MOT History from tests of diesel MINI COOPERs year 2005

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Pass percent:61.54%

(The average a diesel MINI COOPER year 2005 passes without issue)

Based on:26 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	6
Brake pipe excessively corroded	5
Exhaust emissions exceed level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine (8.2.2.2 (b))	2
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	2
Offside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	1
Offside Front Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced (4.1.4 (b))	1
Nearside Front Headlamp has a product on the lens so that the light output is severely reduced (4.1.4 (b))	1
Nearside Front Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))	1
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii))	1
Nearside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	1
Offside Rear Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a))	1
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	1
Offside Rear Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii))	1
Nearside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt split (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	1
Other passenger door cannot be opened from outside the vehicle tailgate (6.2.3 (a))	1
Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a))	1
Offside Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	1
Offside Obligatory mirror seriously damaged, affecting the rear view (8.1.2a)	1
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)	1
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	1
Nearside Front Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement backbox (2.4.G.2)	1

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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MOT History from tests of diesel MINI COOPERs year 2005

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