Pass rate
92.4%
Above average — 1.7 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 25,845 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£88
2020 MINI Countryman MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 24,613 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
54.9% 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 →
3.4 pts down across model years — 6.7% in 2011, 3.3% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 95.5% pass
- Avoid 2010 80.5% pass
Across the 14 years on record, a spread of 15 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 91.8%
- Typical mileage
- 25k mi
The 2020 MINI Countryman MOT pass rate is 92.4% of its MOT tests — 1.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 54.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MINI Countryman does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.8× the national share
Tyres make up 54.9% of everything recorded on the 2020 MINI Countryman, against 19.8% nationally — 35.1 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.
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 2020 MINI Countryman compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 1.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 91.8%. The median 2020 MINI Countryman in this dataset had covered 24,613 mi.
97% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 92.5% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.8% of the time, April–September 91.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 2.67% of tests.
- 25,845 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.4% overall pass rate, 91.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI Countryman, the average is 90.3% — best year 2023 (95.5%), worst 2010 (80.5%).
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
- 25,845
- Typical mileage (median)
- 24,613 mi
- Make and model
- MINI Countryman
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Countryman MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 25% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (97% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Countryman
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 6,189 | 92.4% |
| North West | 3,192 | 92.1% |
| East of England | 2,845 | 91.8% |
| South West | 2,596 | 91.8% |
| West Midlands | 2,354 | 92.7% |
| Scotland | 2,247 | 90.0% |
| Yorkshire | 2,027 | 94.1% |
| East Midlands | 1,394 | 94.5% |
| London | 1,147 | 92.5% |
| North East | 974 | 94.0% |
| Wales | 874 | 94.2% |
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 2020 Countryman
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 2020 Countryman
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 2.3% 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 1.5% 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.
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Check the tyre tread 0.5% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2020 Countryman through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£88 — and 39% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£88
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 39%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 25,845 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 Countryman, side by side
14 model years on record, from 2010 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.5% to 95.5% — a spread of 15 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 80.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 81.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 84.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 85.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 87.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 88.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 89.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 90.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 91.0% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 92.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 92.4%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 92.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 93.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 95.5% 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 2020 MINI Countryman 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Renault Captur 92.4%
- Citroen C1 92.4%
- Land Rover Defender 92.4%
- Nissan Qashqai 92.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Glc 92.5%
- Citroen C3 92.5%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 MINI Countryman 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 12,821 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 | 7,082 | 54.90% | 19.76% | +35.14 |
| Visibility | 1,859 | 14.40% | 4.97% | +9.43 |
| Brakes | 1,591 | 12.30% | 20.89% | −8.59 |
| Non-component advisories | 1,450 | 11.20% | 4.18% | +7.02 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 347 | 2.70% | 12.21% | −9.51 |
| Suspension | 188 | 1.50% | 20.98% | −19.48 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 135 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 60 | 0.50% | 5.52% | −5.02 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 58 | 0.40% | 0.82% | −0.42 |
| Road Wheels | 51 | 0.40% | 0.75% | −0.35 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.3% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.5% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.52% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.51% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.38% | £30–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.31% | £45–95 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 0.31% | £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 | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.1% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.6% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 16,743 | 93.0% | 18,729 mi |
| 30-60k | 8,468 | 91.3% | 39,867 mi |
| 60-90k | 593 | 91.4% | 68,469 mi |
| 90-120k | 36 | 91.7% | 101,819 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 33.3% | 128,281 mi |
Source: 25,845 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.
2020 Countryman MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 MINI Countryman?
92.4% of the 25,845 2020 MINI Countryman tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 91.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 MINI Countryman?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.67%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.34%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.54%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 MINI Countryman MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.0% of the time, falling to 33.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 MINI Countryman in this dataset had covered 24,613 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 MINI Countryman?
Petrol: 92.5% pass rate across 25,081 tests. Diesel: 91.8% pass rate across 650 tests. Hybrid: 85.3% pass rate across 109 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2020 MINI Countryman MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 91.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.