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MINI Countryman MOT fail rate by age

How often the MINI Countryman fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 415,833 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=48,085)12.1%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test39,245
All cars, median mileage44,951

46 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the MINI Countryman fails 11.2% of MOTs (38,812 tests), about the same as the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 15 years it fails 32.6% (1,362 tests), 9.0 points below the 41.6% average.
  • The gap is widest at 10 years: 10.7 points below all cars.
  • At 6 years its listed fail items are all wear items, led by Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords at 2.4 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 15 years 45.7%

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

MINI Countryman: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years11.2%38,81212.1%−0.9 pts19,142 miles
4 years10.7%44,02813.4%−2.6 pts25,734 miles
5 years10.6%47,08615.3%−4.8 pts32,520 miles
6 years12.1%48,08517.8%−5.7 pts39,245 miles
7 years13.8%43,49620.6%−6.8 pts46,532 miles
8 years15.5%42,57823.8%−8.3 pts53,098 miles
9 years17.4%34,54927.1%−9.7 pts59,195 miles
10 years19.6%32,34230.3%−10.7 pts67,024 miles
11 years22.9%33,12933.3%−10.3 pts74,590 miles
12 years25.5%21,62336.0%−10.4 pts81,782 miles
13 years28.2%18,07638.3%−10.1 pts87,203 miles
14 years30.3%10,66740.3%−10.0 pts91,453 miles
15 years32.6%1,36241.6%−9.0 pts93,459 miles

Most common fail items at 6 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

None among the ten most common fail items.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major2.4
Wipers not clearing screen Major1.7
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous1.6
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous1.1
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major1.1
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous1
Headlight aimed too high Major0.8
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major0.7
Headlamp aim: too low Major0.6
Tyre condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Dangerous0.5

Out of 48,085 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
MINI Cooper and One14.0%189,19517.8%
MINI Clubman15.6%23,84917.8%
MINI Paceman10.6%1,48717.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
201015 years in 202532.5%1,32541.6%
201114 years in 202530.5%9,18440.3%
201213 years in 202527.9%6,90238.3%
201312 years in 202524.2%3,07336.0%
201411 years in 202521.3%12,70133.3%
201510 years in 202517.8%9,15630.3%
20169 years in 202516.5%9,20927.1%
20178 years in 202513.9%11,01123.8%
20187 years in 202514.4%13,93720.6%
20196 years in 202511.6%13,94017.8%
20205 years in 202510.1%8,11515.3%
20214 years in 202510.0%7,49313.4%
20223 years in 20259.2%8,05112.1%

More on the MINI Countryman

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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