Skip to content
My MOT CheckerSources

15,591 tests in 2025

MINI Electric reliability and MOT pass rate

91% passed first time. The 9% fail rate is 13.6 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 4 years old with 19,269 miles.

MOT pass rates / MINI

Electric versions only, by DVSA’s fuel record for each test. Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions are on the MINI Hatch page.

Pass rate

91%

22.6% of all cars failed; 9% of these did.

Fixed on the day

2.6%

Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.

Median at test

19,269 mi

4 years old.

Fail rate by age

Age at testTestsFail rate
3-5 years15,3889.1%
6-9 years11—
10-13 years0—
14+ years1—

What the Electric fails on

Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.

  1. Tyres700 dangerous77.3%
  2. Visibility22%
  3. Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2.8%
  4. Suspension3 dangerous2.2%
  5. Identification of the vehicle2.1%
  6. Road Wheels3 dangerous1.6%
  7. Brakes1 dangerous1.2%
  8. Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.1%

Is the Electric getting worse?

The fail rate rose 0.6 points to 9.1% from 2023 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.

YearTestsMedian ageFail rate All cars
20233,045—8.5%22.8%
20248,000—9.5%23.2%
202515,172—9.1%22.6%

Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Electric at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.

The exact defects that fail it

Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Electric in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.

  1. 1Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords576 tests
  2. 2Condition: has ply or cords exposed277 tests
  3. 3Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively248 tests
  4. 4Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure123 tests
  5. 5Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm96 tests
  6. 6Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure50 tests
  7. 7Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid49 tests
  8. 8Condition: has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure31 tests

What wears out first

Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Electric collects 1.9 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.

  1. 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1,739 tests
  2. 2Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure1,699 tests
  3. 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords611 tests
  4. 4Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm279 tests
  5. 5Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre277 tests
  6. 6Condition: badly distorted275 tests
  7. 7Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure257 tests
  8. 8Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt174 tests

Questions

What is the MINI Electric MOT pass rate?

91% of the 15,591 MINI Electric first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 9% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 2.6% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.

What does a MINI Electric usually fail on?

The single most common failure is "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", recorded on 576 failed tests, followed by "Condition: has ply or cords exposed" and "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively". By section, tyres appears in 77.3% of failures, visibility appears in 22% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 2.8% of failures.

Does age change the odds?

Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 9.1%; at 3-5 years it was 9.1%. The median MINI Electric tested in 2025 was 4 years old with 19,269 miles.

Is the MINI Electric getting less reliable?

The fail rate rose 0.6 points to 9.1% from 2023 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.

First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Electric trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.

Other MINI models

Checking a particular Electric?

The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.

Due a test? Find an approved MOT station near you.