MG ZT MOT reliability

MG ZTs passed their MOT first time 65% of the time across 1,964 tests in 2025. 1,503 are still licensed in Great Britain.

Example photo of a MG ZT — Photo: Matti Blume ( MB-one ) · CC BY-SA 3.0 · Wikimedia Commons

First-time pass rate

65%

MOTs analysed

1,964

Still licensed (GB)

1,503

Body type

Sedan

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

2006 petrol

58 MOTs

These figures come from 58 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 83%. Typical mileage 67,311 (most between 46,305 and 93,342).

2007: 100% → 2008: 75% → 2009: 75% → 2010: 77% → 2011: 72% → 2012: 77% → 2013: 62% → 2014: 59% → 2015: 63% → 2016: 62% → 2017: 70% → 2018: 66% → 2019: 72% → 2020: 86% → 2021: 74% → 2022: 77% → 2023: 77% → 2024: 68% → 2025: 83%

Most common failures

Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (3.4%)
Anti-lock braking system: warning lamp indicates an ABS fault (1.7%)
Ball joint excessively worn (1.7%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (1.7%)
Component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (1.7%)

2006 diesel

41 MOTs

These figures come from 41 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 63%. Typical mileage 136,455 (most between 105,612 and 166,728).

2007: 100% → 2008: 75% → 2009: 79% → 2010: 67% → 2011: 61% → 2012: 59% → 2013: 54% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 57% → 2016: 48% → 2017: 54% → 2018: 49% → 2019: 51% → 2020: 61% → 2021: 49% → 2022: 47% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 51% → 2025: 63%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (7.3%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (7.3%)
Service brake imbalance: across an axle (7.3%)
SRS malfunction indicator lamp: warning lamp indicates a fault (7.3%)
Position lamp: not working (4.9%)

Where 2006 ZTs fail

Lights & electrics

8.6%

Brakes

6.9%

Suspension & axles

6.9%

Steering

1.7%

Seat belts & other equipment

1.7%

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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.