Ford Grand C-Max 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Ford Grand C-Max 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 91.4% in E down to 75.1% in BS — 16.3 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 49 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 16.3-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 Ford Grand C-Max in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.8 extra failures — about £29–£77 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
89 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Dacia Duster (16.4). Narrower: MG Zs (16.3).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| BS | 75.1% | 373 |
| PL | 75.7% | 222 |
| HU | 76.3% | 228 |
| CF | 76.4% | 457 |
| SA | 76.8% | 224 |
| KT | 77.1% | 205 |
| PO | 77.4% | 287 |
| TS | 77.6% | 219 |
| SO | 77.9% | 258 |
| EH | 78.2% | 206 |
| CT | 78.3% | 221 |
| GL | 78.3% | 258 |
| NP | 78.8% | 260 |
| WA | 79.1% | 258 |
| LS | 79.6% | 240 |
| DN | 79.7% | 335 |
| GU | 79.7% | 276 |
| RH | 79.8% | 253 |
| S | 79.9% | 571 |
| ME | 80.1% | 346 |
| NE | 80.2% | 445 |
| M | 80.3% | 412 |
| NR | 80.4% | 387 |
| RG | 80.4% | 428 |
| G | 80.9% | 482 |
| WF | 81.1% | 275 |
| CO | 81.2% | 234 |
| IP | 81.4% | 311 |
| BN | 81.5% | 222 |
| OX | 81.6% | 206 |
| LE | 81.7% | 349 |
| ST | 81.7% | 312 |
| MK | 81.9% | 260 |
| CM | 82.2% | 337 |
| B | 82.3% | 1,008 |
| RM | 82.6% | 363 |
| WS | 82.8% | 215 |
| PE | 83.0% | 359 |
| NN | 83.0% | 283 |
| DE | 83.0% | 348 |
| L | 83.1% | 574 |
| SS | 83.3% | 294 |
| CH | 83.5% | 267 |
| NG | 83.6% | 385 |
| CV | 84.6% | 292 |
| TW | 85.1% | 202 |
| DA | 85.5% | 275 |
| SE | 87.6% | 242 |
| E | 91.4% | 267 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (79.1%), 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.