Pass rate
88.0%
Above average — 4.0 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,965 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£79
2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 24,366 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
37.6% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 92.6% pass
- Avoid 2020 87.9% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 4.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.4%
- Typical mileage
- 24k mi
The 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech MOT pass rate is 88.0% of its MOT tests — 4.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 37.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.9× the national share
Tyres make up 37.6% of everything recorded on the 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech, against 19.8% nationally — 17.8 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 92.0%; this one manages 88.0% — 4.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 17% 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 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 4.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.4%. The median 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech in this dataset had covered 24,366 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 87.5% of the time, April–September 88.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm", noted on 4.65% of tests.
- 2,965 recorded tests behind this page.
- 88.0% overall pass rate, 86.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech, the average is 88.6% — best year 2023 (92.6%), worst 2020 (87.9%).
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
- 2,965
- Typical mileage (median)
- 24,366 mi
- Make and model
- MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech
- 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 Zs Excite Vti-Tech MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Zs Excite Vti-Tech
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 590 | 83.1% |
| South East | 394 | 89.1% |
| North West | 332 | 89.5% |
| Wales | 314 | 83.4% |
| East of England | 292 | 91.8% |
| Yorkshire | 242 | 90.1% |
| North East | 238 | 90.3% |
| West Midlands | 229 | 87.8% |
| South West | 166 | 92.8% |
| East Midlands | 126 | 90.5% |
| London | 42 | 90.5% |
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 2022 Zs Excite Vti-Tech
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 2022 Zs Excite Vti-Tech
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 the tyre tread 4.7% 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.
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Check the brakes 1.7% 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 tyre pressures and valves 1.5% 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.
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 2022 Zs Excite Vti-Tech through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£79 — and 17% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£79
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 17%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,965 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 Zs Excite Vti-Tech, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2020 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.9% to 92.6% — a spread of 4.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 87.9% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2021 89.2% tread depth below requirements of…
- 2022 88.0%tread depth below requirements of…
- 2023 92.6% tread depth below requirements of…
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 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- BMW I4 EDRIVE40 88.1%
- Ford Ranger 87.7%
- BMW IX3 87.7%
- Citroen E-C4 88.4%
- Toyota Hilux 87.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqb 88.5%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech 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 2,953 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 1,113 | 37.60% | 19.76% | +17.84 |
| Brakes | 1,052 | 35.50% | 20.89% | +14.61 |
| Non-component advisories | 332 | 11.20% | 4.18% | +7.02 |
| Suspension | 163 | 5.50% | 20.98% | −15.48 |
| Visibility | 105 | 3.50% | 4.97% | −1.47 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 102 | 3.40% | 12.21% | −8.81 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 38 | 1.30% | 5.52% | −4.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 22 | 0.70% | 5.57% | −4.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 19 | 0.60% | 1.76% | −1.16 |
| Steering | 7 | 0.20% | 2.57% | −2.37 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 4.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £25–65 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.84% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.78% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.78% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.61% | £30–80 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.57% | £5–20 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.54% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 24.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 6.5% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,057 | 89.7% | 20,006 mi |
| 30-60k | 883 | 83.8% | 38,007 mi |
| 60-90k | 20 | 90.0% | 66,258 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 50.0% | 116,129 mi |
| 120k+ | 3 | 100.0% | 181,768 mi |
Source: 2,965 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.
2022 Zs Excite Vti-Tech MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech?
88.0% of the 2,965 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 86.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech?
The three most recorded items are tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (4.65%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.72%), tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative (1.48%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.7% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech in this dataset had covered 24,366 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 MG Zs Excite Vti-Tech MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 87.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.