Ford S-Max 2010 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Ford S-Max 2010 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 84.8% in RM down to 65.9% in TR — 18.9 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 68 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 18.9-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2010 Ford S-Max 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 £30–£85 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
54 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Peugeot Partner (19). Narrower: Land Rover Defender (18.9).
Rates are for the 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| TR | 65.9% | 217 |
| SP | 66.1% | 286 |
| TQ | 66.5% | 221 |
| BS | 66.8% | 746 |
| CH | 66.8% | 310 |
| EX | 66.8% | 368 |
| PL | 67.9% | 495 |
| ST | 68.3% | 306 |
| CF | 68.9% | 469 |
| TA | 68.9% | 283 |
| EH | 69.3% | 205 |
| GL | 69.7% | 719 |
| PO | 69.7% | 641 |
| SK | 70.3% | 222 |
| BA | 70.3% | 391 |
| WR | 70.6% | 201 |
| BH | 70.8% | 435 |
| SN | 71.0% | 321 |
| YO | 71.1% | 211 |
| SA | 71.2% | 333 |
| GU | 71.6% | 641 |
| NP | 71.7% | 230 |
| BN | 72.3% | 577 |
| NR | 72.6% | 638 |
| SO | 72.7% | 741 |
| CB | 72.9% | 406 |
| WA | 73.0% | 278 |
| CO | 73.1% | 588 |
| DT | 73.1% | 216 |
| HP | 73.3% | 390 |
| PR | 73.5% | 230 |
| IP | 73.6% | 643 |
| OX | 73.6% | 591 |
| CT | 73.8% | 282 |
| NG | 74.0% | 695 |
| NN | 74.1% | 576 |
| WF | 74.4% | 227 |
| MK | 74.7% | 446 |
| RH | 74.7% | 506 |
| TN | 74.7% | 506 |
| LS | 74.7% | 348 |
| TS | 74.8% | 262 |
| NE | 74.9% | 299 |
| LL | 75.3% | 251 |
| DE | 75.5% | 514 |
| AL | 75.7% | 222 |
| SG | 75.7% | 338 |
| M | 75.9% | 431 |
| PE | 76.0% | 918 |
| RG | 76.2% | 895 |
| LE | 77.4% | 698 |
| DN | 77.6% | 380 |
| S | 77.8% | 603 |
| CV | 77.9% | 575 |
| CM | 78.3% | 627 |
| SS | 78.5% | 610 |
| BB | 78.9% | 246 |
| ME | 79.0% | 466 |
| L | 79.2% | 375 |
| BD | 79.2% | 231 |
| DA | 79.3% | 271 |
| SL | 79.8% | 213 |
| KT | 81.3% | 284 |
| B | 81.6% | 996 |
| LU | 82.9% | 269 |
| TW | 82.9% | 211 |
| SE | 83.9% | 217 |
| RM | 84.8% | 289 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (76.8%), 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.