MG 6 MOT reliability

MG 6s passed their MOT first time 63% of the time across 1,614 tests in 2025. 1,097 are still licensed in Great Britain.

Example photo of a MG 6 — Photo: Chacha15 · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

First-time pass rate

63%

MOTs analysed

1,614

Still licensed (GB)

1,097

Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2014 petrol

232 MOTs

Passed first time 63%. Typical mileage 66,429 (most between 49,522 and 82,051).

2014: 100% → 2016: 79% → 2017: 81% → 2018: 81% → 2019: 79% → 2020: 74% → 2021: 68% → 2022: 69% → 2023: 62% → 2024: 64% → 2025: 63%

Most common failures

Ball joint excessively worn (6.9%)
Side repeaters: not working (5.2%)
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded (4.3%)
Linkage ball joints: ball joint excessively worn (3.9%)
Suspension arm: corroded and seriously weakened (3.9%)

2014 diesel

96 MOTs

These figures come from 96 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 56%. Typical mileage 78,806 (most between 65,763 and 90,897).

2014: 100% → 2015: 100% → 2016: 81% → 2017: 75% → 2018: 72% → 2019: 69% → 2020: 64% → 2021: 63% → 2022: 62% → 2023: 49% → 2024: 53% → 2025: 56%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (8.3%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (7.3%)
Position lamp: not working (6.3%)
Side repeaters: not working (6.3%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (5.2%)

2014 gb

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 0%. Typical mileage 130,040 (most between 130,040 and 130,040).

2017: 100% → 2018: 0% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Suspension arm: corroded and seriously weakened (100.0%)

Where 2014 6s fail

Suspension & axles

17.7%

Lights & electrics

17.2%

Wheels & tyres

12.9%

Brakes

11.2%

Visibility & wipers

3.4%

Body, structure & corrosion

2.2%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

1.7%

Steering

0.4%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.