Ford Kuga 2017 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Ford Kuga 2017 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 94.8% in N down to 84.1% in TQ — 10.7 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 10.7-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2017 Ford Kuga in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.5 extra failures — about £15–£37 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
152 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Audi Q5 (10.8). Narrower: Volvo XC40 (10.7).
Rates are for the 2017 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TQ | 84.1% | 377 |
| KY | 84.2% | 937 |
| BS | 84.3% | 1,583 |
| BN | 84.3% | 886 |
| PL | 85.2% | 1,098 |
| AB | 85.4% | 1,748 |
| DD | 85.8% | 618 |
| EH | 86.0% | 1,606 |
| G | 86.1% | 2,036 |
| ST | 86.1% | 1,519 |
| SP | 86.2% | 601 |
| CH | 86.2% | 1,104 |
| LA | 86.3% | 746 |
| FY | 86.5% | 446 |
| CF | 86.7% | 2,555 |
| SR | 86.7% | 392 |
| GL | 86.8% | 1,260 |
| PO | 86.9% | 1,331 |
| PA | 86.9% | 895 |
| IV | 87.1% | 844 |
| ML | 87.2% | 717 |
| NN | 87.3% | 2,025 |
| OX | 87.3% | 1,418 |
| NP | 87.4% | 1,118 |
| WA | 87.4% | 1,860 |
| SA | 87.5% | 1,783 |
| PH | 87.5% | 600 |
| DA | 87.5% | 1,139 |
| NW | 87.5% | 345 |
| GU | 87.8% | 1,021 |
| LS | 87.8% | 1,236 |
| ME | 87.8% | 1,606 |
| HX | 87.8% | 279 |
| M | 88.0% | 1,124 |
| FK | 88.0% | 484 |
| CA | 88.0% | 1,430 |
| BD | 88.0% | 728 |
| EX | 88.1% | 842 |
| DT | 88.3% | 350 |
| HD | 88.3% | 393 |
| WS | 88.3% | 1,019 |
| HU | 88.3% | 1,208 |
| DH | 88.3% | 694 |
| NG | 88.5% | 2,678 |
| TA | 88.5% | 807 |
| SY | 88.5% | 767 |
| WD | 88.6% | 332 |
| WV | 88.6% | 761 |
| LN | 88.6% | 722 |
| BH | 88.7% | 776 |
| CT | 88.7% | 944 |
| HG | 88.7% | 222 |
| CB | 88.8% | 606 |
| TN | 88.9% | 1,212 |
| SK | 88.9% | 1,051 |
| HP | 88.9% | 857 |
| DL | 88.9% | 785 |
| WN | 88.9% | 731 |
| CW | 89.0% | 851 |
| LU | 89.0% | 500 |
| MK | 89.1% | 924 |
| L | 89.2% | 2,244 |
| DY | 89.2% | 909 |
| RH | 89.4% | 977 |
| BA | 89.4% | 877 |
| KA | 89.4% | 1,000 |
| PR | 89.4% | 991 |
| YO | 89.4% | 1,332 |
| B | 89.4% | 3,210 |
| WF | 89.5% | 1,559 |
| BB | 89.5% | 771 |
| SN | 89.5% | 1,076 |
| IP | 89.5% | 1,703 |
| LL | 89.6% | 1,287 |
| TF | 89.6% | 356 |
| DE | 89.6% | 2,040 |
| SW | 89.7% | 232 |
| WR | 89.7% | 600 |
| TD | 89.7% | 302 |
| SS | 89.8% | 2,884 |
| CM | 89.8% | 2,769 |
| NR | 89.8% | 1,984 |
| CV | 89.8% | 1,828 |
| OL | 89.8% | 708 |
| CO | 89.8% | 1,497 |
| SG | 89.8% | 926 |
| LE | 89.9% | 2,356 |
| KT | 89.9% | 703 |
| TS | 90.0% | 1,066 |
| DN | 90.0% | 2,073 |
| SO | 90.0% | 997 |
| BL | 90.1% | 714 |
| HA | 90.1% | 393 |
| NE | 90.1% | 2,241 |
| SE | 90.2% | 549 |
| HR | 90.2% | 501 |
| SL | 90.2% | 450 |
| S | 90.3% | 3,063 |
| RG | 90.5% | 1,446 |
| IG | 90.6% | 604 |
| KW | 90.7% | 216 |
| PE | 90.8% | 2,326 |
| AL | 91.0% | 402 |
| CR | 91.1% | 463 |
| TW | 91.4% | 526 |
| TR | 91.5% | 317 |
| SM | 91.7% | 205 |
| RM | 92.0% | 2,056 |
| DG | 92.2% | 552 |
| EN | 92.3% | 620 |
| E | 92.6% | 434 |
| BR | 92.8% | 429 |
| UB | 93.3% | 358 |
| N | 94.8% | 306 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (86.0%), 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 9 points above its own all-years national rate.