Audi A5 2017 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Audi A5 2017 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 93.8% in UB down to 79.1% in KY — 14.7 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 95 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 14.7-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2017 Audi A5 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.7 extra failures — about £32–£83 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
117 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Skoda Kodiaq (14.8). Narrower: Citroen Berlingo (14.4).
Rates are for the 2017 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KY | 79.1% | 239 |
| AB | 79.5% | 385 |
| FK | 80.3% | 315 |
| ML | 81.0% | 405 |
| G | 81.1% | 1,298 |
| KA | 81.2% | 362 |
| DD | 81.2% | 245 |
| BA | 81.4% | 220 |
| SA | 81.5% | 351 |
| NP | 81.6% | 261 |
| HU | 81.8% | 368 |
| EH | 82.0% | 645 |
| CW | 82.4% | 336 |
| DL | 82.9% | 245 |
| BS | 82.9% | 604 |
| LS | 83.2% | 512 |
| SY | 83.3% | 258 |
| BL | 83.4% | 464 |
| BN | 83.5% | 309 |
| WR | 83.5% | 279 |
| CH | 83.5% | 583 |
| LL | 83.6% | 299 |
| ST | 83.8% | 500 |
| SR | 83.8% | 210 |
| CF | 83.8% | 575 |
| NG | 84.0% | 860 |
| NN | 84.0% | 658 |
| TS | 84.1% | 502 |
| PA | 84.3% | 299 |
| CO | 84.3% | 281 |
| IP | 84.4% | 417 |
| GU | 84.6% | 701 |
| PR | 84.7% | 476 |
| NE | 84.7% | 837 |
| CB | 84.7% | 360 |
| OX | 84.8% | 429 |
| CT | 84.9% | 239 |
| WV | 85.0% | 393 |
| DN | 85.0% | 535 |
| DH | 85.1% | 201 |
| SK | 85.1% | 557 |
| WA | 85.1% | 538 |
| GL | 85.4% | 452 |
| S | 85.5% | 1,006 |
| SG | 85.6% | 375 |
| YO | 85.7% | 307 |
| TN | 85.7% | 470 |
| WF | 85.8% | 471 |
| SO | 85.8% | 408 |
| PO | 85.8% | 395 |
| NR | 85.9% | 454 |
| BH | 85.9% | 427 |
| WN | 86.0% | 242 |
| AL | 86.0% | 285 |
| PE | 86.1% | 1,136 |
| MK | 86.2% | 636 |
| CV | 86.3% | 773 |
| HD | 86.4% | 236 |
| DE | 86.6% | 781 |
| WS | 86.7% | 339 |
| RH | 86.8% | 433 |
| CM | 86.9% | 694 |
| LE | 86.9% | 925 |
| RG | 87.0% | 917 |
| SS | 87.3% | 378 |
| ME | 87.6% | 442 |
| M | 87.7% | 848 |
| TW | 87.8% | 539 |
| LN | 87.9% | 215 |
| B | 87.9% | 1,915 |
| SN | 88.0% | 333 |
| WD | 88.1% | 303 |
| SW | 88.5% | 278 |
| PL | 88.5% | 244 |
| OL | 88.5% | 454 |
| SL | 88.8% | 527 |
| L | 88.9% | 371 |
| LU | 89.1% | 495 |
| CR | 89.3% | 391 |
| RM | 89.3% | 540 |
| BD | 89.9% | 405 |
| IG | 90.4% | 219 |
| KT | 90.5% | 443 |
| DY | 90.6% | 277 |
| BB | 90.7% | 428 |
| NW | 90.8% | 414 |
| HP | 90.9% | 505 |
| HA | 91.0% | 424 |
| DA | 91.1% | 395 |
| E | 91.5% | 649 |
| SE | 91.6% | 380 |
| BR | 92.0% | 237 |
| EN | 92.1% | 406 |
| N | 93.3% | 496 |
| UB | 93.8% | 417 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (83.9%), 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 10 points above its own all-years national rate.