MG MOT data
From the national MOT record: 4,146,055 tests across 978,837 vehicles on record.
Vehicles on record
978,837
Average engine
1,796cc
MOT pass rate
63.8%
How MG compares
MG has an MOT pass rate of 63.8%, against 69.4% across every make in the national record. That is 4,146,055 tests and 1,029,379 since 2012 with a defect code to categorise, so the figure rests on the whole national record for this make rather than a sample of it. See what MG vehicles fail on.
Fuel types checked
Common MG defects
From 1,029,379 MG tests in the national record with a DVSA defect code to categorise.
A test can find problems in more than one category, so these figures do not sum to 100%. Common MG MOT failures has the full breakdown, how it is worked out, and how it compares with other makes.
MG models
| Model | On record | Engine | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| Metro | 99,201 | - | 3% |
| B | 82,527 | - | 67% |
| Zr | 55,722 | - | 70% |
| Zs | 54,769 | - | 71% |
| Mgf | 41,958 | - | 67% |
| Zs Trophy Hev Auto | 34,576 | - | 0% |
| TF | 29,430 | 1,796cc | 73% |
| 3 | 27,129 | - | 78% |
| Montego Efi Mg | 27,009 | - | 1% |
| Midget | 24,312 | - | 66% |
| 3 Trophy Hev Auto | 23,620 | - | 0% |
| 4 Trophy | 23,373 | - | 31% |
| Zs Exclusive Vti Tech | 22,576 | - | 65% |
| 4 | 21,919 | - | 31% |
| Maestro 2 0 Efi | 21,524 | - | 5% |
| Hs Trophy Phev Auto | 20,542 | - | 2% |
| Hs Trophy Hev Auto | 19,136 | - | 0% |
| Hs Trophy | 18,594 | - | 3% |
| Hs Trophy S A | 16,868 | - | 6% |
| Zs Exclusive T Gdi Auto | 15,035 | - | 63% |
| Zt | 14,881 | - | 71% |
| Metro Turbo | 14,712 | - | 5% |
| Midget 1500 | 14,137 | - | 58% |
| Hs Exclusive S A | 13,751 | - | 86% |
| Hs Trophy Auto | 11,888 | - | 0% |
| Maestro | 11,759 | - | 2% |
| 3 Exclusive Nav Vti Tech | 11,549 | - | 67% |
| Hs | 11,206 | - | 12% |
| Zs Excite Vti Tech | 10,237 | - | 71% |
| Hs Exclusive | 9,720 | - | 87% |
| Zs Exclusive Ev | 9,486 | - | 87% |
| Mg S5 Trophy Ev | 9,258 | - | 0% |
| 5 Exclusive | 8,487 | - | 86% |
| Zs Trophy Connect Ev | 7,614 | - | 39% |
| ZS TROPHY EV | 7,291 | - | 75% |
| Unknown | 6,833 | - | 9% |
| Mg | 6,370 | - | 24% |
| Zs Exclusive T Gdi | 5,800 | - | 65% |
| Hs Excite | 5,788 | - | 84% |
| Hs Excite S A | 5,783 | - | 84% |
| Montego Mg Turbo | 5,596 | - | 4% |
| 5,557 | - | 76% | |
| Zt T | 5,471 | - | 71% |
| Hs Exclusive Phev Auto | 4,551 | - | 87% |
| 1300 | 3,940 | - | 17% |
| 4 Xpower | 3,605 | - | 3% |
| 5 Trophy | 3,515 | - | 50% |
| A | 3,385 | - | 79% |
| 4 Urban Premium Ev | 3,349 | - | 0% |
| Hs Se S A | 3,324 | - | 10% |
| Mgb | 3,002 | - | 77% |
| Zs Excite T Gdi Auto | 2,985 | - | 71% |
| 5 Excite | 2,962 | - | 83% |
| Gs | 2,819 | - | 82% |
| Magnette | 2,686 | - | 56% |
| 6 | 2,626 | - | 75% |
| Roadster | 2,596 | - | 76% |
| Bgt | 2,437 | - | 75% |
| C | 2,354 | - | 77% |
| Mg S6 Trophy Ev | 2,203 | - | 0% |
| 1100 | 2,087 | - | 19% |
| Im5 Standard Range | 1,989 | - | 0% |
| 4 Trophy Extended Range | 1,985 | - | 4% |
| Mgf 1 8i Vvc | 1,853 | - | 53% |
| Zs Excite Ev | 1,760 | - | 84% |
| 3 Excite Vti Tech | 1,373 | - | 27% |
| Hs Excite Phev Auto | 1,261 | - | 84% |
| Td Tf | 1,165 | - | 77% |
| Im6 Long Range | 1,149 | - | 0% |
| 4 Urban Comfort Ev | 1,118 | - | 0% |
| Rv8 | 996 | - | 86% |
| 5 | 657 | - | 56% |
| Mga | 485 | - | 85% |
| Td | 404 | - | 87% |
| Tc | 395 | - | 89% |
| Gt | 366 | - | 77% |
| B Roadster | 331 | - | 78% |
| Mg 5 Exclusive Ev | 266 | - | 87% |
| Mgc | 261 | - | 81% |
| Mgbgt | 260 | - | 76% |
| Mgb Roadster | 170 | - | 79% |
| Mg 5 Excite Ev | 147 | - | 84% |
| Zt T Cdti | 108 | - | 70% |
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These are averages. For one vehicle's actual test history, enter its registration.
Figures cover every MG in the national MOT record, which includes vehicles since scrapped or exported, so "on record" is not a count of cars on the road. Pass rate counts every recorded MOT test, retests included.