Pass rate
80.9%
Around average — 3.7 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 293 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£66
2012 MINI Clubman MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 81,718 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
24.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 95.1% pass
- Avoid 2007 70.0% pass
Across the 15 years on record, a spread of 25.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 77.0%
- Typical mileage
- 82k mi
The 2012 MINI Clubman MOT pass rate is 80.9% of its MOT tests — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 18.7% of everything recorded on the 2012 MINI Clubman, against 12.2% nationally — 6.5 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 24.3%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 77.2% and this one manages 80.9% — 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 293 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2012 MINI Clubman compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 3.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 77.0%. The median 2012 MINI Clubman in this dataset had covered 81,718 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 64% of tests, with a 78.2% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.1% of the time, April–September 79.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.14% of tests.
- 293 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.9% overall pass rate, 77.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI Clubman, the average is 86.9% — best year 2021 (95.1%), worst 2007 (70.0%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 293
- Typical mileage (median)
- 81,718 mi
- Make and model
- MINI Clubman
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Clubman MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (64% of tests).
Where the MINI Clubman is most common
Across all Clubman model years on record (2007–2021): 37,187 MINI Clubman cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 86,277 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 881 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 881 | 87.8% |
| 2 | Guildford (GU) | 836 | 85.9% |
| 3 | Reading (RG) | 755 | 85.6% |
| 4 | Bristol (BS) | 736 | 85.2% |
| 5 | Peterborough (PE) | 723 | 88.1% |
| 6 | Oxford (OX) | 679 | 89.9% |
| 7 | Gloucester (GL) | 671 | 84.6% |
| 8 | Nottingham (NG) | 657 | 87.1% |
| 9 | Ashford (TN) | 653 | 86.1% |
| 10 | Coventry (CV) | 639 | 87.9% |
| 11 | Leicester (LE) | 613 | 88.8% |
| 12 | Sheffield (S) | 612 | 89.6% |
| 13 | Northampton (NN) | 611 | 86.2% |
| 14 | Brighton (BN) | 590 | 84.7% |
| 15 | Portsmouth (PO) | 582 | 85.4% |
| 16 | Derby (DE) | 566 | 90.2% |
| 17 | Exeter (EX) | 519 | 84.9% |
| 18 | Swindon (SN) | 510 | 88.4% |
| 19 | Southampton (SO) | 508 | 85.5% |
| 20 | Kingston upon Thames (KT) | 493 | 88.7% |
The twenty areas with the most MINI Clubman cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Clubman
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 97 | 78.4% |
| South East | 62 | 85.5% |
| West Midlands | 26 | 76.9% |
| East of England | 25 | 88.0% |
| East Midlands | 19 | 84.2% |
| Yorkshire | 17 | 88.2% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2012 Clubman
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2012 Clubman
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 6.1% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 3.1% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the brakes 1.7% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2012 Clubman through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£66 — and 51% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£66
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 51%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 293 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Clubman, side by side
15 model years on record, from 2007 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.0% to 95.1% — a spread of 25.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 70.0% service brake performance…
- 2008 71.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 73.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 74.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 80.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 80.9%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 83.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 85.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 85.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 87.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 89.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 89.9% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2020 88.2% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 95.1% has a cut in excess of the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2012 MINI Clubman with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2012 cars with a similar record
- Audi A4 81.0%
- Toyota Auris 81.0%
- BMW X3 80.8%
- Suzuki Grand Vitara 80.8%
- Toyota Avensis 81.1%
- Land Rover Discovery 81.2%
Closest pass rates among 2012 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2012 MINI Clubman 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 478 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 117 | 24.30% | 20.89% | +3.41 |
| Tyres | 100 | 20.80% | 19.76% | +1.04 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 90 | 18.70% | 12.21% | +6.49 |
| Suspension | 72 | 15.00% | 20.98% | −5.98 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 23 | 4.80% | 5.52% | −0.72 |
| Non-component advisories | 23 | 4.80% | 4.18% | +0.62 |
| Visibility | 20 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 12 | 2.50% | 5.57% | −3.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 12 | 2.50% | 1.76% | +0.74 |
| Road Wheels | 9 | 1.90% | 0.75% | +1.15 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.1% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.1% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.4% | £5–25 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.7% | £30–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.0% | £30–80 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 18.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 16.4% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.8% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.8% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 5.5% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 61 | 83.6% | 48,974 mi |
| 60-90k | 120 | 79.2% | 75,317 mi |
| 90-120k | 84 | 81.0% | 101,281 mi |
| 120k+ | 28 | 82.1% | 139,840 mi |
Source: 293 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2012 Clubman MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 MINI Clubman?
80.9% of the 293 2012 MINI Clubman tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 77.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 MINI Clubman?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.14%), position lamp not working (3.75%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.07%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 MINI Clubman MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.6% of the time, falling to 82.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 MINI Clubman in this dataset had covered 81,718 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2012 MINI Clubman?
Diesel: 78.2% pass rate across 188 tests. Petrol: 85.7% pass rate across 105 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2012 MINI Clubman MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.