MG MGB Recorded MOT Outcomes

19.0%
historical failure rate from 1,896 tests
7.9 percentage points below the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
15+ years 19.0% 1,862 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics4.9%
Brakes3.1%
Visibility2.5%
Suspension2.1%
Body & Chassis2.1%
Steering0.9%
Tyres0.4%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other MG Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

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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