Vauxhall Agila 2009 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Vauxhall Agila 2009 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 79.5% in LE down to 62.0% in G — 17.5 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 48 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 17.5-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2009 Vauxhall Agila 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 £32–£81 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
76 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: BMW 1 Series (17.5). Narrower: Kia Sportage (17.4).
Rates are for the 2009 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 |
|---|---|---|
| G | 62.0% | 242 |
| EH | 62.0% | 258 |
| LS | 63.4% | 254 |
| YO | 65.7% | 245 |
| SA | 67.9% | 439 |
| BN | 68.3% | 416 |
| CH | 68.3% | 416 |
| CF | 68.6% | 430 |
| LL | 68.6% | 204 |
| RH | 68.6% | 204 |
| NG | 68.8% | 417 |
| NP | 68.9% | 225 |
| PL | 69.1% | 265 |
| TS | 69.1% | 256 |
| MK | 69.3% | 228 |
| PO | 69.6% | 309 |
| BH | 69.7% | 399 |
| GL | 70.0% | 320 |
| CT | 70.3% | 263 |
| NR | 70.6% | 554 |
| CV | 70.6% | 296 |
| TR | 70.6% | 228 |
| NN | 70.8% | 260 |
| BA | 70.9% | 265 |
| PR | 71.1% | 204 |
| EX | 71.1% | 367 |
| IP | 71.1% | 298 |
| NE | 71.1% | 402 |
| SN | 71.4% | 262 |
| TN | 71.6% | 416 |
| DN | 71.7% | 244 |
| M | 71.9% | 306 |
| CO | 72.3% | 303 |
| L | 73.0% | 215 |
| BS | 73.3% | 644 |
| CM | 73.4% | 229 |
| S | 73.5% | 373 |
| SO | 73.6% | 254 |
| PE | 74.2% | 431 |
| RG | 74.9% | 346 |
| GU | 75.0% | 260 |
| OX | 75.4% | 272 |
| TQ | 75.6% | 217 |
| LU | 76.8% | 207 |
| ME | 77.0% | 235 |
| DE | 77.1% | 266 |
| B | 77.9% | 592 |
| LE | 79.5% | 307 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (75.2%), 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 4 points above its own all-years national rate.