Citroen Xsara 2006 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Citroen Xsara 2006 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 81.7% in SS down to 61.8% in HU — 20 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 45 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 20-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2006 Citroen Xsara 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 £37–£108 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
36 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Vauxhall Mokka (20.2). Narrower: Fiat 500X (20).
Rates are for the 2006 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 |
|---|---|---|
| HU | 61.8% | 306 |
| NP | 62.7% | 263 |
| ST | 63.0% | 300 |
| NG | 64.5% | 471 |
| CH | 65.0% | 283 |
| TQ | 65.2% | 207 |
| PL | 65.2% | 302 |
| LL | 65.6% | 218 |
| BS | 65.7% | 414 |
| SA | 65.9% | 296 |
| YO | 66.1% | 218 |
| BA | 66.1% | 242 |
| GL | 66.7% | 336 |
| PO | 66.8% | 542 |
| NR | 66.9% | 490 |
| WS | 67.0% | 218 |
| PE | 67.2% | 561 |
| CF | 67.4% | 307 |
| EX | 67.6% | 339 |
| NN | 67.6% | 259 |
| PR | 67.9% | 268 |
| BN | 68.0% | 372 |
| TR | 68.1% | 238 |
| BH | 68.6% | 271 |
| TN | 68.7% | 367 |
| DE | 68.8% | 330 |
| NE | 68.9% | 264 |
| DN | 69.0% | 339 |
| IP | 70.0% | 313 |
| CT | 70.4% | 277 |
| M | 70.7% | 382 |
| LE | 71.0% | 307 |
| CO | 71.4% | 220 |
| SO | 71.4% | 241 |
| S | 71.5% | 534 |
| GU | 71.7% | 230 |
| CV | 72.3% | 347 |
| L | 72.5% | 280 |
| WA | 72.6% | 201 |
| DY | 73.8% | 225 |
| RG | 74.5% | 247 |
| ME | 75.3% | 288 |
| B | 76.2% | 622 |
| CM | 76.3% | 215 |
| SS | 81.7% | 230 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (69.3%), 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.