# MG Midget MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The MG Midget passes its MOT first time 80% of the time, from 937 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 80%
- MOT tests analysed: 937 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Lights & electrics
- Licensed in Great Britain: 9,023 (2026 Q2)

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2017 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2016 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2012 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2005 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2002 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2001 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 2000 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1999 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1996 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1995 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 0% |
| 1994 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1990 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1989 | Petrol | 2 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 1988 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1986 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1985 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1984 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1983 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1982 | Petrol | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1980 | Petrol | 59 (few mots) | 78% |
| 1979 | Petrol | 75 (few mots) | 72% |
| 1978 | Petrol | 70 (few mots) | 74% |
| 1977 | Petrol | 66 (few mots) | 73% |
| 1976 | Petrol | 52 (few mots) | 67% |
| 1975 | Petrol | 22 (few mots) | 68% |
| 1974 | Petrol | 75 (few mots) | 84% |
| 1973 | Petrol | 92 (few mots) | 82% |
| 1972 | Petrol | 131 | 82% |
| 1971 | Petrol | 59 (few mots) | 81% |
| 1970 | Petrol | 59 (few mots) | 90% |
| 1969 | Petrol | 30 (few mots) | 97% |
| 1968 | Petrol | 12 (very few mots) | 75% |
| 1967 | Petrol | 29 (few mots) | 83% |
| 1966 | Petrol | 22 (few mots) | 86% |
| 1965 | Petrol | 19 (very few mots) | 79% |
| 1964 | Petrol | 18 (very few mots) | 78% |
| 1963 | Petrol | 9 (very few mots) | 78% |
| 1962 | Petrol | 9 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1961 | Petrol | 5 (very few mots) | 80% |

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