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Common MG 5 Trophy MOT failures

Based on 2,664 MG 5 Trophy tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Real DVSA defect codes

Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: MG 5 Trophy

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 857 tests (32.2%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 94 tests (3.5%)
Brakes 38 tests (1.4%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 32 tests (1.2%)
Visibility 21 tests (0.8%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 2,664 classifiable tests for MG 5 Trophy.

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What MG 5 Trophy failures look like

2,664 MG 5 Trophy tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 857 tests (32.2%), with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 94 tests (3.5%) and with brakes on 38 tests (1.4%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 576 of the 2,664 tests: 114 failures and 462 advisories or minors.

  • Shock absorbers has light misting of oil

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.2, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 134 of the 2,664 tests: 31 failures and 103 advisories or minors.

  • Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.4, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 131 of the 2,664 tests: 10 failures and 121 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: MG 3 (150,637 tests), MG Zs (133,013 tests), MG TF (116,820 tests), MG Mgf (78,307 tests), every MG model (1,029,379 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.