Vauxhall Zafira 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Vauxhall Zafira 2013 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 88.7% in E down to 62.6% in DD — 26.1 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 112 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 26.1-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2013 Vauxhall Zafira in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.3 extra failures — about £38–£100 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
4 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Fiat Doblo (26.2). Narrower: Renault Megane (26).
Rates are for the 2013 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 | 62.6% | 358 |
| KY | 64.0% | 684 |
| ML | 65.8% | 418 |
| AB | 66.8% | 581 |
| FK | 66.9% | 320 |
| PA | 68.2% | 403 |
| IV | 68.3% | 322 |
| EH | 69.0% | 1,189 |
| SR | 69.9% | 472 |
| LN | 70.7% | 566 |
| SP | 70.8% | 431 |
| KA | 71.1% | 439 |
| G | 71.7% | 1,197 |
| HD | 71.8% | 386 |
| YO | 71.9% | 981 |
| SK | 71.9% | 713 |
| TD | 72.0% | 232 |
| PL | 72.1% | 1,309 |
| DG | 72.4% | 228 |
| TF | 72.5% | 528 |
| CF | 72.6% | 1,877 |
| EX | 72.9% | 1,432 |
| DL | 73.0% | 574 |
| DT | 73.1% | 375 |
| LA | 73.1% | 524 |
| FY | 73.3% | 330 |
| SA | 73.3% | 1,294 |
| HU | 73.5% | 888 |
| ST | 73.6% | 1,125 |
| NE | 73.8% | 2,016 |
| NP | 73.8% | 921 |
| HR | 73.8% | 302 |
| BS | 73.9% | 2,235 |
| BH | 74.1% | 1,024 |
| WN | 74.6% | 527 |
| TR | 74.6% | 488 |
| OL | 74.6% | 630 |
| BN | 74.6% | 1,249 |
| LL | 74.7% | 995 |
| TS | 74.7% | 1,183 |
| BA | 74.8% | 927 |
| PR | 74.9% | 786 |
| WA | 75.0% | 1,109 |
| LS | 75.0% | 1,014 |
| DH | 75.2% | 516 |
| GL | 75.3% | 1,080 |
| SY | 75.4% | 654 |
| NG | 75.5% | 2,253 |
| NR | 75.6% | 1,346 |
| BL | 75.7% | 577 |
| CA | 75.8% | 413 |
| PO | 75.8% | 1,603 |
| WD | 75.9% | 382 |
| BD | 75.9% | 777 |
| CH | 75.9% | 1,945 |
| CW | 76.0% | 550 |
| HX | 76.1% | 243 |
| DN | 76.5% | 1,312 |
| SN | 76.6% | 1,094 |
| NN | 76.9% | 1,272 |
| AL | 77.0% | 374 |
| WS | 77.4% | 851 |
| OX | 77.5% | 1,242 |
| PE | 77.6% | 1,889 |
| WF | 77.6% | 948 |
| WR | 77.8% | 490 |
| CT | 77.9% | 1,265 |
| HG | 77.9% | 213 |
| TQ | 78.0% | 496 |
| IP | 78.2% | 982 |
| MK | 78.6% | 1,147 |
| TA | 78.6% | 625 |
| SO | 78.8% | 1,397 |
| CB | 79.0% | 825 |
| GU | 79.2% | 1,055 |
| HP | 79.4% | 927 |
| CO | 79.5% | 806 |
| M | 79.5% | 1,490 |
| TN | 79.5% | 1,168 |
| DE | 79.6% | 1,448 |
| L | 79.7% | 1,541 |
| SG | 79.8% | 776 |
| S | 79.8% | 2,531 |
| CV | 79.9% | 1,294 |
| DY | 79.9% | 727 |
| LE | 80.1% | 1,790 |
| BB | 80.1% | 755 |
| RH | 80.4% | 886 |
| WV | 80.5% | 692 |
| NW | 80.6% | 489 |
| CM | 81.0% | 868 |
| RG | 81.5% | 1,530 |
| ME | 82.4% | 1,333 |
| SS | 82.5% | 727 |
| LU | 82.8% | 1,165 |
| BR | 83.0% | 417 |
| B | 83.0% | 3,721 |
| KT | 83.5% | 679 |
| TW | 83.8% | 709 |
| CR | 84.2% | 798 |
| UB | 84.8% | 930 |
| SM | 84.9% | 318 |
| DA | 85.1% | 1,175 |
| SL | 85.2% | 568 |
| HA | 85.7% | 693 |
| RM | 86.2% | 921 |
| IG | 86.3% | 415 |
| EN | 86.4% | 506 |
| SE | 87.4% | 1,179 |
| SW | 87.6% | 436 |
| N | 88.3% | 702 |
| E | 88.7% | 996 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (75.7%), 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.