Mini Roadster
Registered from 2012 to 2016.
About this model
The Mini Coupé and Mini Roadster are two-seater sports cars that were engineered and manufactured by German automaker BMW under the Mini marque between 2011 and 2015.
From the Wikipedia article Mini Coupé and Roadster, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2014 1.6 petrol. 140 of 1,144 tests failed, 12%.
Better than 79% of 2014 cars. The typical one fails 17%, across 870 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres and wheels | 43% | 60 |
| Lights and electrics | 26% | 37 |
| Visibility | 24% | 34 |
| Brakes | 22% | 31 |
| Suspension | 12% | 17 |
| Body and structure | 2% | 3 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage
Where it stands out against its peers
- Visibility: failed more often than 95% of 2014 cars — 24% of its 140 failed tests, where an ordinary 2014 car has 11%.
Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.
NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Tyres and wheels — 43% of its failures
- A tyre seriously damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution.
- Brakes — 22% of its failures
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution.
- Suspension — 12% of its failures
- A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage
- Lights and electrics — 26% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 24% of its failures
- Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
When it starts failing
At 80–100k miles this one fails 17% of its inspections, against the 21% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 7% | 7% | 87 | |
| 20–40k miles | 11% | 11% | 359 | |
| 40–60k miles | 12% | 15% | 430 | |
| 60–80k miles | 16% | 19% | 204 | |
| 80–100k miles | 17% | 21% | 46 |
1,126 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 40k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.