2015 MINI Roadster: MOT pass rate and reliability

85.5% of 2015 MINI Roadsters pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,057 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 49,478 miles.

How the 2015 compares

• Against all MINI Roadsters (85.1%, 2,701 tests): +0.4 points
• Against all 2015 cars (78.3%): +7.2 points
• National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every MINI Roadster 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 Roadster:

What this means if you are buying a 2015 Roadster

The 2015 sits close to the MINI Roadster 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 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 2015 MINI Roadster the average at test was 49,478 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.

2015 is the strongest year on record for this model at 85.5%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

• 2013 MINI Roadster - 83.7%
• 2014 MINI Roadster - 85.4%

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