Pass rate
88.1%
Above average — 2.1 pts ahead of the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 10,164 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £44–£104
2017 MINI John COOPER Works MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 40,794 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
44.5% 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 2023 97.1% pass
- Avoid 2009 81.3% pass
Across the 16 years on record, a spread of 15.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.6%
- Typical mileage
- 41k mi
The 2017 MINI John COOPER Works MOT pass rate is 88.1% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 44.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.3× the national share
Tyres make up 44.5% of everything recorded on the 2017 MINI John Cooper Works, against 19.8% nationally — 24.7 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2017 MINI John COOPER Works compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 2.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.6%. The median 2017 MINI John COOPER Works in this dataset had covered 40,794 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.9% of the time, April–September 87.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.16% of tests.
- 10,164 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.1% overall pass rate, 86.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI John COOPER Works, the average is 89.5% — best year 2023 (97.1%), worst 2009 (81.3%).
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
- 10,164
- Typical mileage (median)
- 40,794 mi
- Make and model
- MINI John COOPER Works
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the John COOPER Works MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 73% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the MINI John COOPER Works is most common
Across all John COOPER Works model years on record (2008–2023): 33,971 MINI John COOPER Works cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 64,656 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 882 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 882 | 91.6% |
| 2 | Reading (RG) | 793 | 88.9% |
| 3 | Guildford (GU) | 739 | 87.9% |
| 4 | Sheffield (S) | 713 | 89.6% |
| 5 | Peterborough (PE) | 702 | 91.1% |
| 6 | Leicester (LE) | 654 | 89.3% |
| 7 | Nottingham (NG) | 612 | 88.8% |
| 8 | Coventry (CV) | 592 | 90.1% |
| 9 | Ashford (TN) | 574 | 88.0% |
| 10 | Chelmsford (CM) | 556 | 88.6% |
| 11 | Oxford (OX) | 541 | 93.2% |
| 12 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 538 | 92.1% |
| 13 | Swindon (SN) | 523 | 89.2% |
| 14 | Derby (DE) | 519 | 89.5% |
| 15 | Northampton (NN) | 503 | 88.9% |
| 16 | Gloucester (GL) | 495 | 88.3% |
| 17 | High Wycombe (HP) | 486 | 88.4% |
| 18 | Crawley (RH) | 483 | 86.0% |
| 19 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 478 | 88.2% |
| 20 | Brighton (BN) | 475 | 87.0% |
The twenty areas with the most MINI John COOPER Works cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the John COOPER Works
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 2,382 | 87.5% |
| East of England | 1,333 | 88.1% |
| South West | 1,077 | 86.5% |
| West Midlands | 957 | 89.4% |
| North West | 892 | 88.2% |
| Yorkshire | 891 | 90.8% |
| Scotland | 811 | 85.0% |
| East Midlands | 762 | 87.8% |
| North East | 396 | 91.2% |
| London | 375 | 87.7% |
| Wales | 288 | 91.3% |
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 2017 John COOPER Works
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 2017 John COOPER Works
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 3.2% 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 1.1% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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 lights 0.7% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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.
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 2017 John COOPER Works through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £44–£104 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £44–£104
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 10,164 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 John COOPER Works, side by side
16 model years on record, from 2008 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 81.3% to 97.1% — a spread of 15.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 82.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 81.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 82.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 85.3% position lamp not working
- 2012 85.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 85.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 85.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 87.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 87.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 88.1%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 88.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 91.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 92.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 92.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 92.9% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2023 97.1% has a bulge, caused by separation…
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 2017 MINI John COOPER Works 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 2017 cars with a similar record
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 MINI John COOPER Works 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 6,245 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 | 2,802 | 44.50% | 19.76% | +24.74 |
| Brakes | 1,473 | 23.40% | 20.89% | +2.51 |
| Visibility | 677 | 10.80% | 4.97% | +5.83 |
| Suspension | 336 | 5.30% | 20.98% | −15.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 285 | 4.50% | 4.18% | +0.32 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 224 | 3.60% | 12.21% | −8.61 |
| Road Wheels | 184 | 2.90% | 0.75% | +2.15 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 90 | 1.40% | 5.57% | −4.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 88 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 86 | 1.40% | 5.52% | −4.12 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.2% | £80–200 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.92% | £8–22 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.68% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.66% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.60% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.50% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.50% | £45–95 |
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 | 9.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.7% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.5% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,731 | 90.3% | 21,625 mi |
| 30-60k | 5,669 | 87.4% | 43,752 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,611 | 86.9% | 69,875 mi |
| 90-120k | 141 | 87.9% | 98,701 mi |
| 120k+ | 11 | 81.8% | 136,491 mi |
Source: 10,164 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.
2017 John COOPER Works MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 MINI John COOPER Works?
88.1% of the 10,164 2017 MINI John COOPER Works tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 86.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 MINI John COOPER Works?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.16%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (2.25%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.81%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 MINI John COOPER Works MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.3% of the time, falling to 81.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 MINI John COOPER Works in this dataset had covered 40,794 mi.
Does the season affect the 2017 MINI John COOPER Works MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 87.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.