MOT test stations in Essex

MOT test stations in Essex: 13 are licensed to test class 4 vehicles — cars, vans, motorhomes and people carriers. That is 8% of the 173 in the CO postcode area.

All 13 stations in Essex

Alpha MOT Centre

Unit K, Chandlers Row, Colchester, CO1 2HG

01206 481864 · Map · Classes 4
Apg Repairs

8 Paxton Road, Gorse Lane Industrial Estate, Clacton On Sea, CO15 4LR

01255475171 · Map · Classes 4,7
Api Motors Limited

5 Challenge Way, Colchester, CO1 2LY

01206 430074 · Map · Classes 4,5,7
Bcmt Autocentre

Unit 3 Grove Farm, Wormingford, CO6 3AJ

01206 240668 · Map · Classes 4,7
Gb Autos Halstead Ltd

44 Broton Drive, Halstead, CO9 1HB

01787 479956 · Map · Classes 4,7
Glyn Hopkin Honda Colchester

Ipswich Road, Colchester, CO4 9TF

01206751818 · Map · Classes 4
Glyn Hopkin Renault Colchester

Wimpole Road, Colchester, CO1 2BZ

01206 603560 · Map · Classes 4,7
Jaywick MOT Centre

Crossways Garage, Crossways Road, Jaywick, CO15 2NA

01255 421682 · Map · Classes 4
Lnc Motors

18 Brunel Road, Gorse Lane Industrial Estate, Clacton-On-Sea, CO15 4LU

07564453671 · Map · Classes 4,7
Sudbury Road Garage

Sudbury Road, Halstead, CO9 2BA

01787 474800 · Map · Classes 1,2,4,5,7
V Dub Spares

Oak Business Park, Wix Road, Clacton On Sea, CO16 OAT

01255 863198 · Map · Classes 4
Vr Old Heath Ltd

29 - 31 Fingringhoe Road, Colchester, CO2 8EA

01206 791291 · Map · Classes 4
Vsm Colchester Ltd

124 Bergholt Road, Colchester, CO4 5AJ

01206844455 · Map · Classes 4,5,7

MOTs in Essex vs the country

Cars tested in the CO postcode area pass 80.7% of MOT tests, and 81.8% once the local mix of ages and mileage is adjusted to the national one — 43 of 118 areas. Nationally it is 81.0%.

The common failures here add up to £635–£1,740 of parts per 100 tests, against £615–£1,675 nationally — 67 of 118 areas, cheapest first.

Tread depth below 1.6 mm — 20.7% of local tests (17.4% nationally)
Tyre has a tear — 13.8% of local tests (9.2% nationally)
Ball joint excessively worn — 5.4% of local tests (3.1% 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 (CM) — 18 · Essex (SS) — 12 · Essex (IG) — 8 · Essex (CB) — 1 · Essex (EN) — 1