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Morgan MOT failure rates by model

Morgan cars fail 14.5% of MOT tests. Here is every Morgan model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.

What is the MOT failure rate for Morgan cars?

Across 130,341 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 14.5% of Morgan cars fail. That is 11.2 points below the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Morgan models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.

ModelFailure rateTestsTop failure area
Morgan 4/415.4%55,553Brakes
Morgan Aero14.5%5,254Lamps & electrical
Morgan Plus14.2%50,832Lamps & electrical
Morgan Roadster12.6%9,686Lamps & electrical
Morgan Unknown8.8%2,245Lamps & electrical

Which Morgan fails its MOT most, and which least?

The Morgan 4/4 has the highest failure rate at 15.4%, and the Morgan Unknown the lowest at 8.8%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.

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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain