Pass rate
83.9%
Around average — 5.3 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 56 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£53
2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D MOT pass rate
- 2013
- 2 trims combined
- typical 75,279 mi
Only 56 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
Tyres
50.0% 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 · this year
- Avoid 2010 80.6% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 3.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 80.9%
- Typical mileage
- 75k mi
The 2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D MOT pass rate is 83.9% of its MOT tests — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 50.0% 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
Tyres: 2.5× the national share
Tyres make up 50.0% of everything recorded on the 2013 MINI Countryman Cooper D, against 19.8% nationally — 30.2 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.
- 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 78.6% and this one manages 83.9% — 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 58% 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 2013 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 5.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 80.9%. The median 2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D in this dataset had covered 75,279 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 10.71% of tests.
- 56 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.9% overall pass rate, 80.9% 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
- 56
- Typical mileage (median)
- 75,279 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 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Countryman COOPER D
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 16 | 81.3% |
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 2013 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 2013 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 10.7% 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 tyre tread 3.6% 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.
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Check the brakes 1.8% of tests
“brake discs significantly and obviously worn”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2013 Countryman COOPER D through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£53 — and 58% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£53
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp with a multiple light source up to…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust…
- £45–£120
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 58%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 56 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 2013 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Mitsubishi Mirage 83.9%
- Suzuki Jimny 83.8%
- BMW X5 84.1%
- BMW 4 Series 84.2%
- Volkswagen Golf 83.6%
- London Taxis Int TX4 83.6%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 74 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 | 37 | 50.00% | 19.76% | +30.24 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 17 | 23.00% | 12.21% | +10.79 |
| Suspension | 9 | 12.20% | 20.98% | −8.78 |
| Brakes | 6 | 8.10% | 20.89% | −12.79 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 2.70% | 5.52% | −2.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 1.40% | 5.57% | −4.17 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 1.40% | 4.18% | −2.78 |
| Steering | 1 | 1.40% | 2.57% | −1.17 |
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 | 10.7% | £5–20 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £3–12 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Rectified | 1.8% | £45–120 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £5–25 |
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 | 32.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 21.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.4% | £45–110 |
| Attachment bracket and mounting mounting damaged and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 3.6% | £40–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.6% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.6% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 9 | 88.9% | 43,821 mi |
| 60-90k | 33 | 87.9% | 74,126 mi |
| 90-120k | 12 | 75.0% | 95,830 mi |
| 120k+ | 2 | 50.0% | 121,261 mi |
Source: 56 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.
2013 Countryman COOPER D MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D?
83.9% of the 56 2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 80.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (10.71%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.57%), side repeaters not working (3.57%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.9% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 MINI Countryman COOPER D in this dataset had covered 75,279 mi.