Volvo XC40 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area
The Volvo XC40 2019 MOT pass rate by postcode area runs from 95.1% in DE down to 84.5% in HU — 10.7 points apart for the same model, the same model year and the same test. Below are all 88 postcode areas that tested enough of them to publish.
What a 10.7-point gap means
Pinned to one model year, this is not a table of old cars: every 2019 Volvo XC40 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 £20–£48 in parts at this model's typical failure cost .
153 of 170 models by how far apart their best and worst postcode area are. Wider: Ford Kuga (10.7). Narrower: Mercedes-Benz A-Class (10.6).
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 |
|---|---|---|
| HU | 84.5% | 451 |
| EH | 85.2% | 790 |
| WA | 85.4% | 624 |
| BA | 85.7% | 421 |
| TA | 86.6% | 380 |
| N | 86.9% | 275 |
| NR | 87.1% | 657 |
| DD | 87.4% | 285 |
| TN | 87.4% | 667 |
| YO | 88.0% | 1,046 |
| W | 88.0% | 426 |
| NP | 88.1% | 361 |
| KA | 88.6% | 342 |
| M | 88.6% | 228 |
| BN | 88.7% | 538 |
| BR | 88.9% | 253 |
| BH | 89.0% | 562 |
| NN | 89.0% | 692 |
| GU | 89.2% | 733 |
| EX | 89.4% | 811 |
| LA | 89.5% | 304 |
| PE | 89.5% | 877 |
| TR | 89.7% | 416 |
| CB | 89.7% | 436 |
| LS | 89.7% | 533 |
| IV | 89.8% | 372 |
| PO | 89.8% | 569 |
| HD | 89.8% | 314 |
| MK | 89.9% | 622 |
| NG | 89.9% | 884 |
| IP | 90.0% | 683 |
| KT | 90.1% | 566 |
| S | 90.1% | 1,004 |
| AB | 90.3% | 515 |
| HG | 90.4% | 385 |
| SW | 90.5% | 210 |
| SK | 90.6% | 616 |
| TD | 90.7% | 375 |
| CF | 90.8% | 531 |
| BS | 90.9% | 689 |
| PH | 91.0% | 387 |
| WV | 91.0% | 322 |
| CO | 91.0% | 311 |
| NW | 91.1% | 594 |
| SY | 91.1% | 472 |
| ST | 91.2% | 581 |
| LN | 91.2% | 274 |
| SN | 91.3% | 493 |
| FK | 91.3% | 311 |
| L | 91.3% | 242 |
| SG | 91.4% | 256 |
| BD | 91.5% | 423 |
| LU | 91.5% | 212 |
| SE | 91.6% | 438 |
| SR | 91.6% | 249 |
| B | 91.6% | 986 |
| SO | 91.6% | 704 |
| WD | 91.7% | 217 |
| NE | 91.7% | 835 |
| AL | 91.8% | 340 |
| TS | 91.9% | 457 |
| HR | 92.0% | 200 |
| LL | 92.0% | 463 |
| RH | 92.0% | 726 |
| CM | 92.1% | 675 |
| RG | 92.2% | 838 |
| CT | 92.2% | 361 |
| CH | 92.5% | 624 |
| PA | 92.6% | 204 |
| LE | 92.7% | 967 |
| SL | 92.7% | 533 |
| HP | 92.7% | 466 |
| TW | 92.7% | 288 |
| G | 93.0% | 926 |
| WF | 93.0% | 459 |
| CR | 93.1% | 259 |
| CA | 93.3% | 445 |
| GL | 93.6% | 613 |
| DN | 93.9% | 693 |
| CV | 94.0% | 819 |
| OX | 94.0% | 654 |
| WR | 94.0% | 252 |
| SA | 94.2% | 657 |
| ME | 94.2% | 415 |
| DY | 94.2% | 364 |
| PR | 94.3% | 455 |
| BL | 95.1% | 371 |
| DE | 95.1% | 536 |
“vs national” is against this model's own rate across all years (91.5%), 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.