2012 MINI Countryman: MOT pass rate and reliability

80.6% of 2012 MINI Countrymans pass the MOT first time, measured across 665 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 82,288 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all MINI Countrymans (89.4%, 89,854 tests): -8.8 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): +9.8 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every MINI Countryman 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 Countryman:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2011 76.2% 526 88,860
2012 80.6% 665 82,288
2013 83.3% 2,778 74,159
2014 86.2% 12,752 68,498
2015 87.5% 9,143 61,394
2016 89.1% 9,215 53,523
2017 89.8% 10,933 49,640
2018 90.2% 13,803 43,001
2019 92% 14,002 33,852
2020 92.2% 8,146 27,013
2021 91.9% 7,340 22,226
2022 94.9% 447 18,711

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Countryman

The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 8.8 points less often than the MINI Countryman average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2012 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 Countryman the average at test was 82,288 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 2022 at 94.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2011 at 76.2%. That 18.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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