Pass rate
87.4%
Above average — 11.5 pts ahead of the 75.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 95 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£83
2011 MINI One Pimlico MOT pass rate
- 2011
- typical 68,830 mi
Only 95 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.
Most common fault
Brakes
24.8% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2011 87.4% pass · this year
- Avoid 2011 87.4% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 85.5%
- Typical mileage
- 69k mi
The 2011 MINI One Pimlico MOT pass rate is 87.4% of its MOT tests — 11.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MINI One Pimlico does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.0× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 24.8% of everything recorded on the 2011 MINI One Pimlico, against 12.2% nationally — 12.6 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 24.8%, 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.
- 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 87.4% — 11.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 95 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 One Pimlico compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 75.9%, so this figure is 11.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 85.5%. The median 2011 MINI One Pimlico in this dataset had covered 68,830 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.7% of the time, April–September 90.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 4.21% of tests.
- 95 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.4% overall pass rate, 85.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MINI One Pimlico, the average is 87.4% — best year 2011 (87.4%), worst 2011 (87.4%).
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
- 95
- Typical mileage (median)
- 68,830 mi
- Make and model
- MINI One Pimlico
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 One Pimlico MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the One Pimlico
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 32 | 93.8% |
| West Midlands | 17 | 94.1% |
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 Pimlico
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 Pimlico
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 4.2% 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 tyre tread 3.2% 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.
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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.
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 Pimlico through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£83 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£83
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 95 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 →
Compare the 2011 MINI One Pimlico 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
- Honda Fit 86.9%
- Porsche Cayenne 86.8%
- Lexus IS250 86.8%
- Jaguar Xkr 86.4%
- Lexus Ct 85.8%
- BMW Z4 85.8%
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 Pimlico 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 129 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 | 32 | 24.80% | 20.89% | +3.91 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 32 | 24.80% | 12.21% | +12.59 |
| Tyres | 28 | 21.70% | 19.76% | +1.94 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 11 | 8.50% | 5.52% | +2.98 |
| Suspension | 8 | 6.20% | 20.98% | −14.78 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6 | 4.70% | 5.57% | −0.87 |
| Visibility | 6 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 1.60% | 4.18% | −2.58 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 1.60% | 0.75% | +0.85 |
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 | 4.2% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.2% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.2% | £5–20 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.2% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.1% | £60–250 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.1% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.1% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.1% | £5–25 |
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 | 14.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.4% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.3% | £200–700 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 6.3% | £60–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 35 | 94.3% | 43,842 mi |
| 60-90k | 43 | 79.1% | 74,384 mi |
| 90-120k | 17 | 94.1% | 99,951 mi |
Source: 95 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 Pimlico MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2011 MINI One Pimlico?
87.4% of the 95 2011 MINI One Pimlico tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 75.9% for cars first used in 2011. First-attempt pass rate: 85.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2011 MINI One Pimlico?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.21%), position lamp not working (3.16%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (3.16%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2011 MINI One Pimlico MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.3% of the time, falling to 94.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2011 MINI One Pimlico in this dataset had covered 68,830 mi.
Does the season affect the 2011 MINI One Pimlico MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 90.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.