Mazda Mx-5 2007 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Mazda Mx-5 2007 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 89.2% in SS down to 71.6% in CH — 17.6 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 63 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 17.6-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2007 Mazda Mx-5 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 £35–£95 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
73 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Vauxhall Corsa (17.7). Narrower: Skoda Fabia (17.6).
Rates are for the 2007 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 |
|---|---|---|
| CH | 71.6% | 542 |
| EH | 72.3% | 307 |
| LN | 73.6% | 201 |
| BS | 73.7% | 655 |
| G | 73.8% | 210 |
| SK | 74.3% | 311 |
| CT | 74.4% | 211 |
| ST | 75.3% | 328 |
| GL | 75.4% | 598 |
| OX | 75.5% | 375 |
| CF | 75.5% | 380 |
| SP | 75.7% | 218 |
| BD | 75.8% | 211 |
| L | 75.8% | 207 |
| PO | 76.1% | 506 |
| SN | 76.5% | 366 |
| NE | 76.5% | 379 |
| SA | 76.6% | 320 |
| CW | 76.6% | 239 |
| HP | 76.7% | 339 |
| CB | 76.7% | 206 |
| GU | 76.7% | 473 |
| CV | 76.8% | 504 |
| BH | 76.8% | 380 |
| SO | 76.9% | 446 |
| LL | 77.3% | 291 |
| YO | 77.4% | 393 |
| EX | 77.6% | 393 |
| SY | 77.7% | 256 |
| BN | 77.9% | 471 |
| LS | 78.1% | 215 |
| NR | 78.3% | 475 |
| NG | 78.3% | 471 |
| WF | 78.4% | 213 |
| SG | 78.6% | 266 |
| NP | 78.6% | 243 |
| M | 78.6% | 215 |
| MK | 78.7% | 300 |
| BA | 78.8% | 302 |
| DN | 79.1% | 335 |
| DY | 79.2% | 221 |
| PR | 79.3% | 232 |
| S | 79.4% | 586 |
| PE | 79.5% | 479 |
| PL | 79.8% | 282 |
| TA | 79.8% | 287 |
| WR | 80.1% | 291 |
| NN | 80.3% | 381 |
| DT | 80.4% | 276 |
| KT | 80.6% | 268 |
| CO | 80.6% | 263 |
| LE | 80.8% | 421 |
| TN | 81.2% | 528 |
| RH | 81.4% | 403 |
| TQ | 81.4% | 264 |
| RG | 82.0% | 544 |
| IP | 82.3% | 395 |
| B | 82.4% | 677 |
| CM | 82.6% | 396 |
| WA | 83.1% | 231 |
| ME | 83.5% | 310 |
| DE | 84.2% | 330 |
| SS | 89.2% | 222 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (82.1%), 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 7 points above its own all-years national rate.