Pass rate
89.4%
Above average — 2.6 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,417 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£77
2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 28,221 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
39.8% 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 2024 95.5% pass
- Avoid 2022 89.4% pass · this year
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 6.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.3%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect MOT pass rate is 89.4% of its MOT tests — 2.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how MG Zs Trophy Connect does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 39.8% of everything recorded on the 2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect, against 19.8% nationally — 20.0 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 18% 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 Trophy Connect compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 2.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.3%. The median 2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect in this dataset had covered 28,221 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.3% of the time, April–September 88.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 3.67% of tests.
- 1,417 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.4% overall pass rate, 88.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the MG Zs Trophy Connect, the average is 90.5% — best year 2024 (95.5%), worst 2022 (89.4%).
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
- 1,417
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,221 mi
- Make and model
- MG Zs Trophy Connect
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Zs Trophy Connect MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 76% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Zs Trophy Connect
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 508 | 89.4% |
| London | 158 | 93.0% |
| East of England | 158 | 91.8% |
| North West | 112 | 90.2% |
| Yorkshire | 104 | 86.5% |
| South West | 87 | 92.0% |
| East Midlands | 78 | 87.2% |
| Scotland | 77 | 81.8% |
| West Midlands | 66 | 87.9% |
| North East | 35 | 85.7% |
| Wales | 34 | 91.2% |
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 Trophy Connect
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 Trophy Connect
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 coil springs 3.7% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the tyre tread 1.8% 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 wipers and washers 1.0% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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 Trophy Connect through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£77 — and 18% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£77
- 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
- 18%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,417 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 Trophy Connect, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2021 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 89.4% to 95.5% — a spread of 6.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 90.7% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2022 89.4%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2023 93.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2024 95.5% joints constant velocity boot…
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 Trophy Connect 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 520D 89.4%
- Hyundai I10 89.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 89.2%
- Hyundai Bayon 89.0%
- Tesla Model 3 88.9%
- Polestar Polestar 90.0%
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 Trophy Connect 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 1,066 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 | 425 | 39.80% | 19.76% | +20.04 |
| Brakes | 225 | 21.10% | 20.89% | +0.21 |
| Suspension | 183 | 17.10% | 20.98% | −3.88 |
| Non-component advisories | 91 | 8.50% | 4.18% | +4.32 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 78 | 7.30% | 12.21% | −4.91 |
| Visibility | 33 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 12 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
| Steering | 11 | 1.00% | 2.57% | −1.57 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 5 | 0.50% | 5.57% | −5.07 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 0.30% | 0.82% | −0.52 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.7% | £25–65 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.99% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.85% | £30–80 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.71% | £5–20 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Rectified | 0.71% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.71% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.64% | £5–20 |
| Tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative Tyres | Major | 0.64% | £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 | 13.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.9% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 4.5% | £30–75 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.5% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 769 | 92.5% | 18,632 mi |
| 30-60k | 484 | 85.7% | 40,659 mi |
| 60-90k | 125 | 84.8% | 72,460 mi |
| 90-120k | 32 | 90.6% | 100,740 mi |
| 120k+ | 6 | 100.0% | 141,009 mi |
Source: 1,417 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 Trophy Connect MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect?
89.4% of the 1,417 2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 88.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (3.67%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.91%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.83%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.5% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect in this dataset had covered 28,221 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 MG Zs Trophy Connect MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 88.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.