MINI Hatch — reliability by registration year

2001–2023 · 23 registration years · 630,779 first tests

2013 breaks the run — 2.2 pp worse than the years either side

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.

MINI Hatch first-attempt MOT results by registration year
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% Tyres — Condition (front) 42.1%
2021 36,233 88.5% 91.1% Tyres — Condition (front) 29.2%
2020 35,781 88.0% 90.8% Tyres — Condition (front) 24.5%
2019 48,093 87.7% 90.5% Tyres — Condition (front) 20.5%
2018 43,078 86.7% 89.4% Tyres — Condition (front) 21.5%
2017 44,384 84.7% 88.1% Tyres — Condition (front) 17.3%
2016 44,778 83.6% 87.2% Tyres — Condition (front) 16.1%
2015 44,312 81.4% 85.8% Tyres — Condition (front) 13.0%
2014 30,471 79.3% 84.3% Tyres — Condition (front) 11.0%
2013 40,211 73.0% 80.2% Position lamp (front) 20.9%
2.2 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2013 Hatchs most often: Position lamp (front) (20.9%) · Tyres — Condition (front) (8.0%) · Headlamp aim (7.9%)
2012 33,870 71.0% 78.7% Position lamp (front) 24.3%
2011 28,014 66.4% 75.3% Position lamp (front) 33.2%
2010 29,511 65.3% 73.5% Position lamp (front) 27.7%
2009 24,970 60.4% 67.3% Catalyst emissions 30.3%
2008 21,902 58.1% 64.9% Catalyst emissions 26.5%
2007 20,625 56.2% 63.9% Catalyst emissions 24.7%
2006 17,365 55.7% 62.8% Position lamp (front) 14.6%
2005 17,836 55.1% 61.5% Drive shafts — Joints (front) 12.0%
2004 14,270 55.0% 61.7% Headlamp aim 13.2%
2003 9,883 55.0% 62.5% Headlamp aim 17.1%
2002 6,184 52.7% 61.6% Headlamp aim 17.5%
2001 1,394 50.1% 58.3% SRS malfunction indicator lamp 17.1%

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