MINI MOT statistics

MINI Countryman MOT pass rate

Age for age, the Countryman failed its 2025 MOT first time 27% less often than the average car, placing it 36th of 252 in our most reliable used cars ranking. Across all 102,095 of its tests, 15.4% failed first time, counting those repaired during the test. That is also 12.3 points below the 27.7% average across all cars and light vans tested.

Clean first-time passes: 84.6%
Failed first time: 15.4%
Tests in 2025: 102,095

Fail rate by age

How the Countryman holds up as it gets older, with the typical mileage on the clock at each test.

Age at test	Tests	Initial fail rate	Typical mileage
3 years	8,028	9.3%	21,653 mi
4 years	7,470	10.1%	28,447 mi
5 years	8,083	10.2%	33,592 mi
6 years	13,884	11.6%	40,476 mi
7 years	13,883	14.4%	49,720 mi
8 years	10,963	14.0%	56,019 mi
9 years	9,161	16.5%	58,901 mi
10 years	9,101	17.9%	66,305 mi
11 years	12,615	21.4%	73,113 mi
12 years	2,843	24.1%	78,765 mi
13 years	2,492	28.3%	89,038 mi
14 years	2,710	31.6%	93,980 mi

What a Countryman fails on

Defects recorded at 2025 tests, by inspection category.

Category	Share of defects
Tyres	29.1%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	25.4%
Visibility	13.6%
Brakes	11.7%
Suspension	8.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks	5.5%
Body, chassis, structure	2.2%
Road Wheels	1.5%

Does the fuel type make a difference?

Same model, different engines, different MOT day.

Fuel	Tests	Initial fail rate
Petrol	71,323	13.5%
Diesel	26,613	20.3%
Hybrid	4,155	15.1%

From the average to the actual car

Statistics describe the herd. The Countryman in the advert is one animal, with its own service record, its own advisories and its own story, and that's the thing to check before money moves.

Start free: our MOT check shows its current status and last result in seconds. The £5.00 report adds every test it has ever sat, every MOT mileage reading, the tax band and registered spec. If the seller's car beats the averages above, the record will show it. If it doesn't, better to know now.

Other MINI models

MINI Hatch (Cooper / One): 23.9% failed first time
MINI Clubman: 20.6% failed first time

Countryman MOT: common questions

What is the MINI Countryman MOT pass rate?

In 2025, 84.6% of MINI Countryman MOTs were clean first-time passes. The other 15.4% failed or needed a defect fixed during the visit, measured across 102,095 official DVSA test results.

What does a Countryman fail its MOT on most?

Tyres topped the list for the MINI Countryman in 2025, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and visibility. The pattern is worth knowing before a viewing: check those areas yourself and read the car's own MOT history for repeat advisories.

Is a Countryman reliable?

On MOT results, the MINI Countryman failed first time 27% less often than the average car of the same age in DVSA's 2025 figures, ranking it 36th of the 252 popular models we compare. The MOT never tests the gearbox, clutch or electronics, so treat the rate as one signal and the specific car's history and condition as the deciding ones.