Fiat 500 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Fiat 500 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 86.3% in IG down to 68.1% in KY — 18.2 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 114 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 18.2-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2014 Fiat 500 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 £31–£89 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
62 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Toyota Auris (18.4). Narrower: Ford Fiesta (18.1).
Rates are for the 2014 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 | 68.1% | 799 |
| AB | 68.7% | 1,067 |
| DD | 68.8% | 642 |
| FK | 69.2% | 491 |
| PA | 71.1% | 532 |
| EH | 71.1% | 1,901 |
| ML | 71.4% | 633 |
| KA | 71.8% | 740 |
| IV | 71.9% | 420 |
| PH | 71.9% | 303 |
| BS | 72.8% | 2,716 |
| PL | 72.8% | 1,591 |
| G | 72.9% | 2,025 |
| YO | 73.7% | 1,314 |
| HG | 73.7% | 499 |
| SR | 73.8% | 588 |
| ST | 74.0% | 2,290 |
| NG | 74.1% | 2,785 |
| FY | 74.1% | 849 |
| WS | 74.1% | 1,490 |
| SN | 74.2% | 1,362 |
| SK | 74.2% | 1,482 |
| HD | 74.2% | 469 |
| LS | 74.3% | 1,515 |
| EX | 74.7% | 1,454 |
| CF | 74.7% | 3,270 |
| LN | 74.7% | 859 |
| GL | 74.8% | 1,743 |
| NP | 74.8% | 1,701 |
| SA | 74.9% | 1,947 |
| CH | 74.9% | 2,006 |
| CW | 75.0% | 955 |
| WR | 75.1% | 822 |
| TR | 75.1% | 919 |
| WD | 75.2% | 540 |
| BL | 75.2% | 1,053 |
| TD | 75.2% | 234 |
| NE | 75.3% | 2,703 |
| DL | 75.5% | 890 |
| TQ | 75.5% | 760 |
| NN | 75.6% | 1,798 |
| OL | 75.9% | 948 |
| HX | 76.0% | 363 |
| HU | 76.1% | 1,229 |
| TA | 76.3% | 868 |
| DH | 76.3% | 763 |
| BH | 76.4% | 1,715 |
| BN | 76.5% | 2,053 |
| TF | 76.6% | 496 |
| WA | 76.8% | 1,876 |
| LA | 76.8% | 681 |
| PR | 76.8% | 1,470 |
| TS | 77.0% | 1,692 |
| WN | 77.0% | 929 |
| BB | 77.0% | 892 |
| GU | 77.1% | 1,730 |
| CA | 77.2% | 592 |
| HR | 77.4% | 446 |
| OX | 77.5% | 1,336 |
| DY | 77.5% | 1,204 |
| WF | 77.5% | 1,267 |
| M | 77.5% | 2,148 |
| SP | 77.6% | 545 |
| BA | 77.7% | 1,222 |
| CV | 77.9% | 2,122 |
| TN | 78.0% | 1,994 |
| BD | 78.0% | 1,032 |
| RH | 78.3% | 1,705 |
| B | 78.3% | 4,253 |
| L | 78.4% | 1,696 |
| SG | 78.4% | 1,179 |
| SY | 78.4% | 825 |
| NR | 78.4% | 2,434 |
| MK | 78.5% | 1,220 |
| CT | 78.6% | 1,654 |
| LE | 78.6% | 2,628 |
| PO | 78.7% | 2,141 |
| SO | 78.8% | 1,517 |
| W | 78.9% | 383 |
| CM | 78.9% | 2,511 |
| HP | 79.0% | 1,251 |
| RG | 79.0% | 1,675 |
| DN | 79.0% | 1,820 |
| PE | 79.1% | 2,249 |
| S | 79.1% | 3,233 |
| CO | 79.2% | 1,532 |
| CB | 79.3% | 823 |
| DE | 79.4% | 1,897 |
| DG | 79.4% | 287 |
| WV | 79.7% | 834 |
| SW | 80.0% | 686 |
| DT | 80.1% | 508 |
| AL | 80.1% | 695 |
| LU | 80.2% | 676 |
| LL | 80.2% | 1,036 |
| IP | 80.3% | 1,574 |
| ME | 80.6% | 1,754 |
| KT | 80.7% | 1,344 |
| SS | 81.5% | 2,108 |
| SM | 81.6% | 430 |
| BR | 82.1% | 638 |
| UB | 82.2% | 529 |
| DA | 82.8% | 1,144 |
| NW | 83.1% | 627 |
| SL | 83.3% | 970 |
| CR | 83.6% | 715 |
| N | 84.1% | 807 |
| EN | 84.7% | 941 |
| HA | 84.8% | 461 |
| TW | 85.1% | 975 |
| RM | 85.2% | 1,136 |
| SE | 85.8% | 920 |
| E | 85.9% | 647 |
| IG | 86.3% | 512 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (78.0%), 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 8 points above its own all-years national rate.