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MG MGB

Every MG MGB model year on file, 1968 to 1980. Pick a year for its recalls, investigations, service bulletins and the full text of owner complaints.

Owner complaints, all model years10 involved a crash, fire, injury or death
Model years101968 to 1980
Recall campaigns2Distinct campaigns listing it
Service bulletins0Summed across model years
By model year

The 1980 model year drew the most complaints, 1, 100% of the model's total

Owner complaints filed with NHTSA, all years filed, by model year.

00.250.50.75119681969197219731975197619771978197919801
Source: NHTSA ODI. Complaints are not verified by NHTSA, and NHTSA publishes no sales volumes, so counts are not rates.
Components

Seat belts leads the MG MGB complaint record

Owner complaints across all model years, by component.

Seat belts
1
Source: NHTSA ODI complaints file.
Model years

The record for each MG MGB model year

Peer index compares complaints with the median vehicle of the same model year and body class (100 is the median). It corrects for age, not for how many were sold.

MG MGB by model year
YearBodyComplaintsSeverity indexPeer indexRecallsInvestigationsBulletins
1980Not decoded10.0100100
1979Not decoded0NoneNone200
1978Not decoded0NoneNone400
1977Not decoded0NoneNone300
1976Not decoded0NoneNone100
1975Not decoded0NoneNone100
1973Not decoded0NoneNone100
1972Not decoded0NoneNone100
1969Not decoded0NoneNone100
1968Not decoded0NoneNone100
Source: NHTSA ODI. Body class from NHTSA's VIN decoder where decoded.
Latest recalls

Recent campaigns covering the MG MGB

  • 85V-059 May 7, 1985
    Widespread lack of understanding about the operation of webbing sensitive and dual sensitive seat belts has lead to non-use of belts by a number…
    Seat belts · 150k vehicles
  • 82V-072 Jul 19, 1982
    Vehicle certification labels and vehicle idendification number plates may not have been installed on the involved vehicles
    Equipment · 120 vehicles
Source: NHTSA ODI recalls file.