SEAT Arona 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The SEAT Arona 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 93.6% in SR down to 84.6% in AB — 9.1 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 90 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 9.1-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2019 SEAT Arona in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 0.5 extra failures — about £15–£35 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
163 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Toyota RAV4 (9.2). Narrower: SEAT Ateca (9.1).
Rates are for the 2019 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 |
|---|---|---|
| AB | 84.6% | 512 |
| EH | 84.7% | 1,022 |
| NN | 85.6% | 667 |
| PA | 85.9% | 476 |
| RG | 86.1% | 583 |
| TR | 86.3% | 335 |
| CA | 86.3% | 511 |
| ML | 86.4% | 309 |
| KA | 86.6% | 321 |
| LE | 86.7% | 742 |
| WN | 86.9% | 274 |
| TN | 87.0% | 843 |
| SO | 87.0% | 431 |
| PL | 87.2% | 320 |
| KY | 87.3% | 464 |
| LS | 87.3% | 806 |
| OL | 87.4% | 390 |
| BS | 87.5% | 967 |
| G | 87.7% | 1,286 |
| WF | 87.9% | 572 |
| HP | 88.0% | 407 |
| WD | 88.0% | 200 |
| DD | 88.0% | 301 |
| DL | 88.5% | 426 |
| IP | 88.7% | 565 |
| CH | 88.7% | 336 |
| BH | 88.7% | 363 |
| NP | 88.8% | 516 |
| CO | 88.9% | 270 |
| SS | 88.9% | 243 |
| BN | 89.1% | 338 |
| BA | 89.2% | 287 |
| PO | 89.3% | 542 |
| M | 89.4% | 677 |
| SK | 89.4% | 621 |
| MK | 89.4% | 567 |
| RH | 89.5% | 381 |
| B | 89.5% | 1,354 |
| WA | 89.7% | 514 |
| BB | 89.7% | 388 |
| HU | 89.7% | 409 |
| GL | 89.8% | 451 |
| BL | 89.8% | 344 |
| DE | 89.9% | 761 |
| OX | 90.0% | 408 |
| ME | 90.0% | 359 |
| L | 90.0% | 673 |
| TS | 90.0% | 422 |
| S | 90.1% | 1,387 |
| NG | 90.1% | 734 |
| HD | 90.1% | 383 |
| CF | 90.1% | 729 |
| CT | 90.1% | 243 |
| SA | 90.2% | 725 |
| BD | 90.2% | 317 |
| DY | 90.2% | 338 |
| IV | 90.2% | 338 |
| DH | 90.2% | 328 |
| LL | 90.3% | 476 |
| GU | 90.5% | 576 |
| NE | 90.5% | 788 |
| CW | 90.5% | 401 |
| NR | 90.5% | 581 |
| FK | 90.7% | 225 |
| PR | 90.7% | 462 |
| SN | 90.7% | 410 |
| LU | 90.7% | 281 |
| CV | 90.8% | 758 |
| SL | 90.9% | 307 |
| WS | 91.1% | 280 |
| DN | 91.1% | 732 |
| SG | 91.1% | 463 |
| BR | 91.2% | 249 |
| PE | 91.2% | 545 |
| SE | 91.2% | 205 |
| EX | 91.4% | 372 |
| DA | 91.4% | 419 |
| WR | 91.7% | 422 |
| ST | 91.7% | 593 |
| CM | 92.0% | 589 |
| AL | 92.1% | 355 |
| YO | 92.2% | 450 |
| WV | 92.3% | 379 |
| LA | 92.4% | 356 |
| CB | 92.7% | 331 |
| TW | 92.8% | 293 |
| TQ | 93.1% | 232 |
| LN | 93.2% | 295 |
| EN | 93.2% | 207 |
| SR | 93.6% | 251 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (88.3%), 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 5 points above its own all-years national rate.