MINI Hatch: reliability by registration year
2001-2023 · 23 registration years · 630,779 first tests
Registration years
First-attempt MOT results for every Hatch 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.
| Year | First tests | First-attempt pass | Incl. PRS | Most common failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 1,908 | 95.1% | 96.2% | |
| 2022 | 35,706 | 90.0% | 91.7% | Tyre condition (front) 42.1% |
| 2021 | 36,233 | 88.5% | 91.1% | Tyre condition (front) 29.2% |
| 2020 | 35,781 | 88.0% | 90.8% | Tyre condition (front) 24.5% |
| 2019 | 48,093 | 87.7% | 90.5% | Tyre condition (front) 20.5% |
| 2018 | 43,078 | 86.7% | 89.4% | Tyre condition (front) 21.5% |
| 2017 | 44,384 | 84.7% | 88.1% | Tyre condition (front) 17.3% |
| 2016 | 44,778 | 83.6% | 87.2% | Tyre condition (front) 16.1% |
| 2015 | 44,312 | 81.4% | 85.8% | Tyre condition (front) 13.0% |
| 2014 | 30,471 | 79.3% | 84.3% | Tyre condition (front) 11.0% |
| 2013 | 40,211 | 73.0% | 80.2% | Individual sidelight or tail light (front) 20.9% |
| about 2 in every 100 worse than the years either side. What most often failed a 2013 Hatch: Individual sidelight or tail light (front) (20.9%) · Tyre condition (front) (8.0%) · Headlight aim (7.9%) | ||||
| 2012 | 33,870 | 71.0% | 78.7% | Individual sidelight or tail light (front) 24.3% |
| 2011 | 28,014 | 66.4% | 75.3% | Individual sidelight or tail light (front) 33.2% |
| 2010 | 29,511 | 65.3% | 73.5% | Individual sidelight or tail light (front) 27.7% |
| 2009 | 24,970 | 60.4% | 67.3% | Petrol emissions (with catalyst) 30.3% |
| 2008 | 21,902 | 58.1% | 64.9% | Petrol emissions (with catalyst) 26.5% |
| 2007 | 20,625 | 56.2% | 63.9% | Petrol emissions (with catalyst) 24.7% |
| 2006 | 17,365 | 55.7% | 62.8% | Individual sidelight or tail light (front) 14.6% |
| 2005 | 17,836 | 55.1% | 61.5% | Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 12.0% |
| 2004 | 14,270 | 55.0% | 61.7% | Headlight aim 13.2% |
| 2003 | 9,883 | 55.0% | 62.5% | Headlight aim 17.1% |
| 2002 | 6,184 | 52.7% | 61.6% | Headlight aim 17.5% |
| 2001 | 1,394 | 50.1% | 58.3% | Airbag warning light 17.1% |