MINI Paceman MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a MINI Paceman in Great Britain in 2025 — 7,838 tests. Figures cover every Paceman first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Paceman ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
81.6%
9.3 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
7,838
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.1%
of Paceman first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
63,750
middle half: 48,750–78,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many MINI Paceman cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 9,392 MINI Paceman cars that were taxed or on SORN: 9,120 taxed and 272 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. MINI Paceman vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
9,120
97.1% of the 9,392 Paceman cars taxed or on SORN; 16 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
272
declared off the road by their keepers — 2.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Paceman cars peaked at 9,697 at the end of 2019 and has since fallen by 577 (6.0%) to 9,120 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 285 at the end of 2014 to 272 at the end of 2025, down 4.6%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Paceman cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

02k4k6k8k10k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Paceman cars, year 2014: 6kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2015: 8kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2016: 10kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2017: 10kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2018: 10kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2019: 10kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2020: 10kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2021: 10kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2022: 10kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2023: 9kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2024: 9kTaxed Paceman cars, year 2025: 9k9k
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YearTaxed Paceman cars
20146,218
20158,465
20169,615
20179,532
20189,598
20199,697
20209,649
20219,584
20229,554
20239,445
20249,261
20259,120

Paceman cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

01002003002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Paceman cars on SORN, year 2014: 285Paceman cars on SORN, year 2015: 69Paceman cars on SORN, year 2016: 96Paceman cars on SORN, year 2017: 68Paceman cars on SORN, year 2018: 66Paceman cars on SORN, year 2019: 96Paceman cars on SORN, year 2020: 108Paceman cars on SORN, year 2021: 96Paceman cars on SORN, year 2022: 107Paceman cars on SORN, year 2023: 150Paceman cars on SORN, year 2024: 238Paceman cars on SORN, year 2025: 272272
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YearPaceman cars on SORN
2014285
201569
201696
201768
201866
201996
2020108
202196
2022107
2023150
2024238
2025272

Which model years survive

Taxed Paceman cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 9,120 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Paceman cars
20171191.3%
20161,25513.8%
20151,91321.0%
20143,42937.6%
20132,40426.4%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name PACEMAN under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Paceman ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Paceman vs all cars, 2025.

MINI PacemanAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)MINI Paceman, vehicle age 9: 84.1%MINI Paceman, vehicle age 10: 83.7%MINI Paceman, vehicle age 11: 79.7%MINI Paceman, vehicle age 12: 80.3%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%MINI Paceman 80.3%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Paceman testsPaceman pass rateAll cars
91,33084.1%74.9%
102,05783.7%71.9%
113,65079.7%68.6%
1266480.3%65.8%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Paceman's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Paceman beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Paceman ahead
-16-8+0+8+16Age 9: +9.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: +11.8 points vs the average carAge 11: +11.1 points vs the average car11Age 12: +14.5 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
9+9.2
10+11.8
11+11.1
12+14.5

The Paceman fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Paceman fleet still in use.

01k2k3k4kAge 9: 1k9Age 10: 2kAge 11: 3k11Age 12: 66412Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
91,330
102,057
113,650
12664

What a Paceman fails on

Where the failure items land when a Paceman fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.4%
Tyres25.0%
Brakes16.4%
Visibility8.7%
Suspension7.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.2%
Body, chassis, structure3.6%
Road Wheels2.4%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Paceman, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 43.4% of advisories43.4%Brakes: 31.4% of advisories31.4%Suspension: 12.6% of advisories12.6%Non-component advisories: 5.0% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 4.5% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.0% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres43.4%
Brakes31.4%
Suspension12.6%
Non-component advisories5.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.5%
Identification of the vehicle1.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Paceman?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Paceman fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 83.2% of 4,207 tests83.2%Petrol4,207 testsDiesel: 79.7% of 3,631 tests79.7%Diesel3,631 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol4,20783.2%
Diesel3,63179.7%

What mileage is normal for a Paceman?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Paceman; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Paceman (median)
0k25k50k75k100k91112Vehicle age (years)Age 9: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 43,750–71,250)Age 10: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 48,750–78,750)Age 11: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 56,250–88,750)Age 12: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 61,250–96,250)78k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
943,75056,25071,250
1048,75063,75078,750
1156,25073,75088,750
1261,25078,75096,250

What fails at each age

The Paceman's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionVisibilityEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsTyres39.2%
6-9 yrsBrakes14.7%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.7%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks11.0%
6-9 yrsSuspension8.4%
6-9 yrsEverything else12.0%
10-13 yrsTyres27.6%
10-13 yrsBrakes20.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.5%
10-13 yrsSuspension9.2%
10-13 yrsVisibility7.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else17.3%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.