Suzuki Alto 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Suzuki Alto 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 92.2% in DA down to 70.5% in ML — 21.7 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 86 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 21.7-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2014 Suzuki Alto in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.1 extra failures — about £30–£91 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
23 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Renault Trafic (21.7). Narrower: Fiat Punto (21.6).
Rates are for the 2014 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 |
|---|---|---|
| ML | 70.5% | 393 |
| AB | 70.5% | 295 |
| DD | 72.1% | 226 |
| KY | 73.6% | 341 |
| EH | 75.7% | 783 |
| FK | 76.2% | 319 |
| TR | 76.4% | 351 |
| HU | 77.8% | 418 |
| HD | 77.9% | 312 |
| BS | 78.3% | 649 |
| YO | 78.7% | 568 |
| KA | 78.7% | 404 |
| CW | 79.0% | 347 |
| G | 79.1% | 1,101 |
| RG | 79.2% | 331 |
| DH | 79.7% | 310 |
| LA | 79.7% | 227 |
| PL | 80.0% | 561 |
| LN | 80.3% | 284 |
| PA | 80.3% | 386 |
| NE | 80.3% | 1,170 |
| CT | 80.4% | 255 |
| TS | 80.4% | 541 |
| TQ | 80.4% | 245 |
| DL | 80.6% | 489 |
| BN | 80.8% | 733 |
| WF | 80.8% | 501 |
| BL | 80.9% | 392 |
| LS | 80.9% | 634 |
| BA | 81.0% | 342 |
| CF | 81.1% | 1,250 |
| ST | 81.4% | 485 |
| WN | 81.6% | 477 |
| SN | 81.6% | 347 |
| L | 81.8% | 609 |
| SY | 81.8% | 468 |
| PR | 81.9% | 431 |
| WA | 81.9% | 929 |
| BD | 81.9% | 753 |
| LL | 82.1% | 481 |
| GU | 82.4% | 409 |
| TN | 82.5% | 388 |
| OX | 82.6% | 288 |
| OL | 82.7% | 359 |
| SK | 82.9% | 375 |
| TW | 83.0% | 264 |
| NN | 83.3% | 436 |
| SA | 83.3% | 1,299 |
| TF | 83.3% | 252 |
| CO | 84.0% | 368 |
| CH | 84.1% | 536 |
| NG | 84.2% | 752 |
| TA | 84.4% | 205 |
| HX | 84.4% | 218 |
| DT | 84.4% | 218 |
| WS | 84.4% | 244 |
| CA | 84.5% | 439 |
| SO | 84.7% | 607 |
| NP | 84.8% | 800 |
| GL | 84.8% | 441 |
| NR | 84.9% | 650 |
| SG | 85.0% | 206 |
| DE | 85.0% | 301 |
| DN | 85.1% | 711 |
| EX | 85.1% | 497 |
| M | 85.1% | 767 |
| MK | 85.4% | 397 |
| PO | 85.5% | 884 |
| ME | 85.5% | 387 |
| B | 85.9% | 933 |
| WR | 85.9% | 255 |
| BH | 85.9% | 298 |
| CV | 86.3% | 466 |
| IP | 86.5% | 399 |
| BB | 86.6% | 357 |
| SS | 86.6% | 269 |
| CM | 86.9% | 358 |
| LE | 86.9% | 459 |
| SE | 87.2% | 203 |
| S | 87.2% | 1,074 |
| RH | 87.5% | 264 |
| DY | 87.6% | 282 |
| WV | 88.1% | 244 |
| PE | 88.2% | 695 |
| UB | 90.1% | 242 |
| DA | 92.2% | 217 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (79.4%), 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 13 points above its own all-years national rate.