Pass rate
92.6%
Above average — 2.2 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 592 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£63
2023 MG Hs Excite MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 19,673 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
34.5% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 92.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 90.6% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 92.2%
- Typical mileage
- 20k mi
The 2023 MG Hs Excite MOT pass rate is 92.6% of its MOT tests — 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.5% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MG Hs Excite does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.7× the national share
Brakes make up 34.5% of everything recorded on the 2023 MG Hs Excite, against 20.9% nationally — 13.6 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 30% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2023 MG Hs Excite compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 2.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 92.2%. The median 2023 MG Hs Excite in this dataset had covered 19,673 mi.
89% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 92.8% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 91.9% of the time, April–September 96.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative", noted on 1.69% of tests.
- 592 recorded tests behind this page.
- 92.6% overall pass rate, 92.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MG Hs Excite, the average is 91.3% — best year 2023 (92.6%), worst 2022 (90.6%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 592
- Typical mileage (median)
- 19,673 mi
- Make and model
- MG Hs Excite
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Hs Excite MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (89% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Hs Excite
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 99 | 91.9% |
| South East | 96 | 92.7% |
| Scotland | 81 | 86.4% |
| East of England | 65 | 92.3% |
| Yorkshire | 48 | 97.9% |
| East Midlands | 46 | 97.8% |
| North East | 38 | 94.7% |
| Wales | 34 | 94.1% |
| West Midlands | 30 | 90.0% |
| London | 29 | 96.6% |
| South West | 26 | 88.5% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2023 Hs Excite
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2023 Hs Excite
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check tyre pressures and valves 1.7% of tests
“tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative”
Set the pressures to the figures on the door pillar, not the tyre wall, and check the valves do not hiss. A leaking valve is a two-minute fix that fails a test.
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Check the brakes 1.2% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the tyre tread 1.2% of tests
“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.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2023 Hs Excite through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£63 — and 30% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£63
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: tyre pressure monitoring system…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 30%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 592 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Hs Excite, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2020 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 90.6% to 92.6% — a spread of 2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 90.8% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 92.1% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2022 90.6% tyre pressure monitoring system…
- 2023 92.6%tyre pressure monitoring system…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2023 MG Hs Excite with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2023 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
Closest pass rates among 2023 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2023 MG Hs Excite 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 364 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 127 | 34.50% | 20.89% | +13.61 |
| Tyres | 88 | 23.90% | 19.76% | +4.14 |
| Non-component advisories | 61 | 16.60% | 4.18% | +12.42 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 39 | 10.60% | 12.21% | −1.61 |
| Visibility | 12 | 3.30% | 4.97% | −1.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 12 | 3.30% | 1.76% | +1.54 |
| Suspension | 9 | 2.40% | 20.98% | −18.58 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 8 | 2.20% | 5.52% | −3.32 |
| Steering | 4 | 1.10% | 2.57% | −1.47 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 1.10% | 0.82% | +0.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.2% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.0% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.84% | £30–80 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.84% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on main beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.68% | £5–25 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.68% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.51% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.51% | £3–12 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.7% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.0% | £20–80 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.5% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 437 | 94.1% | 16,234 mi |
| 30-60k | 141 | 88.7% | 40,027 mi |
| 60-90k | 11 | 90.9% | 70,147 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 66.7% | 101,183 mi |
Source: 592 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2023 Hs Excite MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 MG Hs Excite?
92.6% of the 592 2023 MG Hs Excite tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 92.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 MG Hs Excite?
The three most recorded items are tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative (1.69%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.18%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.18%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 MG Hs Excite MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.1% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 MG Hs Excite in this dataset had covered 19,673 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2023 MG Hs Excite?
Petrol: 92.8% pass rate across 527 tests. Hybrid: 90.8% pass rate across 65 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2023 MG Hs Excite MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 91.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.