MOT test stations in Essex

MOT test stations in Essex: 18 are licensed to test class 4 vehicles — cars, vans, motorhomes and people carriers. That is 8% of the 224 in the CM postcode area.

All 18 stations in Essex

Broadfields Garage Limited

Unit 21Q, Hales Farm, Little Canfield, CM6 1TQ

01371872940 · Map · Classes 4,7
Chapman Auto Engineering

Unit 12, Enterprise Court, Braintree, CM7 3QS

01376 335443 · Map · Classes 4
Ev Tec And Mot

Unit 1, 2 Edinburgh Place, Harlow, CM20 2DJ

01279 898 440 · Map · Classes 4,7
Formula One Autocentres Limited

Unit 1 Quest Park, Wycke, Maldon, CM9 6UZ

01621 502022 · Map · Classes 4
Group 1 Volkswagen Chelmsford

Westway, Chelmsford, CM1 3BH

01245 268826 · Map · Classes 4
Halfords Autocentre

Unit 6 Dukes Park, Edinburgh Way, Harlow, CM20 2GF

01279 626941 · Map · Classes 4,7
Harlow Auto Centre

24 Burnt Mill, Harlow, CM20 2HS

01279 641083 · Map · Classes 1,2,3,4,5,7
Harlow Auto Services Limited

30 South Road, Harlow, CM20 2AR

01279 641414 · Map · Classes 1,2,3,4,5,7
High Garrett Auto's Ltd

102 High Garrett, Braintree, CM7 5NT

01376325008 · Map · Classes 4
J W Gibbs Auto Engineering

10/12 Springwood Drive, Springwood Industrial Estate, Braintree, CM7 2YN

01376 347658 · Map · Classes 1,2,4
Kss Automotive Ltd

Unit 23 Stort Mill Industrial Estate, River Way, Harlow, CM20 2SN

01279 745451 · Map · Classes 4
Lookers Volvo Chelmsford

2-8 Baynes Place, Chelmsford, CM1 2QX

01245 240 555 · Map · Classes 4
M11 Vehicle Services Limited

Unit 45, Parsonage Farm, Stansted, CM24 8TY

01279 816378 · Map · Classes 1,2,4,7
Mr Unique Tyre & Exhaust

10 Wych Elm, Harlow, CM20 1QP

01279 434832 · Map · Classes 4
Ongar Bridge Motor Co Ltd

24 High Street, Chipping Ongar, CM5 9DZ

01277366661 · Map · Classes 4
Steve Mott And Co Limited

42 Springwood Drive, Braintree, CM7 2YN

01376 553688 · Map · Classes 4,5,7
The Garage Ongar Limited

Unit 13, Halsford Bridge Industrial Estate, Ongar, CM5 9RB

01277364241 · Map · Classes 4
Waterhouse Braintree Ltd

Chapel Hill, Braintree, CM7 3QU

01376329200 · Map · Classes 4

MOTs in Essex vs the country

Cars tested in the CM postcode area pass 83.6% of MOT tests, and 83.0% once the local mix of ages and mileage is adjusted to the national one — 27 of 118 areas. Nationally it is 81.0%.

The common failures here add up to £536–£1,449 of parts per 100 tests, against £615–£1,675 nationally — 23 of 118 areas, cheapest first.

Tread depth below 1.6 mm — 18.6% of local tests (17.4% nationally)
Tyre has a tear — 11.8% of local tests (9.2% nationally)
Tyre cut too deep — 4.0% of local tests (2.5% nationally)

That is about the cars, not about the garages below. The anonymised test data has no station field, so there is no per-station pass rate on this site. The full area picture →

What an MOT costs

The maximum fee for a car is £54.85, with no VAT on top; stations may charge less. A fail gets a free retest if you leave the car for repair and return within 10 working days, or for a listed set of items before the end of the next working day — the rules in full. The common failures are priced on the repair price list, and the calculator adds up your own items.

Essex in other postcode areas

Essex (RM) — 19 · Essex (CO) — 13 · Essex (SS) — 12 · Essex (IG) — 8 · Essex (CB) — 1 · Essex (EN) — 1