Pass rate
84.7%
Around average — 4.5 pts ahead of the 80.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 10,742 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £50–£145
2014 SEAT Mii MOT pass rate
- 2014
- typical 56,223 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
28.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 92.4% pass
- Avoid 2012 81.6% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 10.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.1%
- Typical mileage
- 56k mi
The 2014 SEAT Mii MOT pass rate is 84.7% of its MOT tests — 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how SEAT Mii does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 28.0% of everything recorded on the 2014 SEAT Mii, against 20.9% nationally — 7.1 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 84.7% — 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 15% 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 2014 SEAT Mii compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 80.2%, so this figure is 4.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.1%. The median 2014 SEAT Mii in this dataset had covered 56,223 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.3% of the time, April–September 85.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Service brake performance excessively binding", noted on 2.15% of tests.
- 10,742 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.7% overall pass rate, 82.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the SEAT Mii, the average is 85.4% — best year 2019 (92.4%), worst 2012 (81.6%).
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
- 10,742
- Typical mileage (median)
- 56,223 mi
- Make and model
- SEAT Mii
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Servicing
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Mii MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Mii
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 2,035 | 88.2% |
| South West | 1,339 | 84.6% |
| Yorkshire | 1,250 | 85.0% |
| North West | 1,076 | 84.1% |
| East of England | 1,049 | 86.1% |
| Scotland | 1,046 | 76.1% |
| West Midlands | 916 | 85.3% |
| East Midlands | 725 | 85.8% |
| Wales | 600 | 84.7% |
| North East | 477 | 81.8% |
| London | 228 | 87.7% |
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 Mii
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 Mii
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 1.9% 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 exhaust and emissions 1.3% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the suspension joints 1.3% 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 Mii through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £50–£145 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £50–£145
- 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
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 10,742 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 Mii, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2012 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 81.6% to 92.4% — a spread of 10.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 81.6% srs malfunction indicator lamp…
- 2013 82.4% service brake performance…
- 2014 84.7%service brake performance…
- 2015 84.9% service brake performance…
- 2016 85.0% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2017 87.9% pins and bushes pin or bush…
- 2018 89.9% wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 92.4% headlamp aim too low
- 2020 91.0% has a bulge, caused by separation…
- 2021 90.5% 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 2014 SEAT Mii 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
- BMW 640 84.7%
- Audi A3 84.8%
- BMW 3 Series 84.6%
- Volkswagen Touareg 84.5%
- Skoda Octavia 84.4%
- Land Rover Range Rover Evoque 85.0%
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 SEAT Mii 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 12,499 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 | 3,547 | 28.00% | 20.89% | +7.11 |
| Tyres | 3,370 | 26.60% | 19.76% | +6.84 |
| Suspension | 1,600 | 12.60% | 20.98% | −8.38 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 955 | 7.50% | 12.21% | −4.71 |
| Non-component advisories | 738 | 5.80% | 4.18% | +1.62 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 703 | 5.50% | 5.52% | −0.02 |
| Visibility | 693 | 5.50% | 4.97% | +0.53 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 563 | 4.40% | 5.57% | −1.17 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 187 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Road Wheels | 143 | 1.10% | 0.75% | +0.35 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.1% | £60–150 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.3% | £60–250 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £40–150 |
| Fuel cap/sealing device ineffective Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.2% | £80–250 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.1% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.0% | £30–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.98% | £45–95 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 0.95% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.86% | £5–20 |
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 | 13.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.6% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.4% | £40–150 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Advisory | 4.4% | £60–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.3% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,226 | 91.8% | 21,675 mi |
| 30-60k | 4,834 | 87.3% | 45,924 mi |
| 60-90k | 3,444 | 81.3% | 72,552 mi |
| 90-120k | 1,011 | 77.2% | 101,526 mi |
| 120k+ | 227 | 75.8% | 135,815 mi |
Source: 10,742 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 Mii MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2014 SEAT Mii?
84.7% of the 10,742 2014 SEAT Mii tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 80.2% for cars first used in 2014. First-attempt pass rate: 82.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2014 SEAT Mii?
The three most recorded items are service brake performance excessively binding (2.15%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (1.86%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (1.32%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2014 SEAT Mii MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.8% of the time, falling to 75.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2014 SEAT Mii in this dataset had covered 56,223 mi.
Does the season affect the 2014 SEAT Mii MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.