Pass rate
83.1%
Around average — 4.5 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 189 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£70
2013 MINI Clubman MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 78,248 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
23.2% 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
- 79.9%
- Typical mileage
- 78k mi
The 2013 MINI Clubman MOT pass rate is 83.1% of its MOT tests — 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MINI Clubman does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with suspension
Suspension is 15.8% of this car’s recorded faults, against 21.0% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- 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 78.6% and this one manages 83.1% — 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 56% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2013 MINI Clubman compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.9%. The median 2013 MINI Clubman in this dataset had covered 78,248 mi.
76% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 80.4% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.1% of the time, April–September 84.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 5.82% of tests.
- 189 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.1% overall pass rate, 79.9% 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
- 189
- Typical mileage (median)
- 78,248 mi
- Make and model
- MINI Clubman
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (76% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Clubman
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 57 | 80.7% |
| South East | 32 | 90.6% |
| East of England | 28 | 82.1% |
| Yorkshire | 15 | 66.7% |
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 2013 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 2013 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 5.8% 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 4.8% 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 wipers and washers 3.7% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 2013 Clubman through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£70 — and 56% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£70
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 56%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 189 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 2013 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Jeep Grand Cherokee 83.1%
- Jaguar Xj 83.2%
- BMW 6 Series 83.2%
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 82.8%
- Land Rover Defender 82.8%
- Volkswagen Touareg 83.4%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 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 279 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 | 66 | 23.20% | 20.89% | +2.31 |
| Tyres | 59 | 20.80% | 19.76% | +1.04 |
| Suspension | 45 | 15.80% | 20.98% | −5.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 38 | 13.40% | 12.21% | +1.19 |
| Visibility | 26 | 9.20% | 4.97% | +4.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 12 | 4.20% | 5.52% | −1.32 |
| Road Wheels | 11 | 3.90% | 0.75% | +3.15 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9 | 3.20% | 5.57% | −2.37 |
| Non-component advisories | 9 | 3.20% | 4.18% | −0.98 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 4 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
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 | 5.8% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.8% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.7% | £8–22 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £5–25 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £30–75 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £40–150 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.6% | £3–12 |
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 | 14.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.5% | £45–110 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.9% | £180–450 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 28,853 mi |
| 30-60k | 44 | 90.9% | 48,946 mi |
| 60-90k | 63 | 87.3% | 73,591 mi |
| 90-120k | 46 | 76.1% | 104,115 mi |
| 120k+ | 33 | 72.7% | 136,439 mi |
Source: 189 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.
2013 Clubman MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 MINI Clubman?
83.1% of the 189 2013 MINI Clubman tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 79.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 MINI Clubman?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.82%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.76%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.70%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 MINI Clubman MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 72.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 MINI Clubman in this dataset had covered 78,248 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 MINI Clubman?
Diesel: 80.4% pass rate across 143 tests. Petrol: 91.3% pass rate across 46 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 MINI Clubman MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.