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SW03HXP
2003 MINI MINI
Colour: Blue
Fuel: Diesel
Engine: 1364cc
General Information
- Registration SW03HXP
- Manufacturer MINI
- Model MINI
- Year 2003
- Colour Blue
- Fuel Type Diesel
- Engine Size 1364cc
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MOT History 30 Tests
MOT Test Statistics
30
Total Tests
18
Passes
12
Failures
60%
Pass Rate
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142 Total Defects Recorded
8 May 2026
Fail
Mileage: 140,374 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
- Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Rear Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
- Nearside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.3.4 (b) (i))
12 May 2025
Pass
Mileage: 137,643 MI
Expiry date: 18 May 2026Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Front Wheel bearing slightly noisy (5.1.3 (b) (i))
- Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
12 May 2025
Fail
Mileage: 137,643 MI
Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Rear Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Front Wheel bearing slightly noisy (5.1.3 (b) (i))
7 May 2024
Pass
Mileage: 136,004 MI
Expiry date: 18 May 2025Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Track rod end ball joint has slight play (2.1.3 (b) (i))
- Offside Rear Service brake binding but not excessively (1.2.1 (f))
- Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))
1 May 2024
Fail
Mileage: 135,942 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Exhaust emissions exceed level of metered smoke for a non-turbo charged engine (8.2.2.2 (b)) Repair immediately
- Offside Stop lamp(s) not working (4.3.1 (a) (ii)) Repair immediately
- Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread (0.1 (b))
- Offside Rear Service brake binding but not excessively (1.2.1 (f))
- Nearside Track rod end ball joint has slight play (2.1.3 (b) (i))
19 May 2023
Pass
Mileage: 133,753 MI
Expiry date: 18 May 2024Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Offside Rear Service brake fluctuating, but not excessively (1.2.1 (e))
- Offside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Offside Front Service brake binding but not excessively (1.2.1 (f))
- Nearside Rear Service brake binding but not excessively (1.2.1 (f))
- Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
19 May 2023
Fail
Mileage: 133,753 MI
Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Service brake binding but not excessively (1.2.1 (f))
- Offside Rear Service brake fluctuating, but not excessively (1.2.1 (e))
- Offside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Offside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
- Offside Front Service brake binding but not excessively (1.2.1 (f))
- Nearside Rear Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
- Nearside Front Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
23 Mar 2022
Pass
Mileage: 131,716 MI
Expiry date: 23 Mar 2023Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing slight perished and close to limit (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread cracked (0.1 (b))
- Offside Rear brake disc signs of overheating adv
- Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing slight perished worn close to limit (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint has slight play slight (5.3.4 (a) (i))
- Nearside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Brake hose slightly chafed (1.1.12 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Brake hose slightly chafed (1.1.12 (b) (i))
19 Mar 2022
Fail
Mileage: 131,660 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Front Suspension arm ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Repair immediately
- Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt upper and lower (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Repair immediately
- Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt upper and lower (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread cracked (0.1 (b))
- Offside Rear brake disc signs of overheating adv
- Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing slight perished and close to limit (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Nearside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Tyre slightly damaged/cracking or perishing slight perished worn close to limit (5.2.3 (d) (ii))
- Offside Front Brake hose slightly chafed (1.1.12 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Headlamp lens slightly defective (4.1.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Brake hose slightly chafed (1.1.12 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Headlamp lens slightly defective starting to distort image (4.1.1 (b) (i))
24 Mar 2021
Pass
Mileage: 128,493 MI
Expiry date: 23 Mar 2022Advisory notice item(s)
- under body been undersealed
- Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread cracked (0.1 (b))
- Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
- Nearside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
- Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
22 Mar 2021
Fail
Mileage: 128,468 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.3.4 (b) (ii)) Repair immediately
Advisory notice item(s)
- under body been undersealed
- Front Registration plate deteriorated but not likely to be misread cracked (0.1 (b))
- Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
- Nearside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Nearside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Brake hose has slight corrosion to ferrule (1.1.12 (f) (i))
- Offside Front Suspension arm corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
12 Sep 2019
Pass
Mileage: 126,082 MI
Expiry date: 11 Sep 2020Advisory notice item(s)
- rear shock absorber body corroded ns and os
- Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
12 Sep 2019
Fail
Mileage: 126,082 MI
Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- rear shock absorber body corroded ns and os
- Rear Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
- Offside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Rear Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Nearside Front Coil spring corroded (5.3.1 (b) (i))
- Front Sub-frame corroded but not seriously weakened (5.3.3 (b) (i))
12 Jun 2018
Pass
Mileage: 120,259 MI
Expiry date: 11 Jun 2019 11 Jun 20266 Jun 2017
Pass
Mileage: 111,762 MI
Expiry date: 5 Jun 2018 11 Jun 202618 Nov 2016
Pass
Mileage: 111,579 MI
Expiry date: 17 Nov 2017Advisory notice item(s)
- both rear tyres perished
19 Oct 2015
Pass
Mileage: 110,794 MI
Expiry date: 23 Oct 2016Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit perished (4.1.E.1)
- Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit perished (4.1.E.1)
19 Oct 2015
Fail
Mileage: 110,784 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)
- Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
- Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit perished (4.1.E.1)
- Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit perished (4.1.E.1)
24 Oct 2014
Pass
Mileage: 108,469 MI
Expiry date: 23 Oct 2015 11 Jun 202624 Oct 2014
Fail
Mileage: 108,466 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect (1.8.A.1b)
- Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play (2.2.B.1f)
- Offside Front Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
- Offside Front Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Nearside Front Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
5 Sep 2013
Pass
Mileage: 104,358 MI
Expiry date: 4 Sep 2014Advisory notice item(s)
- Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
4 Sep 2013
Fail
Mileage: 104,356 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Front registration plate font not substantially similar to the prescribed font (6.3.4d)
- Nearside Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
- Rear registration plate font not substantially similar to the prescribed font (6.3.4d)
- Offside Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
- Nearside Front Lower Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4.G.2)
Advisory notice item(s)
- Brake hydraulic reservoir fluid close to minimum level (3.6.G.1b)
- Offside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Nearside Obligatory mirror damaged, but not seriously affecting the rear view (8.1.2a)
- Nearside Front Brake pipe slightly corroded (3.6.B.2c)
7 Jun 2012
Pass
Mileage: 97,981 MI
Expiry date: 6 Jun 2013 11 Jun 202614 May 2011
Pass
Mileage: 0
Expiry date: 13 May 2012 11 Jun 202613 May 2011
Fail
Mileage: 0
Reason(s) for failure
- Front registration plate with character(s) which are not the correct height (6.3.4a)
- registration plate character(s) formed using multiple strokes (6.3.4e)
- Rear registration plate with character(s) which are not the correct stroke width (6.3.4a)
- Offside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
- Offside Front Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
- Nearside Front Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively (8.2.2)
- Nearside Front Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
- Nearside Front Front position lamp(s) not working (1.1.A.3b)
1 May 2010
Pass
Mileage: 84,308 MI
Expiry date: 30 Apr 2011 11 Jun 202631 Mar 2009
Pass
Mileage: 78,344 MI
Expiry date: 30 Mar 2010 11 Jun 202631 Mar 2009
Fail
Mileage: 78,344 MI
Reason(s) for failure
- Nearside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
- Windscreen washer provides insufficient washer liquid (8.2.3)
- Offside Headlamp aim too low (1.8)
- Offside Headlamp aim too high (1.8)
- Offside Front Tyre tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.1.E.1)
- Nearside Rear Brake pipe excessively corroded (3.6.B.2c)
Advisory notice item(s)
- Nearside Rear Tyre worn close to the legal limit (4.1.E.1)
28 Mar 2008
Pass
Mileage: 69,424 MI
Expiry date: 27 Mar 2009 11 Jun 202621 Sep 2006
Pass
Mileage: 48,324 MI
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SW03HXP was registered on 2003-05-30
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