Audi Q5 2018 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Audi Q5 2018 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 94.2% in DA down to 83.4% in SA — 10.8 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 92 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 10.8-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2018 Audi Q5 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.5 extra failures — about £26–£71 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
151 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: BMW 218 (11). Narrower: Ford Kuga (10.7).
Rates are for the 2018 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 |
|---|---|---|
| SA | 83.4% | 379 |
| FK | 84.5% | 239 |
| ML | 85.8% | 267 |
| DD | 86.4% | 236 |
| AB | 87.3% | 733 |
| LS | 87.4% | 452 |
| NN | 87.4% | 438 |
| EH | 87.5% | 591 |
| LN | 87.5% | 224 |
| NG | 87.5% | 697 |
| G | 88.0% | 818 |
| WR | 88.1% | 202 |
| W | 88.2% | 237 |
| HD | 88.2% | 204 |
| EX | 88.5% | 253 |
| YO | 88.6% | 341 |
| IV | 88.6% | 334 |
| BN | 88.8% | 427 |
| SO | 88.9% | 422 |
| RH | 89.0% | 662 |
| CO | 89.0% | 282 |
| RM | 89.1% | 449 |
| BH | 89.1% | 468 |
| PL | 89.2% | 269 |
| WV | 89.2% | 297 |
| ME | 89.3% | 401 |
| TS | 89.5% | 351 |
| HG | 89.6% | 202 |
| SL | 89.7% | 368 |
| BS | 89.7% | 477 |
| IG | 89.8% | 215 |
| DN | 89.8% | 412 |
| GU | 89.9% | 838 |
| SW | 89.9% | 730 |
| IP | 89.9% | 365 |
| RG | 89.9% | 932 |
| SE | 90.2% | 460 |
| NW | 90.3% | 578 |
| PO | 90.3% | 372 |
| L | 90.6% | 381 |
| BR | 90.8% | 379 |
| BA | 90.8% | 347 |
| CW | 90.8% | 293 |
| OX | 90.8% | 511 |
| NE | 90.8% | 740 |
| CF | 90.8% | 447 |
| ST | 90.9% | 361 |
| SG | 90.9% | 361 |
| TW | 90.9% | 778 |
| LE | 90.9% | 607 |
| HU | 90.9% | 232 |
| WF | 91.0% | 354 |
| HP | 91.0% | 620 |
| TN | 91.0% | 598 |
| WA | 91.0% | 377 |
| B | 91.0% | 1,233 |
| SY | 91.0% | 324 |
| CV | 91.1% | 608 |
| SS | 91.3% | 366 |
| M | 91.3% | 507 |
| CR | 91.4% | 405 |
| AL | 91.4% | 336 |
| WD | 91.5% | 365 |
| EN | 91.5% | 284 |
| CB | 91.6% | 308 |
| CH | 91.6% | 298 |
| KT | 91.6% | 886 |
| SN | 91.7% | 254 |
| CT | 91.7% | 218 |
| SK | 91.9% | 467 |
| GL | 91.9% | 470 |
| S | 92.0% | 684 |
| PE | 92.0% | 792 |
| OL | 92.1% | 227 |
| LL | 92.2% | 230 |
| DE | 92.4% | 436 |
| KA | 92.5% | 252 |
| MK | 92.5% | 455 |
| N | 92.5% | 550 |
| SP | 92.6% | 202 |
| E | 92.7% | 519 |
| CM | 92.7% | 765 |
| PR | 92.7% | 301 |
| NR | 92.7% | 523 |
| CA | 92.7% | 234 |
| BL | 92.9% | 282 |
| UB | 93.3% | 252 |
| HA | 93.3% | 342 |
| BB | 93.3% | 268 |
| LU | 93.8% | 225 |
| BD | 94.0% | 349 |
| DA | 94.2% | 465 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (87.6%), 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 7 points above its own all-years national rate.