BMW 218 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The BMW 218 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 90.7% in SW down to 79.7% in TQ — 11 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 82 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 11-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 BMW 218 in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.6 extra failures — about £21–£52 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
150 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: BMW X3 (11.1). Narrower: Audi Q5 (10.8).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| TQ | 79.7% | 202 |
| EH | 80.3% | 335 |
| WD | 81.7% | 263 |
| G | 82.5% | 571 |
| LS | 82.6% | 442 |
| NN | 82.9% | 457 |
| BN | 83.0% | 499 |
| DY | 83.0% | 229 |
| PL | 83.3% | 372 |
| MK | 84.1% | 439 |
| CF | 84.1% | 578 |
| BS | 84.1% | 629 |
| WA | 84.2% | 437 |
| ST | 84.6% | 429 |
| SL | 84.6% | 351 |
| WV | 84.6% | 293 |
| LL | 84.8% | 256 |
| BD | 84.8% | 217 |
| RH | 84.8% | 429 |
| NG | 84.9% | 720 |
| CW | 84.9% | 272 |
| SN | 85.0% | 412 |
| SO | 85.0% | 432 |
| GU | 85.0% | 640 |
| SG | 85.0% | 327 |
| GL | 85.0% | 361 |
| NP | 85.3% | 339 |
| CH | 85.3% | 421 |
| PO | 85.3% | 450 |
| BL | 85.4% | 295 |
| CB | 85.6% | 299 |
| BH | 85.7% | 314 |
| EX | 85.8% | 254 |
| CO | 85.9% | 255 |
| W | 85.9% | 277 |
| FY | 86.2% | 239 |
| ME | 86.3% | 387 |
| CV | 86.3% | 542 |
| NW | 86.5% | 593 |
| OL | 86.6% | 283 |
| CT | 86.7% | 294 |
| YO | 86.8% | 272 |
| WS | 86.8% | 288 |
| IP | 86.9% | 419 |
| NR | 87.1% | 341 |
| IG | 87.1% | 381 |
| PE | 87.2% | 656 |
| L | 87.3% | 466 |
| PR | 87.3% | 411 |
| HA | 87.4% | 475 |
| HP | 87.4% | 484 |
| OX | 87.4% | 390 |
| RM | 87.5% | 495 |
| CM | 87.5% | 650 |
| SK | 87.6% | 403 |
| NE | 87.6% | 542 |
| RG | 87.8% | 729 |
| KT | 87.8% | 575 |
| CR | 87.9% | 511 |
| BR | 87.9% | 289 |
| DE | 87.9% | 563 |
| TS | 88.0% | 208 |
| B | 88.2% | 1,456 |
| UB | 88.3% | 487 |
| DA | 88.3% | 470 |
| LE | 88.4% | 722 |
| TN | 88.4% | 500 |
| S | 88.6% | 717 |
| WF | 88.7% | 311 |
| SE | 88.8% | 681 |
| BB | 88.9% | 207 |
| SS | 89.0% | 418 |
| LU | 89.0% | 273 |
| SA | 89.1% | 404 |
| EN | 89.1% | 460 |
| DN | 89.4% | 358 |
| HU | 89.7% | 242 |
| TW | 89.7% | 494 |
| M | 89.7% | 633 |
| E | 90.2% | 590 |
| N | 90.2% | 448 |
| SW | 90.7% | 301 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (87.5%), 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 3 points above its own all-years national rate.