Austin MOT pass rates and reliability
We have 3,363 MOT tests on Austin cars from 2023, covering 1 model with enough tests to compare. Choose a model to see what it fails on most often, how its pass rate changes with age and how far it is typically driven.
Across 3,363 MOT tests on Austin cars in 2023, 72% passed first time, close to the national average of 71% for all cars.
Austin models
| Model | Tests | First-time pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Mini | 3,363 | 72% |
What Austin cars fail on
Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, across all models, against the figure for all cars.
- Lights and electrics15.5% (all cars 11.3%)
- Exhaust and emissions9.4% (all cars 3.1%)
- Suspension9.0% (all cars 9.0%)
- Brakes9.0% (all cars 6.8%)
- Body and structure7.2% (all cars 3.5%)
- Visibility6.5% (all cars 4.8%)
- Steering3.8% (all cars 1.8%)
- Tyres1.5% (all cars 6.4%)
Most common Austin failure items
Share of tests on which each item was recorded.
- Non catalyst emissions: emissions carbon monoxide content excessive 7.2%
- Rear fog lamp: not working 3.5%
- Service brake imbalance: across an axle 3.3%
- Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt 2.6%
- Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements 2.5%
- Headlamp aim: too high 2.4%
- Non catalyst emissions: emissions hydrocarbon content excessive 2.4%
- Washers: not working 2.4%
Check a particular Austin
Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.
Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.