Ford Fiesta 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Ford Fiesta 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 88.9% in IG down to 70.7% in ZE — 18.1 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 118 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 18.1-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 Ford Fiesta 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 £23–£59 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
63 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Fiat 500 (18.2). Narrower: Peugeot Expert (18.1).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| ZE | 70.7% | 229 |
| DD | 71.9% | 2,249 |
| KY | 72.1% | 3,645 |
| AB | 72.4% | 5,454 |
| FK | 74.0% | 2,269 |
| IV | 74.8% | 1,911 |
| EH | 74.8% | 6,311 |
| PH | 75.2% | 1,397 |
| PA | 75.7% | 2,260 |
| G | 76.2% | 7,274 |
| HU | 76.5% | 3,407 |
| SR | 77.1% | 1,190 |
| HG | 77.2% | 1,118 |
| HD | 77.2% | 1,984 |
| ML | 77.2% | 2,656 |
| LS | 77.4% | 5,538 |
| TF | 77.6% | 1,530 |
| KA | 77.7% | 2,864 |
| WD | 77.8% | 1,227 |
| LN | 78.0% | 2,146 |
| CF | 78.1% | 9,377 |
| TR | 78.2% | 1,747 |
| ST | 78.4% | 5,461 |
| PL | 78.4% | 3,359 |
| WN | 78.6% | 2,304 |
| FY | 78.7% | 1,733 |
| KW | 78.7% | 494 |
| CH | 78.8% | 3,976 |
| BS | 78.8% | 7,570 |
| DL | 78.9% | 2,490 |
| NG | 78.9% | 8,135 |
| YO | 79.1% | 4,360 |
| NN | 79.1% | 5,428 |
| NP | 79.1% | 4,259 |
| WA | 79.4% | 5,862 |
| NE | 79.4% | 8,165 |
| BD | 79.5% | 2,951 |
| CA | 79.6% | 3,350 |
| SP | 79.6% | 1,724 |
| DH | 79.7% | 2,150 |
| SN | 79.7% | 3,169 |
| OX | 79.8% | 4,445 |
| BA | 79.8% | 2,931 |
| LA | 79.9% | 2,341 |
| SA | 79.9% | 5,663 |
| BN | 80.0% | 4,471 |
| GL | 80.1% | 4,971 |
| WS | 80.1% | 3,412 |
| BL | 80.3% | 2,857 |
| TS | 80.3% | 3,689 |
| WF | 80.3% | 4,217 |
| SK | 80.4% | 4,648 |
| DN | 80.4% | 5,314 |
| OL | 80.5% | 2,291 |
| PO | 80.6% | 5,201 |
| CT | 80.7% | 2,767 |
| CW | 80.7% | 3,312 |
| HR | 81.0% | 1,166 |
| EX | 81.0% | 3,052 |
| SY | 81.0% | 2,350 |
| SO | 81.0% | 4,638 |
| TQ | 81.1% | 1,636 |
| PR | 81.1% | 3,465 |
| HX | 81.2% | 955 |
| LL | 81.3% | 3,628 |
| BB | 81.3% | 3,726 |
| TD | 81.3% | 986 |
| CO | 81.4% | 3,969 |
| M | 81.4% | 5,046 |
| DE | 81.5% | 6,277 |
| GU | 81.5% | 4,933 |
| DY | 81.6% | 2,905 |
| TA | 81.6% | 2,281 |
| S | 81.8% | 8,993 |
| WR | 82.0% | 2,627 |
| TN | 82.1% | 4,990 |
| NW | 82.2% | 1,125 |
| HS | 82.3% | 231 |
| DG | 82.3% | 1,125 |
| L | 82.3% | 6,734 |
| MK | 82.3% | 3,476 |
| LD | 82.4% | 380 |
| CM | 82.4% | 7,527 |
| NR | 82.4% | 5,768 |
| PE | 82.5% | 6,405 |
| IP | 82.5% | 4,778 |
| CR | 82.6% | 1,691 |
| RH | 82.6% | 4,381 |
| CV | 82.7% | 7,076 |
| ME | 82.7% | 5,251 |
| B | 82.8% | 14,146 |
| CB | 82.8% | 2,523 |
| LU | 82.8% | 1,673 |
| HP | 82.9% | 3,398 |
| LE | 82.9% | 8,503 |
| W | 82.9% | 404 |
| AL | 83.2% | 1,679 |
| SM | 83.2% | 649 |
| SG | 83.3% | 3,333 |
| DT | 83.4% | 1,050 |
| BH | 83.5% | 2,980 |
| RG | 83.7% | 6,010 |
| SW | 84.4% | 1,039 |
| BR | 84.4% | 1,588 |
| UB | 84.5% | 1,543 |
| SS | 84.6% | 5,907 |
| WV | 84.7% | 2,518 |
| HA | 85.0% | 1,349 |
| SE | 85.5% | 1,674 |
| DA | 85.7% | 2,889 |
| SL | 85.7% | 2,223 |
| KT | 86.0% | 2,940 |
| TW | 86.1% | 1,976 |
| EN | 86.5% | 2,103 |
| E | 87.1% | 1,494 |
| RM | 87.7% | 4,631 |
| N | 88.0% | 1,221 |
| IG | 88.9% | 1,449 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (78.4%), 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 11 points above its own all-years national rate.