Pass rate
77.8%
Around average — 1.9 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 938 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£72
2011 MINI One D MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 96,852 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
21.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 86.0% pass
- Avoid 2011 77.8% pass · this year
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 8.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 72.3%
- Typical mileage
- 97k mi
The 2011 MINI One D MOT pass rate is 77.8% of its MOT tests — 1.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MINI One D does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 18.7% of everything recorded on the 2011 MINI One D, against 12.2% nationally — 6.5 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 21.5%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 63% 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 One D compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 1.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 72.3%. The median 2011 MINI One D in this dataset had covered 96,852 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 77.5% of the time, April–September 78.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Position lamp not working", noted on 7.89% of tests.
- 938 recorded tests behind this page.
- 77.8% overall pass rate, 72.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI One D, the average is 79.6% — best year 2014 (86.0%), worst 2011 (77.8%).
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
- 938
- Typical mileage (median)
- 96,852 mi
- Make and model
- MINI One D
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 One D MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the One D
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 148 | 79.1% |
| South West | 132 | 80.3% |
| West Midlands | 107 | 80.4% |
| East of England | 99 | 75.8% |
| North West | 97 | 75.3% |
| East Midlands | 93 | 78.5% |
| Yorkshire | 77 | 80.5% |
| Wales | 77 | 74.0% |
| Scotland | 57 | 70.2% |
| North East | 40 | 77.5% |
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 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 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 7.9% 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 windscreen 7.8% 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 tyre tread 2.0% 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 One D through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£72 — and 63% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£72
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp with a multiple light source up to…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 63%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 938 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 One D, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2010 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 77.8% to 86.0% — a spread of 8.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 81.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 77.8%position lamp not working
- 2012 80.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 86.0% fixing missing
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 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
- Peugeot 107 77.8%
- Volvo XC90 77.8%
- Nissan Micra 77.9%
- Skoda Yeti 77.9%
- Subaru Forester 77.9%
- Skoda Fabia 78.0%
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 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 1,861 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 403 | 21.50% | 20.89% | +0.61 |
| Suspension | 353 | 18.80% | 20.98% | −2.18 |
| Tyres | 353 | 18.80% | 19.76% | −0.96 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 351 | 18.70% | 12.21% | +6.49 |
| Visibility | 140 | 7.50% | 4.97% | +2.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 111 | 5.90% | 5.52% | +0.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 50 | 2.70% | 1.76% | +0.94 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 40 | 2.10% | 5.57% | −3.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 40 | 2.10% | 4.18% | −2.08 |
| Road Wheels | 20 | 1.10% | 0.75% | +0.35 |
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 | 7.9% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 7.8% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.5% | £5–20 |
| Stop lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £3–12 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.6% | £60–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.0% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.0% | £8–22 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £30–75 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £8–22 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £3–12 |
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 | 19.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.1% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 10.6% | £40–150 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.3% | £180–450 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 9.7% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.5% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 16 | 87.5% | 25,301 mi |
| 30-60k | 117 | 86.3% | 48,800 mi |
| 60-90k | 263 | 79.8% | 77,807 mi |
| 90-120k | 343 | 76.1% | 104,636 mi |
| 120k+ | 199 | 72.4% | 142,287 mi |
Source: 938 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 One D MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 MINI One D?
77.8% of the 938 2011 MINI One D tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 72.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 MINI One D?
The three most recorded items are position lamp not working (7.89%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.78%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.46%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 MINI One D MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.5% of the time, falling to 72.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 MINI One D in this dataset had covered 96,852 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 MINI One D MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 77.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 78.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.