Pass rate
70.9%
Below average — 5.0 pts behind the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 55 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £18–£52
2011 MINI COOPER D Clubman MOT pass rate
- 2011
- 2 trims combined
- typical 89,932 mi
Only 55 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
29.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £40–£65 for Shock absorber leaking. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 82.3% pass
- Avoid 2011 70.9% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 11.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 59.0%
- Typical mileage
- 90k mi
The 2011 MINI COOPER D Clubman MOT pass rate is 70.9% of its MOT tests — 5.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.1% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.9% of everything recorded on the 2011 MINI Cooper D Clubman, against 12.2% nationally — 8.7 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 29.1%, but at 21.0% 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 75.9%; this one manages 70.9% — 5.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 59% 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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Every MINI COOPER D Clubman first registered in 2011 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2011 MINI COOPER D Clubman compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 5.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 59.0%. The median 2011 MINI COOPER D Clubman in this dataset had covered 89,932 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 9.09% of tests.
- 55 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.9% overall pass rate, 59.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI COOPER D Clubman, the average is 76.9% — best year 2012 (82.3%), worst 2011 (70.9%).
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
- 55
- Typical mileage (median)
- 89,932 mi
- Make and model
- MINI COOPER D 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 COOPER D Clubman MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2011 COOPER D 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 2011 COOPER D 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 9.1% 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 shock absorbers 5.5% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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Check the wipers and washers 5.5% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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 2011 COOPER D Clubman through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £18–£52 — and 59% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £18–£52
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catch deteriorated so the door cannot be…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 59%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 55 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 Clubman, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2011 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.9% to 82.3% — a spread of 11.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 70.9%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 82.3% 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 2011 MINI COOPER D 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- Kia Ceed 71.0%
- Hyundai Santa Fe 71.0%
- Peugeot 5008 71.0%
- Renault Grand Modus 70.8%
- Nissan Juke 71.1%
- Isuzu Tf 71.2%
Closest pass rates among 2011 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 2011 MINI COOPER D 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 134 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 39 | 29.10% | 20.98% | +8.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 28 | 20.90% | 12.21% | +8.69 |
| Brakes | 24 | 17.90% | 20.89% | −2.99 |
| Tyres | 16 | 11.90% | 19.76% | −7.86 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 8.20% | 5.52% | +2.68 |
| Visibility | 7 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 2.20% | 4.18% | −1.98 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 2.20% | 0.75% | +1.45 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.50% | 5.57% | −4.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.70% | 1.76% | −1.06 |
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 | 9.1% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.5% | £5–25 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 5.5% | £30–75 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.5% | £3–12 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 5.5% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Catch deteriorated so the door cannot be readily opened or closed Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.6% | £80–250 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.6% | £3–12 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.6% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 30.9% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 18.2% | £40–150 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 12.7% | £30–75 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Advisory | 12.7% | £3–12 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 10.9% | £200–700 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.9% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 15 | 66.7% | 45,752 mi |
| 60-90k | 13 | 69.2% | 83,671 mi |
| 90-120k | 20 | 75.0% | 105,794 mi |
| 120k+ | 7 | 71.4% | 176,542 mi |
Source: 55 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.
2011 COOPER D Clubman MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 MINI COOPER D Clubman?
70.9% of the 55 2011 MINI COOPER D Clubman tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 59.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 MINI COOPER D Clubman?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (9.09%), position lamp not working (5.45%), shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak (5.45%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 MINI COOPER D Clubman MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 71.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 MINI COOPER D Clubman in this dataset had covered 89,932 mi.