Pass rate
82.3%
Around average — 6.4 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,048 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£83
2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D MOT pass rate
- 2011
- 2 trims combined
- typical 96,947 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
22.3% 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 83.9% pass
- Avoid 2010 80.6% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 3.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.8%
- Typical mileage
- 97k mi
The 2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D MOT pass rate is 82.3% of its MOT tests — 6.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MINI Countryman COOPER D 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 75.9% and this one manages 82.3% — 6.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 57% 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 Countryman COOPER D 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 Countryman COOPER D compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 6.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.8%. The median 2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D in this dataset had covered 96,947 mi.
99% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 82.3% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.8% of the time, April–September 81.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.46% of tests.
- 3,048 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.3% overall pass rate, 78.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI Countryman COOPER D, the average is 82.8% — best year 2013 (83.9%), worst 2010 (80.6%).
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
- 3,048
- Typical mileage (median)
- 96,947 mi
- Make and model
- MINI Countryman COOPER D
- 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 Countryman COOPER D MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (99% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Countryman COOPER D
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 609 | 82.8% |
| East of England | 419 | 82.3% |
| South West | 416 | 80.0% |
| West Midlands | 351 | 86.0% |
| North West | 347 | 79.0% |
| East Midlands | 237 | 86.5% |
| Yorkshire | 221 | 83.3% |
| Scotland | 197 | 76.1% |
| Wales | 137 | 83.9% |
| North East | 101 | 85.1% |
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 2011 Countryman 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 2011 Countryman 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 lights 6.5% 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 windscreen 4.3% 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 tyre tread 1.3% 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 2011 Countryman COOPER D through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£83 — and 57% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£83
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 57%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,048 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 COOPER D, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2010 to 2013. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.6% to 83.9% — a spread of 3.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 80.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 82.3%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 83.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 83.9% 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 Countryman 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 2011 cars with a similar record
- BMW X3 82.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Slk 82.1%
- Jaguar Xj 82.1%
- Audi Tt 82.6%
- Toyota Urban Cruiser 81.9%
- BMW X5 82.7%
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 Countryman 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 4,794 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 | 1,084 | 22.30% | 19.76% | +2.54 |
| Brakes | 963 | 19.80% | 20.89% | −1.09 |
| Suspension | 808 | 16.60% | 20.98% | −4.38 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 783 | 16.10% | 12.21% | +3.89 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 354 | 7.30% | 5.52% | +1.78 |
| Visibility | 298 | 6.10% | 4.97% | +1.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 215 | 4.40% | 4.18% | +0.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 154 | 3.20% | 5.57% | −2.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 81 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
| Road Wheels | 54 | 1.10% | 0.75% | +0.35 |
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 | 6.5% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.4% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.3% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.4% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.0% | £80–250 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.1% | £30–80 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £5–15 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.98% | £30–80 |
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 | 19.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.1% | £45–110 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 9.3% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 4.7% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 26 | 88.5% | 24,619 mi |
| 30-60k | 278 | 86.7% | 49,954 mi |
| 60-90k | 887 | 86.1% | 77,901 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,151 | 81.1% | 103,365 mi |
| 120k+ | 704 | 77.8% | 138,449 mi |
Source: 3,048 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 Countryman COOPER D MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D?
82.3% of the 3,048 2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 78.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.46%), position lamp not working (4.40%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.30%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.5% of the time, falling to 77.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D in this dataset had covered 96,947 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D?
Diesel: 82.3% pass rate across 3,024 tests. Petrol: 91.7% pass rate across 24 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2011 MINI Countryman COOPER D MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.