Does the MG ZS fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?
The MG ZS records 0.26 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.27 expected for a car 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) (−0.01, 95% interval −0.04 to +0.03). It ranks 279 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a MG ZS by registration
What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the MG ZS is “Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended”, recorded 96 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended | 96 | 0.10 |
| An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction | 85 | 0.09 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 93,021 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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