6-10-Year Mini Cooper Recorded MOT Outcomes

16.9%
historical failure rate from 508,562 tests in this age band
10.1 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.

Recorded Component-Category Rates

These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Tyres3.0%
Lamps & Electrics2.5%
Visibility2.1%
Brakes1.2%
Suspension0.7%
Body & Chassis0.2%
Steering0.1%

A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.

Other Recorded Age Bands

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 8.9% 146,015 Tyres
3-5 years 11.5% 501,051 Tyres
6-10 years 16.9% 508,562 Tyres
11-15 years 29.2% 55,152 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 43.9% 12,664 Lamps & Electrics

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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