MG 5 Excite MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

MG 5 Excite MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The MG 5 Excite passed on its first attempt in 88.3%, and its overall record sits +8.3 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the MG 5 Excite in the 2023–2025 data: 7,779 tests across 3 model years (2020–2022). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common MG 5 Excite MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the MG 5 Excite, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the MG 5 Excite's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded MG 5 Excite DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the MG 5 Excite, each with how many of the model's 7,779 tests it was noted on.

• "Headlamp not working on dipped beam" (Major) — noted on about 305 MG 5 Excite tests, 3.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 209 MG 5 Excite tests, 2.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak" (Major) — noted on about 154 MG 5 Excite tests, 2.0% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp not working on main beam" (Major) — noted on about 138 MG 5 Excite tests, 1.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps" (Rectified) — noted on about 136 MG 5 Excite tests, 1.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm" (Major) — noted on about 124 MG 5 Excite tests, 1.6% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst MG 5 Excite Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest MG 5 Excite model year on record is 2021 (90.9% across 3,632 tests), and the weakest is 2022 (87.8%). The gap between them is 3.1 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

MG 5 Excite reliability is declining in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.2 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for MG 5 Excite Owners

These checks follow this MG 5 Excite's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a MG 5 Excite.

• the lights — “headlamp not working on dipped beam”

  Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.

• the shock absorbers — “shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”

  Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.

• the tyre tread — “tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”

  Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the MG 5 Excite. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the MG 5 Excite is most common

Across every 5 Excite model year on record (2020–2022): 4,151 MG 5 Excite cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 7,779 tests. London (NW) has the most, with 297 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most MG 5 Excite cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Frequently Asked Questions: MG 5 Excite MOT & Reliability