6-10-Year MG 3 Recorded MOT Outcomes

27.6%
historical failure rate from 28,675 tests in this age band
0.7 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.

Recorded Component-Category Rates

These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Brakes3.9%
Tyres3.8%
Lamps & Electrics3.7%
Suspension3.6%
Visibility3.1%
Steering0.9%
Body & Chassis0.6%

A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.

Other Recorded Age Bands

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 13.8% 8,942 Lamps & Electrics
3-5 years 18.4% 34,765 Tyres
6-10 years 27.6% 28,675 Brakes

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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