Leyland Cars MINI MOT reliability

Leyland Cars MINIs passed their MOT first time 73% of the time across 93 tests in 2025. 1,414 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 93 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

73%

MOTs analysed

93

Still licensed (GB)

1,414

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

1983 petrol

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 31,544 (most between 31,544 and 31,544).

2005: 0% → 2006: 40% → 2007: 0% → 2008: 100% → 2009: 40% → 2010: 67% → 2011: 67% → 2012: 0% → 2013: 60% → 2014: 33% → 2015: 50% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 0% → 2018: 25% → 2019: 67% → 2020: 67% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 50% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (100.0%)

Where 1983 MINIs fail

Visibility & wipers

100.0%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.