# MINI One MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The MINI One passes its MOT first time 79% of the time, from 52,204 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 79%
- MOT tests analysed: 52,204 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 93,330 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2024 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 2023 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2022 | Petrol | 1,208 | 90% |
| 2021 | Petrol | 1,318 | 88% |
| 2020 | Petrol | 1,136 | 86% |
| 2019 | Petrol | 1,552 | 87% |
| 2018 | Petrol | 1,549 | 87% |
| 2018 | Diesel | 19 (very few mots) | 90% |
| 2017 | Petrol | 4,772 | 85% |
| 2017 | Diesel | 601 | 81% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 6,820 | 84% |
| 2016 | Diesel | 1,465 | 80% |
| 2015 | Petrol | 9,268 | 82% |
| 2015 | Diesel | 1,083 | 78% |
| 2014 | Petrol | 4,639 | 80% |
| 2014 | Diesel | 1,520 | 76% |
| 2013 | Petrol | 6,843 | 72% |
| 2013 | Diesel | 471 | 69% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 4,003 | 71% |
| 2012 | Diesel | 500 | 68% |
| 2011 | Petrol | 819 | 67% |
| 2011 | Diesel | 395 | 61% |
| 2010 | Petrol | 582 | 64% |
| 2010 | Diesel | 105 | 71% |
| 2009 | Petrol | 362 | 50% |
| 2008 | Petrol | 287 | 50% |
| 2007 | Petrol | 250 | 52% |
| 2006 | Petrol | 171 | 59% |
| 2006 | Diesel | 9 (very few mots) | 33% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 182 | 57% |
| 2005 | Diesel | 10 (very few mots) | 90% |
| 2004 | Petrol | 120 | 59% |
| 2004 | Diesel | 11 (very few mots) | 55% |
| 2003 | Petrol | 67 (few mots) | 45% |
| 2003 | Diesel | 6 (very few mots) | 33% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 48 (few mots) | 54% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 11 (very few mots) | 36% |

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