Does the MINI Clubman fail the MOT on steering more than it should?

The MINI Clubman records 0.07 steering failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.93 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−0.86, 95% interval −0.91 to −0.81). It ranks 351 of 640 models on steering (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on steering · check a MINI Clubman by registration

No single steering defect wording reaches 30 items on the MINI Clubman; the failures are spread across several.