BMW 116 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The BMW 116 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 92.7% in N down to 74.7% in KY — 18 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 102 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 18-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2014 BMW 116 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.9 extra failures — about £27–£69 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
66 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Skoda Yeti (18.1). Narrower: BMW X5 (17.9).
Rates are for the 2014 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 | 74.7% | 332 |
| AB | 76.4% | 259 |
| PA | 76.6% | 209 |
| HU | 76.7% | 498 |
| LN | 76.8% | 341 |
| SP | 77.5% | 373 |
| ML | 77.9% | 271 |
| CF | 78.3% | 1,467 |
| EH | 78.3% | 719 |
| WN | 78.6% | 415 |
| GL | 78.8% | 830 |
| EX | 79.0% | 690 |
| BS | 79.1% | 1,295 |
| PL | 79.8% | 734 |
| FY | 79.9% | 374 |
| TF | 80.1% | 266 |
| CO | 80.1% | 498 |
| TQ | 80.2% | 364 |
| SO | 80.6% | 860 |
| NP | 80.6% | 868 |
| SA | 80.8% | 802 |
| BN | 80.8% | 814 |
| WR | 81.1% | 359 |
| NG | 81.2% | 1,328 |
| CH | 81.2% | 900 |
| KA | 81.2% | 325 |
| LS | 81.2% | 864 |
| NN | 81.3% | 865 |
| PO | 81.3% | 1,100 |
| CA | 81.3% | 267 |
| BA | 81.4% | 521 |
| DL | 81.4% | 393 |
| ST | 81.8% | 675 |
| G | 81.8% | 962 |
| DN | 81.9% | 989 |
| HD | 82.0% | 250 |
| PR | 82.0% | 728 |
| SR | 82.0% | 217 |
| YO | 82.1% | 519 |
| OX | 82.2% | 696 |
| CT | 82.2% | 574 |
| BL | 82.3% | 683 |
| NE | 82.3% | 938 |
| SN | 82.5% | 707 |
| RG | 83.0% | 1,096 |
| WF | 83.2% | 768 |
| TR | 83.2% | 352 |
| BH | 83.3% | 669 |
| WS | 83.3% | 466 |
| MK | 83.4% | 761 |
| CW | 83.5% | 363 |
| TA | 83.5% | 442 |
| SW | 83.5% | 358 |
| TN | 83.6% | 681 |
| HX | 83.6% | 232 |
| NR | 83.6% | 806 |
| CV | 83.7% | 1,175 |
| WA | 83.8% | 856 |
| RH | 83.8% | 709 |
| LL | 83.9% | 603 |
| L | 84.1% | 842 |
| SK | 84.2% | 755 |
| TS | 84.3% | 686 |
| LA | 84.6% | 253 |
| SG | 84.7% | 418 |
| M | 84.8% | 1,636 |
| DH | 84.8% | 263 |
| S | 84.9% | 1,447 |
| SS | 84.9% | 549 |
| IP | 84.9% | 741 |
| WV | 85.1% | 542 |
| CM | 85.1% | 716 |
| HP | 85.2% | 634 |
| DA | 85.2% | 461 |
| KT | 85.3% | 462 |
| DY | 85.3% | 408 |
| DE | 85.3% | 832 |
| GU | 85.4% | 1,012 |
| CB | 85.4% | 514 |
| BD | 85.5% | 613 |
| OL | 85.6% | 555 |
| SE | 85.8% | 570 |
| SY | 85.8% | 324 |
| PE | 85.8% | 1,249 |
| ME | 85.9% | 884 |
| HA | 86.1% | 345 |
| LU | 86.3% | 503 |
| B | 86.3% | 2,357 |
| EN | 86.4% | 404 |
| LE | 86.5% | 1,478 |
| AL | 86.6% | 216 |
| BB | 86.6% | 702 |
| IG | 87.4% | 253 |
| TW | 87.4% | 522 |
| SL | 87.9% | 619 |
| RM | 88.0% | 559 |
| BR | 88.2% | 221 |
| NW | 89.4% | 395 |
| CR | 89.4% | 424 |
| UB | 91.9% | 480 |
| E | 92.0% | 424 |
| N | 92.7% | 358 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (82.5%), 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.