Vauxhall Meriva 2011 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Vauxhall Meriva 2011 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 88.7% in SL down to 63.4% in DD — 25.3 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 95 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 25.3-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2011 Vauxhall Meriva in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.3 extra failures — about £39–£105 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
6 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Renault Megane (26). Narrower: Honda Civic (25.2).
Rates are for the 2011 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 |
|---|---|---|
| DD | 63.4% | 257 |
| KY | 65.3% | 314 |
| SR | 65.8% | 272 |
| EH | 66.1% | 469 |
| ML | 68.3% | 208 |
| KA | 68.8% | 221 |
| FY | 69.7% | 228 |
| YO | 70.2% | 628 |
| AB | 70.8% | 319 |
| SA | 70.9% | 749 |
| SP | 71.0% | 200 |
| G | 71.3% | 703 |
| TR | 71.5% | 312 |
| PA | 71.6% | 250 |
| ST | 71.8% | 671 |
| OL | 72.0% | 379 |
| HU | 72.1% | 770 |
| TS | 72.4% | 725 |
| NE | 72.5% | 1,148 |
| CF | 72.6% | 915 |
| PL | 72.6% | 642 |
| LA | 72.7% | 256 |
| LN | 72.9% | 461 |
| DL | 73.1% | 386 |
| DH | 73.2% | 298 |
| PO | 73.2% | 898 |
| TQ | 73.4% | 293 |
| WA | 73.5% | 603 |
| NP | 73.7% | 562 |
| DT | 73.7% | 255 |
| BS | 74.0% | 1,167 |
| PR | 74.1% | 459 |
| BH | 74.1% | 637 |
| CW | 74.2% | 365 |
| TF | 74.4% | 285 |
| BL | 74.7% | 384 |
| BA | 74.8% | 516 |
| WN | 74.9% | 338 |
| SK | 74.9% | 342 |
| BN | 74.9% | 682 |
| SN | 74.9% | 423 |
| SY | 75.2% | 363 |
| WF | 75.5% | 554 |
| CH | 75.5% | 1,333 |
| NG | 75.6% | 1,370 |
| GL | 75.9% | 597 |
| SO | 75.9% | 647 |
| EX | 76.0% | 554 |
| WR | 76.2% | 277 |
| TN | 76.8% | 637 |
| DN | 76.9% | 962 |
| CO | 77.2% | 583 |
| LS | 77.3% | 600 |
| NR | 77.4% | 853 |
| NN | 77.6% | 865 |
| TA | 77.6% | 268 |
| LL | 77.6% | 577 |
| M | 77.7% | 932 |
| DE | 77.7% | 966 |
| CT | 77.8% | 535 |
| OX | 77.9% | 553 |
| HR | 78.0% | 218 |
| DY | 78.1% | 488 |
| BD | 78.1% | 365 |
| HP | 78.2% | 426 |
| ME | 78.3% | 702 |
| MK | 78.7% | 667 |
| RG | 78.8% | 793 |
| L | 78.8% | 936 |
| BB | 79.5% | 312 |
| CM | 79.7% | 516 |
| CB | 79.7% | 374 |
| PE | 80.0% | 1,323 |
| GU | 80.0% | 506 |
| RH | 80.3% | 350 |
| CV | 80.4% | 709 |
| LE | 80.4% | 895 |
| SG | 80.6% | 391 |
| WV | 80.6% | 417 |
| IP | 81.0% | 510 |
| B | 81.0% | 1,799 |
| S | 81.1% | 1,383 |
| SS | 81.2% | 319 |
| LU | 81.7% | 595 |
| KT | 81.8% | 242 |
| SE | 81.9% | 393 |
| TW | 83.3% | 299 |
| WS | 83.4% | 435 |
| RM | 84.6% | 298 |
| E | 84.6% | 247 |
| DA | 85.4% | 356 |
| N | 86.6% | 201 |
| CR | 86.7% | 255 |
| UB | 86.8% | 295 |
| SL | 88.7% | 381 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (75.6%), 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 13 points above its own all-years national rate.