Volvo XC90 2010 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Volvo XC90 2010 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 84.0% in CV down to 67.8% in PL — 16.2 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 44 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 16.2-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2010 Volvo XC90 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 £24–£63 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
93 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Audi Q3 (16.2). Narrower: Land Rover Discovery (16.1).
Rates are for the 2010 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 |
|---|---|---|
| PL | 67.8% | 236 |
| BA | 68.5% | 298 |
| BN | 69.2% | 295 |
| GL | 69.7% | 363 |
| SN | 69.9% | 269 |
| BH | 70.8% | 274 |
| EH | 71.6% | 215 |
| LL | 72.3% | 202 |
| BS | 72.8% | 302 |
| SP | 72.9% | 280 |
| PO | 72.9% | 398 |
| SO | 73.6% | 375 |
| GU | 73.7% | 548 |
| OX | 73.8% | 409 |
| CM | 73.9% | 245 |
| CH | 74.1% | 239 |
| CF | 74.5% | 278 |
| HP | 74.8% | 440 |
| NG | 75.1% | 493 |
| NN | 75.1% | 269 |
| CT | 75.3% | 243 |
| EX | 75.6% | 225 |
| SA | 75.7% | 255 |
| CB | 75.7% | 214 |
| YO | 75.7% | 313 |
| DE | 76.6% | 273 |
| LS | 77.3% | 229 |
| NR | 77.4% | 332 |
| RG | 78.0% | 578 |
| L | 78.2% | 206 |
| LE | 78.5% | 377 |
| RH | 78.6% | 336 |
| PE | 79.2% | 510 |
| IP | 79.3% | 406 |
| S | 79.7% | 414 |
| TN | 79.9% | 442 |
| NE | 80.2% | 262 |
| BD | 80.3% | 233 |
| ME | 80.3% | 229 |
| KT | 80.4% | 285 |
| M | 82.1% | 218 |
| DN | 83.0% | 294 |
| B | 83.4% | 602 |
| CV | 84.0% | 306 |
“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 4 points above its own all-years national rate.