Nissan Qashqai 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Nissan Qashqai 2016 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 89.0% in TW down to 73.3% in KY — 15.6 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 114 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 15.6-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2016 Nissan Qashqai 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 £20–£56 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
102 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Skoda Citigo (15.8). Narrower: Suzuki SX4 (15.6).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| KY | 73.3% | 1,087 |
| DD | 74.9% | 934 |
| HG | 75.3% | 421 |
| ML | 76.9% | 955 |
| AB | 77.1% | 1,419 |
| EH | 77.4% | 2,582 |
| SR | 77.7% | 929 |
| LS | 77.8% | 2,334 |
| LN | 77.8% | 1,122 |
| G | 78.1% | 3,158 |
| FK | 78.5% | 775 |
| CF | 78.6% | 3,652 |
| TR | 78.7% | 848 |
| HD | 78.9% | 744 |
| PH | 79.0% | 472 |
| HU | 79.0% | 1,961 |
| PA | 79.1% | 798 |
| SP | 79.1% | 771 |
| PL | 79.2% | 2,444 |
| BS | 79.2% | 3,655 |
| ST | 79.4% | 2,340 |
| NN | 79.5% | 2,741 |
| YO | 79.5% | 1,757 |
| SN | 79.7% | 1,735 |
| NP | 79.8% | 1,851 |
| GL | 79.9% | 2,176 |
| WN | 80.1% | 1,248 |
| CW | 80.2% | 1,396 |
| WR | 80.2% | 808 |
| WF | 80.3% | 1,841 |
| BD | 80.4% | 1,612 |
| EX | 80.4% | 2,259 |
| CH | 80.5% | 2,036 |
| TF | 80.5% | 784 |
| DH | 80.5% | 1,156 |
| SA | 80.6% | 1,960 |
| TQ | 80.7% | 762 |
| CA | 80.7% | 1,453 |
| LA | 80.8% | 915 |
| KA | 80.8% | 1,093 |
| TS | 80.9% | 2,088 |
| NG | 80.9% | 3,934 |
| DL | 81.0% | 1,418 |
| PO | 81.1% | 2,579 |
| SK | 81.1% | 1,818 |
| BL | 81.2% | 1,639 |
| NE | 81.2% | 4,414 |
| PR | 81.2% | 2,261 |
| FY | 81.4% | 848 |
| HX | 81.7% | 753 |
| OX | 81.7% | 2,195 |
| BA | 81.8% | 1,551 |
| SO | 81.8% | 2,262 |
| BN | 81.9% | 2,232 |
| BH | 82.0% | 1,748 |
| M | 82.0% | 3,668 |
| WA | 82.0% | 2,435 |
| DG | 82.0% | 434 |
| WS | 82.3% | 1,579 |
| CT | 82.3% | 1,839 |
| CV | 82.3% | 2,712 |
| OL | 82.4% | 1,603 |
| TA | 82.5% | 1,290 |
| WD | 82.5% | 916 |
| GU | 82.5% | 2,582 |
| IV | 82.8% | 610 |
| LL | 82.8% | 1,512 |
| RH | 82.9% | 1,983 |
| RG | 82.9% | 2,894 |
| SG | 82.9% | 1,731 |
| HR | 83.0% | 616 |
| DT | 83.0% | 671 |
| DN | 83.1% | 2,633 |
| PE | 83.2% | 3,838 |
| TN | 83.2% | 2,409 |
| LE | 83.4% | 3,447 |
| NR | 83.4% | 3,475 |
| S | 83.5% | 4,311 |
| MK | 83.5% | 2,153 |
| L | 83.6% | 2,336 |
| DE | 83.6% | 2,891 |
| TD | 83.7% | 374 |
| ME | 84.0% | 2,164 |
| CB | 84.0% | 1,296 |
| HP | 84.1% | 1,814 |
| DY | 84.6% | 1,249 |
| IP | 84.9% | 2,779 |
| WV | 84.9% | 1,681 |
| LU | 84.9% | 1,280 |
| SS | 84.9% | 1,799 |
| B | 85.0% | 6,138 |
| SY | 85.1% | 1,185 |
| KT | 85.2% | 1,990 |
| BB | 85.7% | 1,724 |
| CO | 85.8% | 1,489 |
| CM | 86.0% | 2,165 |
| SW | 86.4% | 931 |
| BR | 86.5% | 884 |
| W | 86.6% | 575 |
| DA | 87.2% | 1,496 |
| IG | 87.2% | 972 |
| RM | 87.3% | 2,024 |
| CR | 87.8% | 1,805 |
| AL | 87.9% | 999 |
| SM | 88.0% | 648 |
| SE | 88.2% | 2,763 |
| EN | 88.4% | 1,403 |
| NW | 88.6% | 1,457 |
| HA | 88.6% | 1,620 |
| E | 88.7% | 2,222 |
| UB | 88.8% | 1,555 |
| N | 88.9% | 1,600 |
| SL | 88.9% | 1,457 |
| TW | 89.0% | 1,947 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (78.9%), 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 10 points above its own all-years national rate.