MG RV8 MOT reliability

MG RV8s passed their MOT first time 90% of the time across 557 tests in 2025. 393 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

90%

MOTs analysed

557

Still licensed (GB)

393

Body type

Convertible

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

2004 petrol

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 MOT tests. 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 67%. Typical mileage 27,681 (most between 26,112 and 33,972).

2005: 100% → 2006: 100% → 2007: 100% → 2008: 100% → 2009: 100% → 2010: 100% → 2011: 100% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 100% → 2014: 100% → 2015: 50% → 2016: 50% → 2017: 100% → 2018: 100% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 84% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Service brake imbalance: across an axle (33.3%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (33.3%)

Where 2004 RV8s fail

Brakes

33.3%

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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.