Audi Q3 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Audi Q3 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 93.5% in RM down to 77.3% in AB — 16.2 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 105 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 16.2-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 Audi Q3 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 £34–£88 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
92 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Volvo XC60 (16.3). Narrower: Volvo XC90 (16.2).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 77.3% | 787 |
| PH | 77.8% | 243 |
| DD | 78.2% | 316 |
| ML | 78.3% | 461 |
| KY | 78.6% | 444 |
| PA | 79.2% | 414 |
| LS | 79.4% | 737 |
| EH | 79.5% | 746 |
| IV | 80.4% | 327 |
| HG | 81.0% | 211 |
| G | 81.5% | 1,291 |
| FK | 81.9% | 409 |
| ST | 81.9% | 709 |
| YO | 82.1% | 577 |
| SR | 82.9% | 257 |
| DL | 82.9% | 445 |
| BL | 83.2% | 404 |
| DH | 83.2% | 309 |
| HD | 83.5% | 284 |
| KA | 83.5% | 553 |
| PO | 83.6% | 511 |
| PL | 83.6% | 525 |
| CH | 83.6% | 501 |
| CW | 83.7% | 386 |
| TS | 83.9% | 576 |
| HU | 84.0% | 437 |
| SA | 84.0% | 750 |
| EX | 84.0% | 507 |
| SP | 84.1% | 264 |
| NE | 84.4% | 1,247 |
| LA | 84.4% | 315 |
| GL | 84.5% | 639 |
| SK | 84.5% | 665 |
| LN | 84.6% | 306 |
| NN | 84.7% | 614 |
| CF | 84.8% | 969 |
| NP | 84.8% | 462 |
| SG | 85.0% | 386 |
| TR | 85.2% | 243 |
| BS | 85.2% | 682 |
| CA | 85.3% | 502 |
| LL | 85.4% | 650 |
| W | 85.4% | 247 |
| CV | 85.7% | 628 |
| DE | 85.8% | 786 |
| BN | 85.8% | 450 |
| PR | 86.0% | 479 |
| BA | 86.4% | 462 |
| SO | 86.4% | 492 |
| CT | 86.4% | 302 |
| SN | 86.4% | 435 |
| M | 86.5% | 732 |
| OL | 86.6% | 358 |
| SW | 86.6% | 441 |
| WA | 86.6% | 546 |
| WD | 86.6% | 262 |
| LE | 86.7% | 985 |
| WS | 86.8% | 386 |
| IP | 86.9% | 700 |
| WF | 86.9% | 611 |
| TN | 87.1% | 564 |
| CM | 87.1% | 669 |
| WR | 87.2% | 289 |
| WN | 87.2% | 235 |
| DY | 87.2% | 298 |
| GU | 87.3% | 675 |
| NG | 87.3% | 985 |
| TW | 87.4% | 507 |
| L | 87.4% | 444 |
| CO | 87.4% | 342 |
| NR | 87.6% | 789 |
| DN | 87.6% | 744 |
| TA | 87.6% | 259 |
| CB | 87.7% | 406 |
| HP | 87.7% | 536 |
| RG | 87.7% | 750 |
| AL | 87.8% | 343 |
| SY | 87.9% | 428 |
| S | 87.9% | 1,267 |
| BB | 88.1% | 396 |
| N | 88.4% | 510 |
| WV | 88.4% | 424 |
| BD | 88.5% | 443 |
| UB | 88.6% | 307 |
| EN | 88.6% | 422 |
| SS | 88.7% | 460 |
| BH | 88.8% | 472 |
| B | 88.9% | 1,615 |
| ME | 88.9% | 451 |
| MK | 88.9% | 470 |
| RH | 89.1% | 531 |
| PE | 89.3% | 884 |
| OX | 89.3% | 475 |
| LU | 89.4% | 265 |
| BR | 89.9% | 276 |
| KT | 89.9% | 572 |
| NW | 90.1% | 483 |
| SL | 90.6% | 362 |
| CR | 90.7% | 432 |
| HA | 91.0% | 377 |
| E | 91.3% | 462 |
| SE | 91.4% | 500 |
| IG | 91.6% | 215 |
| DA | 91.9% | 433 |
| RM | 93.5% | 399 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (87.1%), 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 6 points above its own all-years national rate.