MINI Countryman — reliability by registration year

2010–2023 · 14 registration years · 109,005 first tests

2018 breaks the run — 1.6 pp worse than the years either side 2017 breaks the run — 1.4 pp better than the years either side

Registration years

First-attempt MOT results for every Countryman registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.

MINI Countryman first-attempt MOT results by registration year
Year First tests First-attempt pass Incl. PRS Most common failure
2023 513 94.0% 95.1%
2022 7,401 90.5% 92.3% Tyres — Condition (rear) 29.3%
2021 7,080 89.6% 91.8% Tyres — Condition (rear) 29.4%
2020 7,717 89.7% 91.7% Tyres — Condition (rear) 31.4%
2019 13,302 88.3% 91.1% Tyres — Condition (rear) 24.2%
2018 13,277 85.5% 88.6% Tyres — Condition (rear) 18.0%
1.6 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2018 Countrymans most often: Tyres — Condition (rear) (18.0%) · Visibility — Wipers (front) (8.7%) · Headlamp aim (front) (8.6%)
2017 10,567 85.9% 88.5% Tyres — Condition (rear) 16.0%
1.4 pp better than the years either side What failed 2017 Countrymans most often: Tyres — Condition (rear) (16.0%) · Coil spring (rear) (9.6%) · Headlamp aim (7.9%)
2016 8,836 83.4% 87.5% Tyres — Condition (rear) 13.6%
2015 8,751 82.1% 86.4% Tyres — Condition (rear) 13.6%
2014 12,131 78.5% 83.9% Tyres — Condition (rear) 12.0%
2013 2,951 75.5% 82.4% Position lamp (front) 17.6%
2012 6,545 71.7% 79.2% Position lamp (front) 21.0%
2011 8,679 68.9% 76.7% Position lamp (front) 25.5%
2010 1,255 66.8% 75.7% Position lamp (front) 22.3%

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