pass rate · 25,842 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
- Mercedes-Benz GLC 88.01% pass rate
- Jaguar F-Pace 87.53% pass rate
- BMW 320 87.83% pass rate
- Mercedes-Benz GLE 88.79% pass rate
- Lexus CT 87.9% pass rate
- Porsche Cayenne 87.68% 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.