Pass rate
81.9%
Around average — 4.7 pts ahead of the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 558 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £37–£110
2012 MINI COOPER Clubman MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 71,294 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
21.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2013 85.2% pass
- Avoid 2011 79.7% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 5.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.3%
- Typical mileage
- 71k mi
The 2012 MINI COOPER Clubman MOT pass rate is 81.9% of its MOT tests — 4.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MINI COOPER Clubman does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
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 81.9% — 4.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
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 COOPER Clubman compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 4.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.3%. The median 2012 MINI COOPER Clubman in this dataset had covered 71,294 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.8% of the time, April–September 80.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 5.02% of tests.
- 558 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.9% overall pass rate, 78.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI COOPER Clubman, the average is 84.1% — best year 2013 (85.2%), worst 2011 (79.7%).
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
- 558
- Typical mileage (median)
- 71,294 mi
- Make and model
- MINI COOPER Clubman
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the COOPER Clubman MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the COOPER Clubman
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 182 | 85.7% |
| South West | 107 | 72.9% |
| West Midlands | 60 | 78.3% |
| East of England | 45 | 84.4% |
| North West | 44 | 88.6% |
| Wales | 30 | 80.0% |
| East Midlands | 25 | 88.0% |
| Yorkshire | 22 | 77.3% |
| London | 19 | 100.0% |
| Scotland | 17 | 70.6% |
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 COOPER 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 COOPER 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 windscreen 5.0% 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 lights 2.7% 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 exhaust and emissions 1.4% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 COOPER Clubman through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £37–£110 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £37–£110
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 558 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 COOPER Clubman, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2011 to 2013. Across them the pass rate runs from 79.7% to 85.2% — a spread of 5.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 79.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 81.9%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 85.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 COOPER 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
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 81.9%
- Smart Mcc Fortwo 81.9%
- Toyota YARIS 82.0%
- Audi A5 81.8%
- BMW 5 Series 81.7%
- SEAT Mii 81.6%
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 COOPER 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 876 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 194 | 21.80% | 19.76% | +2.04 |
| Brakes | 185 | 20.80% | 20.89% | −0.09 |
| Suspension | 169 | 19.00% | 20.98% | −1.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 119 | 13.40% | 12.21% | +1.19 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 55 | 6.20% | 5.52% | +0.68 |
| Visibility | 52 | 5.80% | 4.97% | +0.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 39 | 4.40% | 4.18% | +0.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 31 | 3.50% | 5.57% | −2.07 |
| Road Wheels | 18 | 2.00% | 0.75% | +1.25 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 14 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.0% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.7% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £60–250 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.4% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.3% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.3% | £5–25 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £60–250 |
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 | 14.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.9% | £45–110 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 9.7% | £180–450 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.6% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.1% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 18 | 100.0% | 21,086 mi |
| 30-60k | 162 | 88.3% | 48,685 mi |
| 60-90k | 254 | 79.1% | 74,864 mi |
| 90-120k | 87 | 79.3% | 102,101 mi |
| 120k+ | 37 | 70.3% | 145,538 mi |
Source: 558 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 COOPER Clubman MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 MINI COOPER Clubman?
81.9% of the 558 2012 MINI COOPER Clubman tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 78.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 MINI COOPER Clubman?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.02%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (2.69%), position lamp not working (1.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 MINI COOPER Clubman MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 70.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 MINI COOPER Clubman in this dataset had covered 71,294 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 MINI COOPER Clubman MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.