2015 MINI Clubman: MOT pass rate and reliability

83.6% of 2015 MINI Clubmans pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,442 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 64,538 miles.

How the 2015 compares

  • Against all MINI Clubmans (85.4%, 25,919 tests): -1.8 points
  • Against all 2015 cars (78.3%): +5.3 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every MINI Clubman model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2015 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the MINI Clubman:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2015 83.6% 1,442 64,538
2016 84.6% 8,995 60,641
2017 85.5% 8,169 52,385
2018 87.9% 6,273 43,993
2019 88.8% 331 35,736

What this means if you are buying a 2015 Clubman

The 2015 sits close to the MINI Clubman average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What an 11-year-old car fails on

A 2015 car is 11 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is around average, so condition and service history will tell you more than the odometer does. On a 2015 MINI Clubman the average at test was 64,538 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2019 at 88.8%, and the weakest in our data is 2015 at 83.6%. That 5.2 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2015 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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