Volvo V40 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Volvo V40 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 88.5% in NW down to 73.5% in ML — 15 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 15-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 Volvo V40 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 £28–£75 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
113 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Audi A4 (15). Narrower: Volvo V50 (15).
Rates are for the 2016 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ML | 73.5% | 268 |
| WD | 75.6% | 201 |
| KY | 75.8% | 447 |
| BA | 76.8% | 530 |
| BN | 77.0% | 427 |
| AB | 77.1% | 717 |
| PA | 77.2% | 360 |
| WS | 77.3% | 418 |
| DL | 77.5% | 427 |
| HG | 77.6% | 241 |
| CH | 77.6% | 778 |
| TR | 77.8% | 333 |
| EH | 78.5% | 935 |
| PL | 78.6% | 374 |
| IP | 78.6% | 931 |
| CW | 78.8% | 353 |
| DD | 78.8% | 354 |
| LA | 78.8% | 293 |
| LN | 79.1% | 445 |
| TN | 79.2% | 504 |
| OL | 79.2% | 317 |
| WA | 79.3% | 579 |
| BS | 79.4% | 822 |
| G | 79.5% | 1,035 |
| LS | 79.5% | 791 |
| NN | 79.8% | 776 |
| SK | 79.9% | 533 |
| MK | 80.0% | 561 |
| DH | 80.1% | 287 |
| CO | 80.3% | 417 |
| YO | 80.3% | 997 |
| CM | 80.4% | 489 |
| ST | 80.4% | 618 |
| HU | 80.5% | 508 |
| W | 80.7% | 212 |
| SS | 80.7% | 212 |
| PH | 80.7% | 383 |
| ME | 80.7% | 425 |
| WR | 80.8% | 250 |
| EX | 80.8% | 563 |
| BD | 80.8% | 501 |
| IV | 80.9% | 487 |
| BH | 80.9% | 487 |
| WF | 80.9% | 577 |
| M | 80.9% | 719 |
| CF | 81.0% | 777 |
| HP | 81.0% | 483 |
| FK | 81.0% | 415 |
| HD | 81.0% | 326 |
| NG | 81.0% | 1,283 |
| S | 81.0% | 1,508 |
| DY | 81.1% | 359 |
| SG | 81.1% | 354 |
| WV | 81.1% | 354 |
| CT | 81.1% | 371 |
| L | 81.2% | 533 |
| DN | 81.4% | 1,069 |
| SR | 81.4% | 231 |
| TQ | 81.4% | 274 |
| TS | 81.4% | 517 |
| PO | 81.5% | 573 |
| AL | 81.5% | 211 |
| NE | 81.5% | 1,002 |
| SA | 81.7% | 763 |
| PR | 81.7% | 563 |
| NR | 81.7% | 783 |
| NP | 81.7% | 526 |
| SN | 81.8% | 543 |
| GU | 81.8% | 621 |
| BL | 81.9% | 371 |
| CA | 82.2% | 400 |
| TF | 82.3% | 260 |
| CB | 82.4% | 597 |
| KA | 82.4% | 472 |
| RM | 82.5% | 257 |
| PE | 82.5% | 1,200 |
| SP | 82.5% | 223 |
| TA | 82.6% | 305 |
| LL | 82.9% | 667 |
| B | 83.0% | 1,414 |
| SO | 83.1% | 633 |
| WN | 83.2% | 208 |
| RG | 83.6% | 701 |
| OX | 83.7% | 712 |
| LU | 83.9% | 254 |
| LE | 84.0% | 1,005 |
| DE | 84.1% | 818 |
| TD | 84.1% | 233 |
| SY | 84.3% | 483 |
| E | 84.4% | 269 |
| GL | 84.4% | 591 |
| CR | 84.5% | 226 |
| CV | 84.6% | 878 |
| RH | 84.7% | 457 |
| BB | 84.8% | 376 |
| SE | 85.2% | 310 |
| SL | 85.2% | 398 |
| HA | 85.8% | 239 |
| KT | 86.0% | 328 |
| TW | 86.4% | 243 |
| EN | 86.5% | 208 |
| N | 87.2% | 274 |
| NW | 88.5% | 314 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (80.5%), 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 8 points above its own all-years national rate.