Volkswagen Passat 2015 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Volkswagen Passat 2015 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 92.8% in IG down to 76.6% in BS — 16.1 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 103 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 16.1-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2015 Volkswagen Passat in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.8 extra failures — about £33–£90 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
95 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Land Rover Discovery (16.1). Narrower: Volkswagen Scirocco (16.1).
Rates are for the 2015 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 |
|---|---|---|
| BS | 76.6% | 1,048 |
| KY | 76.8% | 314 |
| DD | 77.7% | 211 |
| BN | 78.3% | 526 |
| AB | 79.4% | 499 |
| PH | 79.6% | 230 |
| LN | 79.7% | 325 |
| WR | 80.0% | 415 |
| IV | 80.3% | 330 |
| TQ | 80.7% | 249 |
| EH | 80.7% | 939 |
| CF | 81.0% | 898 |
| FK | 81.0% | 258 |
| HU | 81.1% | 312 |
| GU | 81.1% | 683 |
| SP | 81.2% | 335 |
| GL | 81.2% | 692 |
| BH | 81.4% | 472 |
| PL | 81.4% | 458 |
| LS | 81.7% | 679 |
| HR | 81.8% | 247 |
| PA | 81.8% | 363 |
| TF | 81.8% | 253 |
| NG | 81.9% | 1,107 |
| ST | 82.1% | 703 |
| SN | 82.1% | 558 |
| CO | 82.2% | 321 |
| PO | 82.4% | 580 |
| NR | 82.5% | 687 |
| WA | 82.7% | 490 |
| CB | 82.7% | 421 |
| OX | 82.7% | 744 |
| TR | 82.7% | 278 |
| ML | 82.9% | 356 |
| G | 82.9% | 1,304 |
| SW | 83.0% | 212 |
| BA | 83.1% | 438 |
| NP | 83.1% | 492 |
| SR | 83.4% | 265 |
| SK | 83.5% | 468 |
| CW | 83.6% | 274 |
| YO | 83.7% | 418 |
| NE | 83.8% | 1,077 |
| BL | 83.8% | 433 |
| EX | 83.9% | 546 |
| AL | 83.9% | 205 |
| TS | 84.0% | 468 |
| DH | 84.1% | 270 |
| LL | 84.2% | 444 |
| SO | 84.2% | 571 |
| WF | 84.3% | 613 |
| CH | 84.4% | 553 |
| LA | 84.5% | 323 |
| CV | 84.5% | 963 |
| WS | 84.6% | 455 |
| TA | 84.6% | 280 |
| DL | 84.7% | 378 |
| DE | 84.7% | 844 |
| CA | 84.8% | 296 |
| SA | 84.8% | 566 |
| PR | 85.2% | 447 |
| RG | 85.3% | 780 |
| SY | 85.3% | 258 |
| BD | 85.3% | 661 |
| KA | 85.4% | 281 |
| DY | 85.4% | 316 |
| NN | 85.5% | 944 |
| LE | 85.5% | 982 |
| L | 85.6% | 693 |
| HP | 85.6% | 507 |
| SG | 85.8% | 295 |
| HD | 85.9% | 213 |
| MK | 85.9% | 576 |
| DN | 86.0% | 898 |
| IP | 86.1% | 596 |
| RH | 86.2% | 441 |
| TN | 86.5% | 503 |
| KT | 86.8% | 310 |
| S | 87.1% | 1,362 |
| CR | 87.2% | 273 |
| CT | 87.3% | 276 |
| SE | 87.3% | 371 |
| WV | 87.3% | 387 |
| ME | 87.4% | 422 |
| M | 87.6% | 816 |
| CM | 87.6% | 404 |
| B | 87.8% | 2,121 |
| PE | 87.9% | 1,103 |
| OL | 88.1% | 413 |
| DA | 88.2% | 245 |
| WN | 88.8% | 259 |
| TW | 89.6% | 268 |
| N | 90.2% | 458 |
| HA | 90.2% | 327 |
| BB | 90.4% | 659 |
| UB | 90.6% | 278 |
| LU | 90.7% | 579 |
| NW | 90.8% | 369 |
| E | 91.1% | 549 |
| SL | 91.5% | 411 |
| RM | 91.7% | 472 |
| EN | 92.0% | 274 |
| IG | 92.8% | 249 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (80.2%), 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 13 points above its own all-years national rate.