MINI Countryman 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

21.3% of 42,892 MOT tests of the MINI Countryman first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 105.2 (95% CI 103.1–107.4; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 MINI Countryman fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

MINI Countryman built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	21.3	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	42892
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 103.1–107.4)	105.2	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	42892
Rank among this model's 11 build years	8	of 11	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	42892
Tested in 2024	6893	tests	median 82,194 miles	2024	6893

Built 2012 against MINI Countryman normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 17.2% vs 15.9%; age 8: 19.5% vs 17.4%; age 9: 20.4% vs 19.2%; age 10: 22.3% vs 20.7%; age 11: 22.5% vs 23.5%; age 12: 26.2% vs 25.1%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 MINI Countryman by registration · All MINI Countryman MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2012 MINI Countryman fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

MINI Countryman built 2012: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
7	7,414	17.2	16.3–18	15.9	107.8
8	6,978	19.5	18.6–20.5	17.4	111.9
9	7,263	20.4	19.5–21.4	19.2	106.2
10	7,196	22.3	21.4–23.3	20.7	108
11	7,148	22.5	21.5–23.5	23.5	95.8
12	6,893	26.2	25.2–27.3	25.1	104.7

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 42,892 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2012 MINI Countryman?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 11.3 items per 100 first tests, against 5.5 across all build years of the MINI Countryman. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, MINI Countryman built 2012 against the MINI Countryman in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	11.3	5.5	4,833
Tyres	8.7	7.3	3,723
Visibility	5.9	5.7	2,532
Brakes	5	3.1	2,139
Suspension	3.8	1.7	1,625

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 42,892 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 11 published build years of the MINI Countryman, 2012 ranks 8 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 106.7. 2013: index 105.2.

MINI Countryman build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2010	99.5	95.4–103.6	no different	9,134
2011	106.7	105.0–108.5	worse	59,510
2012	105.2	103.1–107.4	worse	42,892
2013	105.2	101.6–108.7	worse	17,530
2014	100.9	99.1–102.6	no different	77,828
2015	95.8	93.6–97.9	better	55,551
2016	92.5	90.3–94.7	better	55,788
2017	93.9	91.6–96.2	better	57,309
2018	106.8	104.3–109.3	worse	56,231
2019	104.1	101.2–107.1	worse	42,593
2020	98.0	93.5–102.6	no different	16,517

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 490,883 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). MINI Countryman 2012 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/mini-countryman/2012/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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