MOT fail rates

MINI Paceman MOT fail rate by age

How often the MINI Paceman fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 31,176 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 9 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 9 (n=7,851)16.9%

All cars at 9 years (n=9,949,012)27.1%

Median mileage at test59,684

All cars, median mileage68,033

41 of 315 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 9 years.

What stands out

At 6 years the MINI Paceman fails 10.6% of MOTs (1,487 tests), 7.2 points below the 17.8% for all cars that age. At 11 years it fails 20.4% (4,377 tests), 12.8 points below the 33.3% average.
The gap is widest at 11 years: 12.8 points below all cars.
At 9 years its listed fail items are all wear items, led by Tyre tread below 1.6 mm at 2.4 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

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

MINI Paceman: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
6 years	10.6%	1,487	17.8%	−7.2 pts	38,096 miles
7 years	13.1%	3,620	20.6%	−7.5 pts	45,535 miles
8 years	14.7%	7,379	23.8%	−9.0 pts	53,421 miles
9 years	16.9%	7,851	27.1%	−10.2 pts	59,684 miles
10 years	18.5%	6,462	30.3%	−11.8 pts	65,806 miles
11 years	20.4%	4,377	33.3%	−12.8 pts	72,391 miles

Most common fail items at 9 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 item	Per 100 MOTs
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	2.4
Headlight aimed too high Major	1.8
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous	1.7
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	1.3
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major	1.2
Side/position light not working Major	1
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major	0.9
Headlamp aim: too low Major	0.8
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major	0.8
Tyre condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Dangerous	0.6

Out of 7,851 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 9 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
MINI Cooper and One	18.6%	168,855	27.1%
MINI Countryman	17.4%	34,549	27.1%
MINI Clubman	22.4%	11,367	27.1%

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 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2014	11 years in 2025	20.2%	3,678	33.3%
2015	10 years in 2025	16.3%	2,064	30.3%
2016	9 years in 2025	15.8%	1,333	27.1%

More on the MINI Paceman

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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