Pass rate
80.8%
Around average — 4.9 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 302 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£67
2011 MINI Countryman One D MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 97,950 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
22.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2012 85.3% pass
- Avoid 2011 80.8% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 4.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.7%
- Typical mileage
- 98k mi
The 2011 MINI Countryman One D MOT pass rate is 80.8% of its MOT tests — 4.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 22.8% of what testers record.
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 80.8% — 4.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 302 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 D compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 4.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.7%. The median 2011 MINI Countryman One D in this dataset had covered 97,950 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.9% of the time, April–September 82.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.62% of tests.
- 302 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.8% overall pass rate, 76.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI Countryman One D, the average is 83.3% — best year 2012 (85.3%), worst 2011 (80.8%).
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
- 302
- Typical mileage (median)
- 97,950 mi
- Make and model
- MINI Countryman One D
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 One D MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Countryman One D
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 62 | 83.9% |
| South West | 43 | 76.7% |
| East of England | 40 | 75.0% |
| North East | 33 | 78.8% |
| Yorkshire | 32 | 81.3% |
| West Midlands | 27 | 81.5% |
| North West | 26 | 80.8% |
| East Midlands | 17 | 76.5% |
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 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 One 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 6.6% 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 6.0% 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 3.0% of tests
“washers not working”
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.
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 D through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£67 — and 52% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£67
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 52%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 302 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 D, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2011 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 80.8% to 85.3% — a spread of 4.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 80.8%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 85.3% 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 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
- Land Rover Freelander 80.8%
- Audi Q5 80.8%
- BMW 1 Series 80.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 80.8%
- Honda Accord 80.7%
- Toyota Rav-4 80.9%
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 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 542 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 | 125 | 22.80% | 19.76% | +3.04 |
| Brakes | 102 | 18.60% | 20.89% | −2.29 |
| Suspension | 99 | 18.10% | 20.98% | −2.88 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 81 | 14.80% | 12.21% | +2.59 |
| Visibility | 43 | 7.80% | 4.97% | +2.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 31 | 5.70% | 5.52% | +0.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 27 | 4.90% | 4.18% | +0.72 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 13 | 2.40% | 5.57% | −3.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 13 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 8 | 1.50% | 0.82% | +0.68 |
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 | 6.6% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.0% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.6% | £5–25 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 3.0% | £5–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £25–65 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.7% | £30–80 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.7% | £18–45 |
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 | 23.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.3% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.3% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 8.0% | £200–700 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 7.6% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1 | 100.0% | 29,589 mi |
| 30-60k | 15 | 80.0% | 54,490 mi |
| 60-90k | 98 | 81.6% | 75,882 mi |
| 90-120k | 122 | 79.5% | 103,662 mi |
| 120k+ | 66 | 81.8% | 137,272 mi |
Source: 302 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 D MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 MINI Countryman One D?
80.8% of the 302 2011 MINI Countryman One D tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 76.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 MINI Countryman One D?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.62%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.96%), position lamp not working (4.64%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 MINI Countryman One D MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 81.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 MINI Countryman One D in this dataset had covered 97,950 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 MINI Countryman One D MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.