Audi A4 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Audi A4 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 92.2% in UB down to 77.2% in DD — 15 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 109 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 15-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 Audi A4 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.8 extra failures — about £32–£89 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
112 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Vauxhall Combo (15.2). Narrower: Volvo V40 (15).
Rates are for the 2016 model year only, in areas with at least 200 tests of it. Mileage, trim and use are pooled — a city van and a motorway van are one line here. Method. Compare it with the model's full history or this exact year.
Every postcode area, worst first
| Area | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| DD | 77.2% | 439 |
| KY | 77.4% | 571 |
| HG | 78.8% | 231 |
| HD | 79.0% | 404 |
| ML | 79.7% | 601 |
| DL | 80.4% | 565 |
| AB | 80.4% | 779 |
| PH | 80.6% | 258 |
| BA | 80.7% | 574 |
| NN | 80.7% | 1,015 |
| LS | 80.7% | 1,073 |
| DT | 80.8% | 203 |
| FK | 80.8% | 495 |
| TF | 80.9% | 288 |
| PA | 81.0% | 557 |
| EH | 81.0% | 1,191 |
| HU | 81.0% | 485 |
| KA | 81.2% | 709 |
| WA | 81.5% | 784 |
| ST | 81.5% | 909 |
| G | 81.9% | 2,087 |
| EX | 82.0% | 488 |
| YO | 82.0% | 705 |
| NP | 82.0% | 461 |
| TS | 82.0% | 789 |
| CW | 82.0% | 473 |
| PL | 82.3% | 554 |
| LA | 82.4% | 425 |
| OX | 82.4% | 930 |
| SR | 82.4% | 335 |
| NG | 82.5% | 1,301 |
| BS | 82.6% | 1,350 |
| IP | 82.7% | 688 |
| BN | 82.7% | 590 |
| NR | 82.8% | 809 |
| SA | 82.9% | 589 |
| CH | 83.0% | 896 |
| IV | 83.1% | 480 |
| GL | 83.2% | 831 |
| PO | 83.2% | 695 |
| WN | 83.2% | 340 |
| TR | 83.3% | 263 |
| WV | 83.3% | 587 |
| BL | 83.4% | 739 |
| BH | 83.5% | 582 |
| SY | 83.7% | 406 |
| SN | 83.8% | 662 |
| SP | 84.0% | 405 |
| WR | 84.0% | 412 |
| AL | 84.0% | 381 |
| LL | 84.0% | 613 |
| HR | 84.0% | 219 |
| TA | 84.1% | 377 |
| CF | 84.1% | 1,038 |
| WD | 84.1% | 271 |
| LN | 84.2% | 468 |
| NE | 84.2% | 1,456 |
| GU | 84.2% | 1,013 |
| CO | 84.2% | 501 |
| FY | 84.3% | 204 |
| DH | 84.4% | 416 |
| CV | 84.5% | 1,126 |
| WS | 84.5% | 576 |
| M | 84.6% | 1,312 |
| DN | 84.6% | 969 |
| SK | 84.7% | 863 |
| WF | 84.7% | 733 |
| CT | 84.7% | 380 |
| S | 85.0% | 1,784 |
| PR | 85.0% | 702 |
| CM | 85.1% | 669 |
| L | 85.1% | 900 |
| PE | 85.2% | 1,457 |
| CA | 85.4% | 396 |
| SG | 85.4% | 492 |
| DY | 85.4% | 424 |
| LE | 85.6% | 1,276 |
| MK | 85.6% | 758 |
| DE | 85.7% | 1,014 |
| OL | 86.0% | 613 |
| RG | 86.2% | 1,184 |
| HP | 86.3% | 742 |
| ME | 86.3% | 564 |
| TN | 86.5% | 687 |
| SO | 86.6% | 786 |
| BD | 86.7% | 912 |
| W | 86.8% | 257 |
| CB | 87.0% | 492 |
| BB | 87.0% | 746 |
| SS | 87.1% | 341 |
| B | 87.4% | 3,115 |
| KT | 87.5% | 647 |
| RH | 88.2% | 591 |
| HA | 88.2% | 584 |
| EN | 88.3% | 377 |
| SL | 88.5% | 607 |
| SE | 88.7% | 591 |
| SW | 88.7% | 531 |
| BR | 88.8% | 249 |
| NW | 89.0% | 584 |
| N | 89.7% | 677 |
| LU | 89.7% | 554 |
| DA | 89.9% | 426 |
| IG | 89.9% | 347 |
| CR | 90.4% | 397 |
| E | 90.5% | 819 |
| RM | 91.2% | 535 |
| TW | 92.0% | 650 |
| UB | 92.2% | 563 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (81.0%), not against the national rate for all cars — a number that would flatter a new model and punish an old one.
What this cannot tell you
- Which garage to use. There is no test-station field in the anonymised data, so no station is implicated by any of this — why. The station directory lists what is near you.
- That the area causes it. Cars in some areas do more short trips, see more salt, or have owners who wait for an advisory to become a failure. The test cannot separate those.
- Anything about a single car. These are rates over hundreds or thousands of tests, not a prediction for one vehicle — one car with a bad exhaust is one car with a bad exhaust.
For context, this model's best area runs 11 points above its own all-years national rate.