2012 MINI Cooper Sd: MOT pass rate and reliability

80.9% of 2012 MINI Cooper Sds pass the MOT first time, measured across 749 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 88,043 miles.

How the 2012 compares

• Against all MINI Cooper Sds (79%, 2,149 tests): +1.9 points
• Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +10.1 points
• National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every MINI Cooper Sd model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the MINI Cooper Sd:

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Cooper Sd

The 2012 sits close to the MINI Cooper Sd 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 a 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2012 MINI Cooper Sd the average at test was 88,043 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.

2012 is the strongest year on record for this model at 80.9%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

• 2011 MINI Cooper Sd - 76.2%
• 2013 MINI Cooper Sd - 77.9%

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