Pass rate
86.0%
Above average — 5.8 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 57 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£58
2014 MINI One D MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 81,500 mi
Only 57 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Tyres
29.3% 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 2014 86.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2011 77.8% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 8.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.0%
- Typical mileage
- 82k mi
The 2014 MINI One D MOT pass rate is 86.0% of its MOT tests — 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Road wheels: 13.7× the national share
Road wheels make up 10.3% of everything recorded on the 2014 MINI One D, against 0.8% nationally — 9.6 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 29.3%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Check for buckled rims and missing wheel bolts; kerbing is the usual cause and it is visible.
- 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 80.2% and this one manages 86.0% — 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 57 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 2014 MINI One D compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 5.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.0%. The median 2014 MINI One D in this dataset had covered 81,500 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Fixing missing", noted on 3.51% of tests.
- 57 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.0% overall pass rate, 84.0% 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
- 57
- Typical mileage (median)
- 81,500 mi
- Make and model
- MINI One D
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wheel Hub Bearing Kit
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 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the MINI One D is most common
Across all One D model years on record (2010–2014): 1,010 MINI One D cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 2,526 tests. Leicester (LE) has the most, with 35 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 | Leicester (LE) | 35 | 76.5% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 31 | 83.3% |
| 3 | Northampton (NN) | 28 | 86.4% |
| 4 | Cardiff (CF) | 23 | 72.0% |
| 5 | Peterborough (PE) | 23 | 75.4% |
| 6 | Reading (RG) | 23 | 82.1% |
| 7 | Coventry (CV) | 22 | 80.0% |
| 8 | Sheffield (S) | 21 | 82.6% |
| 9 | Brighton (BN) | 20 | 76.2% |
| 10 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 19 | 76.8% |
| 11 | York (YO) | 19 | 80.0% |
| 12 | Plymouth (PL) | 19 | 78.2% |
| 13 | Guildford (GU) | 19 | 78.0% |
| 14 | Chelmsford (CM) | 18 | 94.7% |
| 15 | Stoke On Trent (ST) | 17 | 75.5% |
| 16 | Portsmouth (PO) | 16 | 80.5% |
| 17 | Nottingham (NG) | 15 | 69.8% |
| 18 | Doncaster (DN) | 15 | 80.5% |
| 19 | Southampton (SO) | 15 | 82.1% |
| 20 | Bristol (BS) | 15 | 84.8% |
The twenty areas with the most MINI One D 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 One D
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2014 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 2014 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 3.5% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 brakes 1.8% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the suspension joints 1.8% of tests
“pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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 2014 One D through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£58 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£58
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: pins
- £40–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 57 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 2014 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 2014 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Ml 86.0%
- BMW 430 86.0%
- Volkswagen Up 85.9%
- Toyota Auris 86.1%
- BMW 520 86.1%
- Audi Q5 86.1%
Closest pass rates among 2014 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 2014 MINI One D 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 58 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 | 17 | 29.30% | 19.76% | +9.54 |
| Brakes | 13 | 22.40% | 20.89% | +1.51 |
| Suspension | 9 | 15.50% | 20.98% | −5.48 |
| Road Wheels | 6 | 10.30% | 0.75% | +9.55 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 3 | 5.20% | 12.21% | −7.01 |
| Visibility | 3 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Steering | 3 | 5.20% | 2.57% | +2.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Major | 3.5% | £20–55 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.5% | £3–12 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.8% | £40–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.8% | £5–15 |
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 | 15.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.8% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.8% | £40–150 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 7.0% | £20–55 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 21,981 mi |
| 30-60k | 10 | 90.0% | 49,547 mi |
| 60-90k | 19 | 78.9% | 75,572 mi |
| 90-120k | 24 | 87.5% | 99,171 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 133,289 mi |
Source: 57 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.
2014 One D MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 MINI One D?
86.0% of the 57 2014 MINI One D tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 84.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 MINI One D?
The three most recorded items are fixing missing (3.51%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.51%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.51%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 MINI One D MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 MINI One D in this dataset had covered 81,500 mi.