Pass rate
80.1%
Around average — 4.2 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 854 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£74
2011 MINI Countryman One MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 78,962 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
22.2% 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 2012 85.0% pass
- Avoid 2010 80.0% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 75.6%
- Typical mileage
- 79k mi
The 2011 MINI Countryman One MOT pass rate is 80.1% of its MOT tests — 4.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.6× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 14.3% of everything recorded on the 2011 MINI Countryman One, against 5.5% nationally — 8.8 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 22.2%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- 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 80.1% — 4.2 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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How does the 2011 MINI Countryman One compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 4.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 75.6%. The median 2011 MINI Countryman One in this dataset had covered 78,962 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.1% of the time, April–September 80.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp not working", noted on 3.75% of tests.
- 854 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.1% overall pass rate, 75.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI Countryman One, the average is 82.1% — best year 2012 (85.0%), worst 2010 (80.0%).
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
- 854
- Typical mileage (median)
- 78,962 mi
- Make and model
- MINI Countryman One
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Countryman One MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Countryman One
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 233 | 80.7% |
| East of England | 91 | 83.5% |
| South West | 76 | 73.7% |
| North West | 74 | 79.7% |
| Scotland | 72 | 76.4% |
| East Midlands | 70 | 82.9% |
| London | 67 | 80.6% |
| Yorkshire | 63 | 84.1% |
| West Midlands | 50 | 82.0% |
| North East | 36 | 69.4% |
| Wales | 22 | 86.4% |
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 One
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 One
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 3.8% of tests
“position lamp not working”
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 exhaust and emissions 2.6% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the tyre tread 1.5% 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 2011 Countryman One through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£74 — and 57% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£74
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 57%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 854 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 One, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2010 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.0% to 85.0% — a spread of 5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 80.0% position lamp not working
- 2011 80.1%position lamp not working
- 2012 85.0% 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 One 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
- Toyota Auris 80.0%
- Toyota Avensis 80.0%
- Audi A5 80.2%
- Land Rover Discovery 80.2%
- Volvo XC70 80.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Ml 79.9%
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 One 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 1,325 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 | 296 | 22.20% | 19.76% | +2.44 |
| Brakes | 270 | 20.30% | 20.89% | −0.59 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 190 | 14.30% | 5.52% | +8.78 |
| Suspension | 189 | 14.20% | 20.98% | −6.78 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 176 | 13.20% | 12.21% | +0.99 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 71 | 5.30% | 5.57% | −0.27 |
| Visibility | 56 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 47 | 3.50% | 4.18% | −0.68 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 23 | 1.70% | 1.76% | −0.06 |
| Road Wheels | 7 | 0.50% | 0.75% | −0.25 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.3% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.8% | £5–25 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.6% | £60–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.3% | £3–12 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £80–200 |
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 | 12.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.8% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 9.5% | £200–700 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.3% | £45–110 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.3% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 8 | 87.5% | 22,173 mi |
| 30-60k | 142 | 81.7% | 47,587 mi |
| 60-90k | 395 | 81.8% | 74,137 mi |
| 90-120k | 213 | 78.9% | 103,141 mi |
| 120k+ | 96 | 72.9% | 139,414 mi |
Source: 854 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 One MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 MINI Countryman One?
80.1% of the 854 2011 MINI Countryman One tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 75.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 MINI Countryman One?
The three most recorded items are position lamp not working (3.75%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.28%), position lamp not working (2.81%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 MINI Countryman One MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.5% of the time, falling to 72.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 MINI Countryman One in this dataset had covered 78,962 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 MINI Countryman One MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.