Ford C-Max 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Ford C-Max 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 89.4% in RM down to 66.9% in AB — 22.5 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 81 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 22.5-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2013 Ford C-Max in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.1 extra failures — about £43–£117 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
16 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Citroen DS3 (22.8). Narrower: Fiat Panda (22.3).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 66.9% | 254 |
| KY | 70.3% | 323 |
| ML | 71.7% | 230 |
| KA | 74.8% | 254 |
| HU | 75.2% | 499 |
| EH | 75.8% | 542 |
| SA | 75.9% | 569 |
| BN | 76.3% | 742 |
| FY | 77.1% | 227 |
| BS | 77.4% | 1,105 |
| CW | 77.4% | 350 |
| PL | 78.0% | 615 |
| BA | 78.2% | 403 |
| EX | 78.3% | 483 |
| LS | 78.4% | 620 |
| SN | 78.4% | 431 |
| CF | 78.5% | 884 |
| GL | 78.5% | 825 |
| WS | 78.9% | 383 |
| G | 79.0% | 523 |
| CH | 79.0% | 576 |
| NP | 79.0% | 529 |
| OX | 79.2% | 583 |
| PO | 79.3% | 758 |
| WA | 79.3% | 716 |
| ST | 79.3% | 629 |
| YO | 79.5% | 550 |
| DL | 79.7% | 251 |
| TQ | 79.9% | 278 |
| WR | 79.9% | 334 |
| MK | 80.2% | 490 |
| LA | 80.4% | 265 |
| NG | 80.4% | 1,331 |
| TS | 80.4% | 480 |
| BL | 80.6% | 320 |
| CV | 80.7% | 694 |
| CA | 80.7% | 270 |
| CT | 80.8% | 490 |
| BD | 81.0% | 315 |
| RH | 81.1% | 503 |
| NE | 81.2% | 966 |
| BH | 81.3% | 445 |
| NN | 81.5% | 713 |
| WN | 81.6% | 255 |
| DH | 81.6% | 239 |
| PR | 82.0% | 366 |
| GU | 82.1% | 498 |
| LN | 82.3% | 356 |
| HP | 82.3% | 441 |
| CO | 82.3% | 509 |
| WF | 82.3% | 589 |
| CB | 82.4% | 522 |
| LL | 82.6% | 499 |
| NR | 82.6% | 947 |
| SY | 82.7% | 277 |
| DN | 82.7% | 713 |
| ME | 83.1% | 614 |
| TN | 83.2% | 642 |
| PE | 83.2% | 1,076 |
| IP | 83.4% | 829 |
| L | 83.5% | 1,197 |
| SK | 83.5% | 534 |
| DE | 83.5% | 789 |
| LE | 83.5% | 996 |
| M | 83.6% | 726 |
| SO | 83.6% | 659 |
| S | 83.7% | 1,108 |
| CM | 83.8% | 801 |
| SG | 83.9% | 440 |
| WV | 84.0% | 350 |
| TA | 84.1% | 328 |
| RG | 84.6% | 684 |
| SS | 84.8% | 666 |
| B | 85.0% | 1,575 |
| DY | 85.3% | 252 |
| DA | 85.6% | 292 |
| SL | 85.7% | 223 |
| OL | 86.3% | 248 |
| BB | 86.6% | 269 |
| KT | 88.8% | 286 |
| RM | 89.4% | 426 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (79.9%), 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.