2018 MINI Countryman: MOT pass rate and reliability

90.2% of 2018 MINI Countrymans pass the MOT first time, measured across 13,803 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 43,001 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all MINI Countrymans (89.4%, 89,854 tests): +0.8 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): +4.3 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 2018 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 2018 Countryman

The 2018 sits close to the MINI Countryman 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 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 MINI Countryman the average at test was 43,001 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 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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