MOT pass rate · 2025 data
MG HS MOT pass rate
The MG HS passed 91.51% of its 31,710 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 14.2 percentage points better than average.
How the MG HS holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the MG HS grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 29,740 | 91.45% |
| 6–10 years | 103 | 85.44% |
Why the MG HS fails its MOT
Across every MG HS that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was brakes, accounting for 34.72% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 34.72% | 938 |
| Tyres | 30.53% | 825 |
| Visibility | 9.96% | 269 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9.81% | 265 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4.48% | 121 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3.33% | 90 |
| Tyres | 32.56% | 476 |
| Brakes | 31.87% | 466 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12.45% | 182 |
| Visibility | 10.53% | 154 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4.1% | 60 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3.01% | 44 |
How the MG HS compares
Ranked on pass rate, the MG HS sits 47th of 651 models in this data , and 3rd of the 11 MG models covered . MG as a whole averaged 86.03%, so this model runs 5.5 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used MG HS
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average MG HS came to its 2025 test at 28,884 miles and 3.4 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific MG HS
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other MG models
- MG ZS 85.53% pass rate · 63,559 tests
- MG 5 Exclusive 90.25% pass rate · 9,570 tests
- MG TF 73.68% pass rate · 8,625 tests
- MG MGF 70.94% pass rate · 5,292 tests
- MG 3 Exclusive 89.81% pass rate · 5,231 tests
- MG 5 Excite 85.97% pass rate · 3,563 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Kia Niro 91.13% pass rate
- Toyota C-HR 90.73% pass rate
- Volkswagen T-ROC 92.71% pass rate
- Volvo XC40 91.46% pass rate
- Audi Q2 92.02% pass rate
- Skoda Karoq 90.93% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.