MG · MOT reliability data
MG5
The MG5 is MG's electric estate, a genuinely unusual body style in the affordable EV market.
MG · MOT reliability data
The MG5 is MG's electric estate, a genuinely unusual body style in the affordable EV market.
84.3%
MOT pass rate
Electric estate
Segment
Electric
Fuel types available
Source: DS Auto Labs analysis of DVSA's anonymised 2025 MOT test results (Open Government Licence v3.0): 15,122 first-time tests of MG5 cars of all ages (test class 4, cars and light vans). A pass means a clean first-time pass; a car that failed and was repaired at the test station before passing counts as not passed, and aborted tests are excluded. Age is the car's age at the 2025 test.
What to know
In 2025, MG5 cars passed their MOT first time 84.3% of the time, across 15,122 tests. That is 3.5 points above MG's overall brand average of 80.8% and 11.9 points above the national average of 72.4%. With 15,122 tests this is a smaller sample than most models, and it covers mostly newer cars, so treat it as an early indication.
Age explains much of the difference between models. Pass rates fall steeply as cars get older, for every make, so a model with many old cars on the road looks worse than it is, and a recent model looks better. This compares the MG5 with the typical UK car of the same age.
| Car age | MG5 | All UK cars | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 84.1% | 87.2% | 14,320 |
Allowing for the age mix of the cars tested, a typical UK car would be expected to pass about 87.5% of the time. The MG5 passed at 84.3%, which is 3.2 points below that expected rate.
A model average says little about one particular car, so check its own MOT history for repeated advisories, past failures and mileage.
Check a specific MG5's MOT history, tax status, and advisories by registration number.
Check MOT historySee how the MG range compares overall, with model-by-model pass rates.
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