MG MG5 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on an MG MG5 in Great Britain in 2025 — 15,164 tests. Figures cover every MG5 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the MG5 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
84.3%
12.0 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
15,164
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.0%
of MG5 first tests; national 7.3%

How many MG MG5 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 15,409 MG MG5 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 15,270 taxed and 139 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. MG MG5 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
15,270
99.1% of the 15,409 MG5 cars taxed or on SORN; 4 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
139
declared off the road by their keepers — 0.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed MG5 cars peaked at 15,324 at the end of 2024 and has since fallen by 54 (0.4%) to 15,270 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 3 at the end of 2021 to 139 at the end of 2025, up 4533.3%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed MG5 cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

05k10k15k20k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed MG5 cars, year 2014: 0Taxed MG5 cars, year 2015: 0Taxed MG5 cars, year 2016: 0Taxed MG5 cars, year 2017: 0Taxed MG5 cars, year 2018: 0Taxed MG5 cars, year 2019: 0Taxed MG5 cars, year 2020: 270Taxed MG5 cars, year 2021: 5kTaxed MG5 cars, year 2022: 12kTaxed MG5 cars, year 2023: 14kTaxed MG5 cars, year 2024: 15kTaxed MG5 cars, year 2025: 15k15k
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YearTaxed MG5 cars
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20190
2020270
20215,262
202211,776
202313,961
202415,324
202515,270

MG5 cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

0501001502014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)MG5 cars on SORN, year 2014: 0MG5 cars on SORN, year 2015: 0MG5 cars on SORN, year 2016: 0MG5 cars on SORN, year 2017: 0MG5 cars on SORN, year 2018: 0MG5 cars on SORN, year 2019: 0MG5 cars on SORN, year 2020: 0MG5 cars on SORN, year 2021: 3MG5 cars on SORN, year 2022: 24MG5 cars on SORN, year 2023: 56MG5 cars on SORN, year 2024: 76MG5 cars on SORN, year 2025: 139139
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YearMG5 cars on SORN
20140
20150
20160
20170
20180
20190
20200
20213
202224
202356
202476
2025139

Which model years survive

Taxed MG5 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 15,270 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed MG5 cars
20241,56010.2%
20232,04413.4%
20226,58943.1%
20214,72430.9%
20202461.6%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)1070.7%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name 5 under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the MG5 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, MG5 vs all cars, 2025.

MG MG5All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)MG MG5, vehicle age 3: 83.1%MG MG5, vehicle age 4: 85.3%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%MG MG5 85.3%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)MG5 testsMG5 pass rateAll cars
38,25083.1%88.5%
45,83185.3%87.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

The MG5's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the MG5 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

MG5 behind
-6-3+0+3+6Age 3: -5.4 points vs the average car3Age 4: -1.9 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-5.4
4-1.9

The MG5 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the MG5 fleet still in use.

02k4k6k9kAge 3: 8k3Age 4: 5k4Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
38,250
45,831

What an MG5 fails on

Where the failure items land when an MG5 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment41.7%
Tyres30.9%
Suspension15.6%
Visibility6.5%
Brakes2.7%
Body, chassis, structure0.8%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems0.7%
Identification of the vehicle0.5%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (99.4% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a MG5, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 58.1% of advisories58.1%Suspension: 20.3% of advisories20.3%Brakes: 10.6% of advisories10.6%Non-component advisories: 8.7% of advisories8.7%Identification of the vehicle: 1.5% of advisoriesRoad Wheels: 0.2% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleRoad Wheels
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres58.1%
Suspension20.3%
Brakes10.6%
Non-component advisories8.7%
Identification of the vehicle1.5%
Road Wheels0.2%

What mileage is normal for an MG5?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) MG5; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical MG5 (median)
0k25k50k75k34Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 23,750–61,250)Age 4: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 31,250–73,750)46k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
323,75036,25061,250
431,25046,25073,750

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.