Kia Sportage 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Kia Sportage 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 92.7% in SM down to 75.3% in AB — 17.4 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 113 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 17.4-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 Kia Sportage 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 £28–£70 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
77 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Vauxhall Agila (17.5). Narrower: Ford Focus (17.3).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 75.3% | 1,009 |
| DD | 76.4% | 628 |
| KY | 77.3% | 1,267 |
| EH | 77.5% | 1,722 |
| G | 79.0% | 1,984 |
| PH | 79.1% | 406 |
| PA | 79.3% | 663 |
| CW | 79.3% | 1,060 |
| ML | 79.4% | 812 |
| FK | 79.9% | 552 |
| SR | 80.1% | 297 |
| BS | 80.4% | 1,769 |
| IV | 80.6% | 659 |
| TR | 80.6% | 589 |
| KA | 80.7% | 855 |
| SP | 80.9% | 702 |
| DL | 81.0% | 952 |
| CF | 81.4% | 2,560 |
| DH | 81.5% | 520 |
| LS | 81.6% | 1,731 |
| SO | 81.8% | 1,399 |
| NP | 82.0% | 1,238 |
| WN | 82.1% | 854 |
| NE | 82.1% | 1,564 |
| HG | 82.3% | 558 |
| CA | 82.3% | 679 |
| YO | 82.4% | 1,777 |
| EX | 82.5% | 1,147 |
| NN | 82.5% | 1,615 |
| PR | 82.5% | 1,564 |
| PO | 82.5% | 1,996 |
| BN | 82.5% | 1,558 |
| SN | 82.7% | 1,197 |
| CR | 82.8% | 837 |
| HD | 82.8% | 553 |
| SA | 82.8% | 2,274 |
| TA | 82.9% | 665 |
| L | 82.9% | 1,630 |
| HU | 82.9% | 1,029 |
| CH | 82.9% | 1,125 |
| BL | 82.9% | 1,313 |
| OX | 82.9% | 1,161 |
| PL | 83.0% | 1,233 |
| CT | 83.2% | 754 |
| WS | 83.3% | 1,047 |
| GL | 83.3% | 1,197 |
| ST | 83.3% | 1,670 |
| WA | 83.6% | 1,545 |
| RH | 83.7% | 1,615 |
| LA | 83.7% | 833 |
| LN | 83.7% | 889 |
| M | 83.7% | 1,916 |
| HP | 83.8% | 1,061 |
| FY | 83.9% | 601 |
| BH | 83.9% | 1,058 |
| BR | 84.0% | 474 |
| NR | 84.1% | 1,502 |
| NG | 84.2% | 2,941 |
| BD | 84.3% | 1,018 |
| GU | 84.3% | 2,176 |
| TF | 84.3% | 548 |
| SK | 84.3% | 1,772 |
| BA | 84.4% | 963 |
| TQ | 84.4% | 411 |
| WR | 84.4% | 733 |
| CV | 84.5% | 1,514 |
| WF | 84.5% | 1,631 |
| TN | 84.6% | 1,388 |
| MK | 84.6% | 1,489 |
| HR | 84.8% | 263 |
| TS | 84.8% | 1,224 |
| AL | 84.8% | 706 |
| OL | 84.9% | 1,044 |
| HX | 85.2% | 257 |
| LL | 85.2% | 949 |
| SG | 85.4% | 1,401 |
| CO | 85.4% | 824 |
| SS | 85.7% | 748 |
| BB | 85.7% | 993 |
| CB | 85.7% | 1,021 |
| DN | 85.7% | 2,322 |
| WV | 85.8% | 913 |
| DT | 85.8% | 310 |
| SY | 85.9% | 866 |
| NW | 86.0% | 514 |
| KT | 86.0% | 910 |
| CM | 86.2% | 1,531 |
| TD | 86.3% | 416 |
| WD | 86.5% | 532 |
| B | 86.6% | 3,274 |
| RG | 86.8% | 2,027 |
| TW | 86.9% | 847 |
| LE | 86.9% | 2,237 |
| IP | 87.0% | 1,336 |
| N | 87.0% | 501 |
| DE | 87.1% | 1,899 |
| DA | 87.2% | 952 |
| DG | 87.2% | 328 |
| LU | 87.2% | 839 |
| SW | 87.4% | 285 |
| S | 87.5% | 4,030 |
| PE | 87.6% | 2,770 |
| ME | 87.6% | 1,329 |
| HA | 87.7% | 560 |
| DY | 87.9% | 1,048 |
| IG | 88.0% | 259 |
| RM | 88.5% | 766 |
| UB | 88.6% | 482 |
| SL | 88.6% | 765 |
| EN | 88.7% | 772 |
| SE | 89.4% | 621 |
| E | 90.8% | 413 |
| SM | 92.7% | 302 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (83.3%), 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 9 points above its own all-years national rate.