Does the MG 5 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?

The MG 5 records 0.40 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.56 expected for a ev of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.16, 95% interval −0.29 to −0.03). It ranks 334 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on brakes · check a MG 5 by registration

No single brakes defect wording reaches 30 items on the MG 5; the failures are spread across several.