Morgan MOT pass rates and reliability
We have 3,444 MOT tests on Morgan cars from 2023, covering 2 models with enough tests to compare. Choose a model to see what it fails on most often, how its pass rate changes with age and how far it is typically driven.
Across 3,444 MOT tests on Morgan cars in 2023, 86% passed first time, above the national average of 71% for all cars. Of the Morgan models with enough tests, the Plus 4 did best at 86% and the 4 4 did least well at 86%. Newer models pass more often whatever the make, so compare cars of a similar age.
Morgan models
What Morgan cars fail on
Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, across all models, against the figure for all cars.
- Lights and electrics6.4% (all cars 11.3%)
- Brakes4.6% (all cars 6.8%)
- Visibility2.4% (all cars 4.8%)
- Steering1.9% (all cars 1.8%)
- Exhaust and emissions1.9% (all cars 3.1%)
- Suspension1.0% (all cars 9.0%)
- Body and structure0.7% (all cars 3.5%)
- Number plates and VIN0.3% (all cars 0.4%)
Most common Morgan failure items
Share of tests on which each item was recorded.
- Service brake performance: excessively binding 1.6%
- Service brake imbalance: across an axle 1.4%
- Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt 1.2%
- Rear fog lamp: not working 1.2%
- Stop lamp: all not working 1.0%
- Pedal: anti-slip provision missing 1.0%
- Washers: not working 0.9%
- Position lamp: not working 0.5%
Check a particular Morgan
Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.
Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.