Ford B-Max 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Ford B-Max 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 88.2% in E down to 67.5% in KA — 20.7 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 100 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 20.7-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2013 Ford B-Max in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.0 extra failures — about £21–£54 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
33 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Citroen C3 (20.9). Narrower: Peugeot 208 (20.3).
Rates are for the 2013 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KA | 67.5% | 271 |
| KY | 67.8% | 338 |
| DL | 68.6% | 318 |
| DD | 69.0% | 248 |
| AB | 69.6% | 496 |
| IV | 69.6% | 214 |
| EH | 71.2% | 552 |
| G | 71.3% | 586 |
| SP | 71.5% | 270 |
| WN | 72.3% | 231 |
| BD | 72.3% | 426 |
| HU | 72.5% | 501 |
| CF | 72.6% | 987 |
| NE | 72.9% | 801 |
| TS | 73.2% | 463 |
| OL | 73.7% | 304 |
| LS | 74.2% | 664 |
| AL | 74.3% | 245 |
| NP | 74.6% | 507 |
| TR | 75.0% | 260 |
| TF | 75.1% | 201 |
| WR | 75.2% | 218 |
| LN | 75.3% | 441 |
| DH | 75.3% | 219 |
| YO | 75.4% | 569 |
| SK | 75.5% | 535 |
| PR | 75.6% | 398 |
| LA | 75.7% | 268 |
| CH | 76.0% | 620 |
| FY | 76.0% | 229 |
| GL | 76.0% | 597 |
| ST | 76.2% | 555 |
| CW | 76.4% | 347 |
| DN | 76.6% | 693 |
| BA | 76.9% | 424 |
| SG | 77.2% | 513 |
| WA | 77.2% | 549 |
| NG | 77.3% | 1,052 |
| CO | 77.4% | 680 |
| WF | 77.4% | 530 |
| PL | 77.4% | 588 |
| CV | 77.4% | 674 |
| SA | 77.9% | 530 |
| BL | 78.0% | 232 |
| TA | 78.1% | 401 |
| BN | 78.1% | 915 |
| BS | 78.2% | 1,095 |
| EX | 78.2% | 633 |
| PO | 78.5% | 954 |
| HP | 78.5% | 545 |
| HR | 78.7% | 211 |
| OX | 78.8% | 504 |
| DE | 78.8% | 683 |
| L | 78.8% | 862 |
| NN | 78.8% | 694 |
| TQ | 78.9% | 304 |
| RH | 79.0% | 572 |
| NR | 79.1% | 1,070 |
| WS | 79.1% | 368 |
| DT | 79.3% | 227 |
| MK | 79.3% | 430 |
| BR | 79.4% | 281 |
| CT | 79.4% | 539 |
| LL | 79.4% | 559 |
| DY | 79.5% | 327 |
| S | 79.6% | 1,003 |
| SN | 79.6% | 441 |
| IP | 79.6% | 893 |
| CM | 79.7% | 1,023 |
| LE | 79.7% | 892 |
| CA | 80.0% | 255 |
| SO | 80.0% | 626 |
| BH | 80.2% | 570 |
| RG | 80.2% | 673 |
| PE | 80.4% | 1,132 |
| LU | 80.6% | 304 |
| GU | 80.7% | 564 |
| HA | 80.9% | 320 |
| TN | 81.0% | 701 |
| SY | 81.2% | 319 |
| BB | 81.3% | 241 |
| WV | 81.3% | 268 |
| M | 81.5% | 577 |
| B | 81.7% | 1,652 |
| KT | 82.0% | 388 |
| ME | 82.6% | 780 |
| CB | 82.9% | 404 |
| CR | 83.4% | 422 |
| SL | 83.8% | 290 |
| SS | 83.9% | 841 |
| DA | 84.2% | 487 |
| NW | 84.2% | 203 |
| TW | 84.8% | 343 |
| SE | 85.4% | 467 |
| UB | 86.8% | 311 |
| IG | 86.8% | 281 |
| N | 87.0% | 307 |
| EN | 87.0% | 369 |
| RM | 88.1% | 720 |
| E | 88.2% | 390 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (81.6%), 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.