Vauxhall Adam 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Vauxhall Adam 2014 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 82.9% in RM down to 65.9% in DD — 16.9 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 83 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 16.9-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2014 Vauxhall Adam 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 £22–£56 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
83 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Kia Rio (16.9). Narrower: Audi A1 (16.8).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| DD | 65.9% | 226 |
| AB | 67.4% | 396 |
| KY | 67.7% | 371 |
| FK | 70.9% | 299 |
| KA | 70.9% | 354 |
| FY | 71.2% | 257 |
| CW | 72.1% | 358 |
| EH | 72.1% | 628 |
| DL | 72.6% | 486 |
| BH | 72.8% | 345 |
| SR | 72.9% | 476 |
| LS | 73.0% | 640 |
| ML | 73.2% | 306 |
| PL | 73.5% | 339 |
| PO | 73.5% | 555 |
| G | 73.5% | 752 |
| BS | 73.6% | 1,066 |
| NP | 73.9% | 900 |
| CF | 73.9% | 1,796 |
| SA | 74.1% | 742 |
| LN | 74.3% | 393 |
| NE | 74.4% | 1,408 |
| EX | 74.5% | 326 |
| NR | 75.0% | 791 |
| SY | 75.0% | 296 |
| HU | 75.2% | 660 |
| TF | 75.2% | 230 |
| HD | 75.4% | 211 |
| OX | 75.4% | 289 |
| SK | 75.5% | 355 |
| GU | 75.6% | 426 |
| NG | 75.7% | 1,226 |
| WN | 75.7% | 494 |
| SO | 75.8% | 492 |
| CH | 76.1% | 1,161 |
| YO | 76.2% | 521 |
| LL | 76.2% | 437 |
| OL | 76.3% | 507 |
| WF | 76.4% | 639 |
| BN | 76.4% | 364 |
| BL | 76.5% | 413 |
| WA | 76.6% | 679 |
| CO | 76.6% | 338 |
| WS | 76.8% | 738 |
| LE | 76.8% | 842 |
| WV | 76.9% | 347 |
| SN | 77.0% | 269 |
| NN | 77.0% | 744 |
| ST | 77.1% | 638 |
| L | 77.2% | 618 |
| DE | 77.3% | 867 |
| SG | 77.6% | 496 |
| MK | 77.9% | 578 |
| DN | 77.9% | 850 |
| DY | 78.0% | 605 |
| PR | 78.2% | 459 |
| TS | 78.2% | 1,134 |
| BA | 78.2% | 326 |
| PE | 78.4% | 856 |
| DH | 78.5% | 562 |
| GL | 78.6% | 458 |
| M | 78.6% | 828 |
| BD | 78.9% | 360 |
| CV | 79.1% | 546 |
| HP | 79.2% | 308 |
| S | 79.6% | 1,453 |
| BB | 79.6% | 432 |
| ME | 79.7% | 479 |
| WR | 80.0% | 245 |
| B | 80.1% | 1,657 |
| CB | 80.2% | 242 |
| CM | 80.3% | 638 |
| CT | 80.4% | 260 |
| AL | 80.5% | 241 |
| RG | 80.8% | 504 |
| SS | 81.2% | 643 |
| RH | 81.5% | 243 |
| EN | 81.5% | 271 |
| IP | 81.7% | 333 |
| TN | 81.8% | 440 |
| LU | 81.8% | 429 |
| DA | 82.7% | 537 |
| RM | 82.9% | 350 |
“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 4 points above its own all-years national rate.