Pass rate
97.1%
Above average — 2.3 pts ahead of the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 140 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£90
2023 MINI John COOPER Works MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 14,727 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
64.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 97.1% pass · this year
- Avoid 2009 81.3% pass
Across the 16 years on record, a spread of 15.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 97.1%
- Typical mileage
- 15k mi
The 2023 MINI John COOPER Works MOT pass rate is 97.1% of its MOT tests — 2.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 64.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MINI John COOPER Works does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.3× the national share
Tyres make up 64.3% of everything recorded on the 2023 MINI John Cooper Works, against 19.8% nationally — 44.5 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.
- Based on a small sample. 140 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 2023 MINI John COOPER Works compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 2.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 97.1%. The median 2023 MINI John COOPER Works in this dataset had covered 14,727 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 95.2% of the time, April–September 100.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure", noted on 2.14% of tests.
- 140 recorded tests behind this page.
- 97.1% overall pass rate, 97.1% 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
- 140
- Typical mileage (median)
- 14,727 mi
- Make and model
- MINI John COOPER Works
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the John COOPER Works MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 88% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the John COOPER Works
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 35 | 97.1% |
| North West | 22 | 100.0% |
| South West | 17 | 100.0% |
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 2023 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 2023 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 wipers and washers 1.4% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 tyre pressures and valves 0.7% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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Check the windscreen 0.7% 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.
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 2023 John COOPER Works through its MOT
Across the 6 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£90 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 6 common items
- £41–£90
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 83%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 140 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 2023 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Levc Tx 97.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 MINI John COOPER Works 6 failure items · 2 advisories · 3 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 14 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 | 9 | 64.30% | 19.76% | +44.54 |
| Visibility | 3 | 21.40% | 4.97% | +16.43 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 14.30% | 0.75% | +13.55 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.71% | £45–95 |
| Not fitted in accordance with side wall instructions Tyres | Rectified | 0.71% | £45–95 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Rectified | 0.71% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.71% | £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 | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 1.4% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 127 | 96.9% | 14,434 mi |
| 30-60k | 13 | 100.0% | 34,213 mi |
Source: 140 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.
2023 John COOPER Works MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 MINI John COOPER Works?
97.1% of the 140 2023 MINI John COOPER Works tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 97.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 MINI John COOPER Works?
The three most recorded items are has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (2.14%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.43%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (0.71%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 MINI John COOPER Works MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.9% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 MINI John COOPER Works in this dataset had covered 14,727 mi.
Does the season affect the 2023 MINI John COOPER Works MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 95.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 100.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.