Volkswagen Transporter 2017 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Volkswagen Transporter 2017 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 92.3% in EN down to 73.0% in FK — 19.3 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 102 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 19.3-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2017 Volkswagen Transporter in the data is the same age. Over five annual MOTs the gap between the best and worst area is 1.0 extra failures — about £36–£97 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
47 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Volkswagen Caddy (19.3). Narrower: MINI Mini (19.1).
Rates are for the 2017 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 |
|---|---|---|
| FK | 73.0% | 274 |
| ML | 75.6% | 205 |
| AB | 76.6% | 655 |
| PA | 77.7% | 283 |
| PH | 78.4% | 227 |
| EH | 78.4% | 714 |
| DL | 78.5% | 377 |
| DD | 78.5% | 205 |
| LN | 79.6% | 367 |
| KY | 80.0% | 250 |
| HU | 80.4% | 453 |
| G | 80.6% | 742 |
| BS | 80.8% | 2,017 |
| TQ | 80.9% | 607 |
| LS | 80.9% | 639 |
| IV | 81.0% | 562 |
| DY | 81.0% | 499 |
| NE | 81.0% | 1,053 |
| CO | 81.5% | 432 |
| NP | 81.5% | 731 |
| BD | 81.6% | 651 |
| TF | 81.7% | 306 |
| NR | 81.7% | 728 |
| PL | 81.8% | 1,154 |
| SK | 81.9% | 700 |
| SP | 81.9% | 404 |
| YO | 82.0% | 684 |
| BA | 82.1% | 808 |
| KA | 82.3% | 260 |
| CT | 82.4% | 551 |
| EX | 82.4% | 1,623 |
| BN | 82.5% | 1,106 |
| CF | 82.5% | 1,527 |
| TR | 82.6% | 908 |
| SA | 82.7% | 1,345 |
| CM | 82.8% | 616 |
| BH | 82.9% | 1,338 |
| IP | 82.9% | 715 |
| LE | 83.1% | 1,036 |
| CH | 83.1% | 788 |
| ST | 83.3% | 815 |
| GU | 83.4% | 920 |
| CW | 83.4% | 440 |
| NG | 83.5% | 1,073 |
| WV | 83.6% | 323 |
| PO | 83.7% | 1,225 |
| HR | 83.8% | 402 |
| CR | 83.9% | 465 |
| DN | 83.9% | 751 |
| TA | 83.9% | 628 |
| RH | 84.0% | 742 |
| MK | 84.0% | 606 |
| HX | 84.1% | 208 |
| WN | 84.1% | 309 |
| CB | 84.2% | 366 |
| BL | 84.2% | 366 |
| WA | 84.2% | 581 |
| WS | 84.2% | 583 |
| LL | 84.3% | 1,000 |
| WR | 84.4% | 602 |
| RG | 84.4% | 1,035 |
| OX | 84.5% | 981 |
| TS | 84.5% | 510 |
| CA | 84.5% | 536 |
| GL | 84.5% | 1,267 |
| SO | 84.5% | 1,009 |
| M | 84.6% | 727 |
| NN | 84.8% | 907 |
| NW | 84.8% | 382 |
| TN | 84.9% | 927 |
| LA | 84.9% | 657 |
| SY | 85.0% | 809 |
| KT | 85.2% | 465 |
| PE | 85.2% | 1,015 |
| HD | 85.2% | 264 |
| DE | 85.3% | 953 |
| TW | 85.7% | 453 |
| WF | 85.8% | 494 |
| SG | 85.9% | 446 |
| AL | 85.9% | 220 |
| BB | 85.9% | 433 |
| PR | 86.0% | 585 |
| ME | 86.1% | 481 |
| DT | 86.1% | 410 |
| OL | 86.2% | 289 |
| CV | 86.2% | 1,113 |
| N | 86.2% | 378 |
| SN | 86.4% | 685 |
| L | 86.5% | 475 |
| S | 86.6% | 1,330 |
| HP | 86.7% | 645 |
| SW | 87.1% | 201 |
| SS | 87.3% | 361 |
| B | 87.5% | 1,405 |
| UB | 87.6% | 218 |
| SL | 87.7% | 341 |
| RM | 88.2% | 212 |
| DA | 88.7% | 373 |
| DH | 88.8% | 294 |
| SE | 89.2% | 343 |
| E | 89.8% | 293 |
| EN | 92.3% | 208 |
“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 13 points above its own all-years national rate.
The full table FK area page All Volkswagen Transporter years