MINI Vehicle check

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Vehicle check

Amalgamated Vehicle checks of MINI vehicles

Our proprietary algorithms have number crunched over 8,939,303 MINI Vehicle checks and ranked the reasons that MINIs fail their tests. Use this service to help find a new vehicle that’s right for you or get ready for your own MINI's check.

Some examples of the most common issues are:

Drivers seat fore and aft adjustment mechanism not functioning as intended. (6.2.5 (b) (i)) Occurs:277 times
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Occurs:15,713 times
Nearside Front Wheel bearing rough when rotated bi Occurs:1,389 times
Offside Front Front position lamp incorrect colour Occurs:363 times
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken bi Occurs:434 times
Front passenger door cannot be opened from inside the vehicle (6.2.3 (a)) Occurs:1,087 times
Drivers airbag obviously inoperative (7.1.5 (c)) Occurs:503 times
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a)) Occurs:1,508 times
Offside Parking brake inoperative on one side (1.4.1 (a)) Occurs:4,631 times
Nearside Headlamp levelling device inoperative (4.1.5 (a)) Occurs:1,520 times
Offside Front Side repeater not working Occurs:1,211 times
Offside Rear Brake pipe leaking Occurs:410 times
Steering system excessively rough Occurs:514 times
Nearside Rear Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated Occurs:849 times
Nearside Front Bonded suspension unit deteriorated and cannot function as intended Occurs:419 times
Offside Front Windscreen washer jets misaligned and not providing sufficient fluid to the windscreen (3.5 (a)) Occurs:718 times
Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f)) Occurs:426 times
Offside Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement Occurs:332 times
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.1.3 (b) (i)) Occurs:10,385 times
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c)) Occurs:46,641 times
Hazard warning switch inoperative (4.4.2 (a) (ii)) Occurs:384 times
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases rear box (6.1.2 (a)) Occurs:431 times
Offside Front Inner Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii)) Occurs:15,588 times
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect c Occurs:1,635 times
Nearside rear brake juddering severely Occurs:767 times

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