Vauxhall Vectra 2008 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Vauxhall Vectra 2008 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 79.8% in SL down to 60.2% in KY — 19.6 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 81 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 19.6-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2008 Vauxhall Vectra in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.0 extra failures — about £35–£94 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
44 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Peugeot 2008 (19.6). Narrower: Volkswagen Polo (19.6).
Rates are for the 2008 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 |
|---|---|---|
| KY | 60.2% | 498 |
| IV | 61.6% | 203 |
| KA | 61.7% | 266 |
| HU | 62.4% | 402 |
| AB | 62.5% | 323 |
| LN | 63.1% | 336 |
| BA | 63.4% | 262 |
| DD | 63.4% | 262 |
| SA | 63.6% | 448 |
| DT | 63.7% | 223 |
| YO | 64.1% | 529 |
| EX | 64.3% | 459 |
| EH | 64.7% | 499 |
| PL | 65.5% | 371 |
| FY | 65.7% | 210 |
| TA | 66.1% | 257 |
| SK | 66.3% | 279 |
| PO | 66.9% | 550 |
| LL | 67.0% | 573 |
| LA | 67.1% | 219 |
| WR | 67.3% | 205 |
| BS | 67.4% | 626 |
| NR | 68.0% | 578 |
| ST | 68.0% | 463 |
| SN | 68.1% | 304 |
| NP | 68.2% | 362 |
| OL | 68.6% | 271 |
| NG | 68.7% | 929 |
| BN | 68.8% | 352 |
| CH | 68.8% | 618 |
| BH | 68.9% | 421 |
| GL | 69.3% | 424 |
| TR | 69.3% | 212 |
| BD | 69.4% | 360 |
| SY | 69.5% | 347 |
| CF | 69.5% | 573 |
| SO | 70.0% | 460 |
| DN | 70.0% | 781 |
| ML | 70.1% | 231 |
| RH | 70.2% | 265 |
| TF | 70.3% | 222 |
| GU | 70.4% | 345 |
| CO | 70.8% | 264 |
| DE | 70.9% | 654 |
| CB | 71.0% | 255 |
| LS | 71.2% | 441 |
| MK | 71.2% | 441 |
| DL | 71.6% | 243 |
| TN | 71.8% | 380 |
| NN | 72.0% | 542 |
| PR | 72.0% | 382 |
| IP | 72.1% | 366 |
| CW | 72.2% | 259 |
| CT | 72.2% | 306 |
| WS | 72.4% | 293 |
| OX | 72.4% | 388 |
| PE | 72.5% | 1,046 |
| G | 72.7% | 634 |
| S | 72.9% | 1,083 |
| BL | 73.0% | 222 |
| RG | 73.0% | 508 |
| NE | 73.2% | 790 |
| WF | 73.2% | 425 |
| WA | 73.6% | 367 |
| TS | 74.0% | 462 |
| DY | 74.4% | 317 |
| L | 74.5% | 420 |
| LE | 74.7% | 703 |
| B | 74.9% | 920 |
| WV | 75.5% | 253 |
| CM | 75.7% | 288 |
| CV | 75.9% | 402 |
| SG | 76.3% | 257 |
| HP | 77.1% | 280 |
| BB | 77.2% | 259 |
| ME | 77.6% | 375 |
| DA | 77.7% | 247 |
| M | 78.2% | 513 |
| LU | 78.4% | 357 |
| SS | 78.4% | 232 |
| SL | 79.8% | 208 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (71.0%), 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.