Kia Ceed 2012 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Kia Ceed 2012 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 79.0% in KT down to 63.5% in KY — 15.5 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 83 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 15.5-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2012 Kia Ceed in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.8 extra failures — about £23–£63 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
106 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Toyota YARIS (15.6). Narrower: Tesla Model 3 (15.5).
Rates are for the 2012 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 | 63.5% | 455 |
| DD | 65.2% | 336 |
| KA | 65.4% | 266 |
| TR | 65.8% | 310 |
| FK | 66.5% | 254 |
| EH | 66.9% | 656 |
| PA | 67.1% | 222 |
| IV | 67.3% | 333 |
| CF | 67.3% | 627 |
| AB | 67.5% | 323 |
| HU | 67.6% | 259 |
| HD | 67.6% | 253 |
| SP | 67.9% | 315 |
| FY | 68.0% | 203 |
| LN | 68.1% | 229 |
| SA | 68.7% | 600 |
| ML | 69.3% | 306 |
| PO | 69.6% | 1,012 |
| BA | 69.6% | 448 |
| GL | 70.1% | 462 |
| EX | 70.2% | 517 |
| BS | 70.2% | 588 |
| WN | 70.3% | 296 |
| PR | 70.3% | 448 |
| SN | 70.3% | 408 |
| NP | 70.5% | 434 |
| ST | 70.6% | 680 |
| DL | 70.6% | 357 |
| PL | 70.9% | 636 |
| WA | 70.9% | 413 |
| BH | 70.9% | 506 |
| TF | 71.1% | 235 |
| G | 71.1% | 844 |
| CW | 71.1% | 301 |
| LL | 71.1% | 443 |
| BN | 71.2% | 594 |
| SY | 71.4% | 283 |
| TS | 71.7% | 435 |
| CH | 71.9% | 388 |
| CB | 72.1% | 441 |
| NG | 72.2% | 1,089 |
| DE | 72.4% | 760 |
| NN | 72.4% | 590 |
| LS | 72.4% | 656 |
| SK | 72.4% | 551 |
| OL | 72.5% | 465 |
| DN | 72.7% | 777 |
| LA | 72.8% | 301 |
| SG | 72.8% | 353 |
| NE | 73.2% | 637 |
| NR | 73.2% | 754 |
| YO | 73.4% | 534 |
| CV | 73.5% | 615 |
| SO | 73.7% | 650 |
| L | 73.7% | 514 |
| WR | 74.1% | 263 |
| LE | 74.2% | 786 |
| S | 74.3% | 1,324 |
| TA | 74.5% | 298 |
| OX | 74.6% | 532 |
| GU | 74.7% | 643 |
| MK | 74.7% | 668 |
| CO | 74.8% | 349 |
| M | 74.9% | 989 |
| PE | 75.0% | 1,122 |
| BL | 75.1% | 437 |
| RG | 75.2% | 620 |
| IP | 75.2% | 678 |
| BD | 75.4% | 499 |
| WF | 75.5% | 400 |
| WV | 75.5% | 241 |
| TN | 75.6% | 439 |
| HP | 75.9% | 411 |
| RH | 76.3% | 371 |
| DY | 76.9% | 242 |
| WS | 76.9% | 255 |
| BB | 76.9% | 498 |
| B | 77.1% | 1,155 |
| ME | 77.1% | 532 |
| LU | 77.2% | 412 |
| CT | 77.4% | 376 |
| CM | 77.9% | 408 |
| KT | 79.0% | 272 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (78.3%), 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 1 points above its own all-years national rate.