Tyre has a bulge on the MINI COOPER

Tyre has a bulge on the MINI COOPER is recorded on 18,479 tests — 1.8% of all its MOT tests, against 0.9% across every car in the data. That is 2.0× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	0.9% of tests record it — this model is 2.0× that share
The 361 models compared	30 of 361, highest first
The model's own record	1,001,844 tests · every year of the COOPER →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every MINI COOPER tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2003, 0.6% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2023, 0.6%. The share has barely moved over that time. Worst year 2022 at 0.8%; best 2012 at 0.4%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2003	15	2,710	0.6%
2004	25	3,638	0.7%
2005	21	4,550	0.5%
2006	33	4,722	0.7%
2007	58	8,856	0.7%
2008	41	7,438	0.6%
2009	54	12,129	0.5%
2010	50	8,736	0.6%
2011	74	16,500	0.5%
2012	244	55,986	0.4%
2013	468	107,172	0.4%
2014	1,203	245,016	0.5%
2015	1,608	334,905	0.5%
2016	2,294	350,778	0.7%
2017	2,731	363,414	0.8%
2018	2,721	383,874	0.7%
2019	2,499	434,160	0.6%
2020	1,752	313,311	0.6%
2021	1,688	214,416	0.8%
2022	879	105,561	0.8%
2023	18	3,122	0.6%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £45–£95 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Tyre has a bulge: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
MINI COOPER MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every MINI model →