BMW X3 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The BMW X3 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 97.1% in E down to 86.0% in AB — 11.1 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 98 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 11.1-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2019 BMW X3 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 £19–£49 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
149 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Volkswagen Tiguan (11.2). Narrower: BMW 218 (11).
Rates are for the 2019 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 | 86.0% | 877 |
| PO | 86.6% | 389 |
| LU | 87.6% | 339 |
| SK | 88.2% | 627 |
| CH | 88.3% | 556 |
| KY | 88.4% | 361 |
| ML | 88.7% | 467 |
| BN | 88.7% | 566 |
| WV | 88.9% | 350 |
| SW | 89.1% | 422 |
| G | 89.1% | 1,317 |
| EH | 89.3% | 929 |
| RH | 89.8% | 659 |
| HU | 89.9% | 257 |
| GU | 90.0% | 1,273 |
| RG | 90.1% | 1,184 |
| OX | 90.1% | 507 |
| WS | 90.2% | 214 |
| IG | 90.4% | 508 |
| PH | 90.4% | 270 |
| M | 90.4% | 628 |
| PE | 90.5% | 914 |
| SG | 90.6% | 488 |
| FY | 90.6% | 331 |
| GL | 90.6% | 631 |
| ST | 90.7% | 439 |
| SS | 90.7% | 332 |
| NN | 90.7% | 647 |
| PL | 90.8% | 314 |
| HP | 90.8% | 803 |
| TN | 90.8% | 675 |
| RM | 90.9% | 518 |
| L | 90.9% | 541 |
| B | 91.0% | 1,372 |
| BS | 91.0% | 658 |
| PR | 91.1% | 615 |
| CM | 91.1% | 683 |
| BH | 91.1% | 293 |
| MK | 91.1% | 530 |
| CB | 91.1% | 350 |
| ME | 91.2% | 396 |
| WD | 91.2% | 408 |
| CF | 91.3% | 527 |
| CR | 91.4% | 360 |
| BL | 91.4% | 361 |
| WA | 91.4% | 629 |
| LS | 91.5% | 505 |
| NR | 91.5% | 423 |
| SN | 91.5% | 553 |
| IV | 91.6% | 261 |
| WR | 91.7% | 410 |
| HA | 91.8% | 340 |
| YO | 91.9% | 580 |
| KT | 92.2% | 803 |
| FK | 92.2% | 319 |
| BB | 92.2% | 537 |
| SE | 92.2% | 361 |
| UB | 92.3% | 352 |
| DE | 92.4% | 564 |
| CA | 92.4% | 449 |
| EX | 92.5% | 371 |
| SO | 92.5% | 481 |
| IP | 92.6% | 500 |
| CW | 92.6% | 434 |
| SL | 92.6% | 638 |
| BD | 92.6% | 231 |
| LA | 92.7% | 273 |
| LN | 92.8% | 290 |
| NE | 92.8% | 947 |
| KA | 92.8% | 321 |
| NP | 92.9% | 336 |
| CO | 93.1% | 259 |
| BR | 93.1% | 317 |
| N | 93.1% | 246 |
| NG | 93.1% | 759 |
| NW | 93.3% | 492 |
| HG | 93.3% | 240 |
| HR | 93.4% | 227 |
| HD | 93.4% | 229 |
| SY | 93.5% | 353 |
| TW | 93.5% | 542 |
| LL | 93.5% | 310 |
| DL | 93.6% | 236 |
| LE | 93.7% | 744 |
| S | 93.7% | 808 |
| CV | 93.7% | 716 |
| WF | 94.1% | 339 |
| DA | 94.2% | 310 |
| OL | 94.3% | 332 |
| DN | 94.4% | 501 |
| EN | 94.7% | 375 |
| SA | 94.8% | 363 |
| BA | 94.9% | 235 |
| WN | 95.0% | 201 |
| W | 95.0% | 202 |
| TS | 95.8% | 358 |
| DH | 96.8% | 247 |
| E | 97.1% | 241 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (85.3%), 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 12 points above its own all-years national rate.