Pass rate
83.0%
Around average — 2.8 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 265 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£63
2014 MINI COOPER D MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 82,356 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
33.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 83.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2007 69.2% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 13.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 79.8%
- Typical mileage
- 82k mi
The 2014 MINI COOPER D MOT pass rate is 83.0% of its MOT tests — 2.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MINI COOPER D does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.7× the national share
Tyres make up 33.0% of everything recorded on the 2014 MINI Cooper D, against 19.8% nationally — 13.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 65% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 265 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 2014 MINI COOPER D compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 2.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.8%. The median 2014 MINI COOPER D in this dataset had covered 82,356 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.0% of the time, April–September 83.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 4.15% of tests.
- 265 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.0% overall pass rate, 79.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI COOPER D, the average is 80.7% — best year 2014 (83.0%), worst 2007 (69.2%).
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
- 265
- Typical mileage (median)
- 82,356 mi
- Make and model
- MINI COOPER D
- 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 D MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the COOPER D
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 56 | 76.8% |
| South West | 42 | 78.6% |
| East of England | 30 | 83.3% |
| North West | 30 | 86.7% |
| Yorkshire | 27 | 88.9% |
| West Midlands | 25 | 92.0% |
| Scotland | 18 | 77.8% |
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 2014 COOPER D
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 2014 COOPER D
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 4.2% 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 2.3% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 wipers and washers 1.9% of tests
“washers provides insufficient washer liquid”
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 2014 COOPER D through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£63 — and 65% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£63
- 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
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 65%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 265 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 D, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2007 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.2% to 83.0% — a spread of 13.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 69.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2008 74.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 74.0% position lamp not working
- 2010 76.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 78.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 81.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 81.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 83.0%windscreen damaged but not…
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 2014 MINI COOPER D 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- Mitsubishi Shogun 83.0%
- BMW 114 82.9%
- BMW 116 83.2%
- Skoda Fabia 82.8%
- BMW X3 82.8%
- Toyota Avensis 82.8%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 MINI COOPER D 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 337 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 | 112 | 33.00% | 19.76% | +13.24 |
| Brakes | 60 | 17.70% | 20.89% | −3.19 |
| Suspension | 51 | 15.00% | 20.98% | −5.98 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 38 | 11.20% | 12.21% | −1.01 |
| Visibility | 35 | 10.30% | 4.97% | +5.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 14 | 4.10% | 5.52% | −1.42 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 8 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
| Road Wheels | 7 | 2.10% | 0.75% | +1.35 |
| Steering | 4 | 1.20% | 2.57% | −1.37 |
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 | 4.2% | £80–200 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.3% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £5–25 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £5–15 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.5% | £3–12 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 1.5% | £5–15 |
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 | 18.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.7% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.2% | £40–150 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.2% | £25–65 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 47 | 83.0% | 49,879 mi |
| 60-90k | 112 | 84.8% | 74,682 mi |
| 90-120k | 66 | 83.3% | 105,083 mi |
| 120k+ | 40 | 77.5% | 134,171 mi |
Source: 265 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.
2014 COOPER D MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 MINI COOPER D?
83.0% of the 265 2014 MINI COOPER D tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 79.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 MINI COOPER D?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.15%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (2.26%), position lamp not working (2.26%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 MINI COOPER D MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 83.0% of the time, falling to 77.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 MINI COOPER D in this dataset had covered 82,356 mi.
Does the season affect the 2014 MINI COOPER D MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.