MoT Data for Kingston upon Thames

Kingston-upon-Thames is another South-Eastern area with an above average pass rate. Most of the numbers in the tables are green – indicating above average performance.
There are some red numbers in the tables below but they’re not really worth reading into – they either deviate only very slightly from the national average or can be attributed to smaller sample sizes.
Most common reasons for MoT failure
Test Item | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
Lamps, Reflectors and Electrical Equipment | 15.8% | 16.7% | −5% |
Suspension | 7.2% | 12.1% | −40% |
Tyres | 6.1% | 7.2% | −14% |
Driver's view of the road | 5.4% | 6.2% | −13% |
Brakes | 5.1% | 9.0% | −44% |
Exhaust, Fuel and Emissions | 2.3% | 3.6% | −36% |
Steering | 1.2% | 2.3% | −48% |
Seat Belts and Supplementary Restraint Systems | 1.1% | 1.6% | −31% |
MoT failure rates by year of registration
Year of Registration | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
2016 | 82 | 24.4% | 11.6% | +111% |
2015 | 659 | 14.6% | 13.2% | +10% |
2014 | 17,078 | 13.5% | 14.3% | −5% |
2013 | 16,151 | 15.3% | 16.9% | −10% |
2012 | 14,071 | 18.5% | 20.9% | −12% |
2011 | 12,917 | 22.5% | 24.6% | −9% |
2010 | 13,681 | 25.7% | 29.2% | −12% |
2009 | 13,501 | 28.4% | 32.8% | −13% |
2008 | 13,437 | 31.2% | 37.0% | −16% |
2007 | 14,876 | 33.4% | 39.6% | −16% |
2006 | 13,169 | 35.4% | 42.2% | −16% |
2005 | 12,375 | 39.0% | 45.0% | −13% |
2004 | 11,449 | 40.0% | 47.4% | −15% |
2003 | 9,720 | 41.2% | 48.6% | −15% |
2002 | 8,210 | 42.6% | 49.6% | −14% |
2001 | 6,422 | 41.1% | 49.6% | −17% |
2000 | 4,592 | 40.1% | 49.2% | −18% |
1999 | 3,194 | 42.4% | 48.8% | −13% |
1998 | 2,153 | 39.5% | 46.8% | −16% |
1997 | 1,437 | 40.3% | 45.5% | −11% |
1996 | 970 | 37.1% | 44.2% | −16% |
1995 | 714 | 32.5% | 42.3% | −23% |
1994 | 516 | 33.3% | 41.0% | −19% |
1993 | 380 | 36.8% | 40.5% | −9% |
1992 | 324 | 35.8% | 39.1% | −8% |
1991 | 401 | 35.7% | 38.9% | −8% |
1990 | 302 | 32.1% | 37.1% | −14% |
1989 | 259 | 33.6% | 35.2% | −4% |
1988 | 186 | 28.5% | 35.0% | −19% |
1987 | 126 | 23.8% | 34.4% | −31% |
1986 | 93 | 19.4% | 34.0% | −43% |
1985 | 62 | 30.6% | 33.9% | −10% |
1984 | 66 | 34.8% | 32.7% | +7% |
1983 | 59 | 39.0% | 32.7% | +19% |
1980 | 66 | 24.2% | 29.2% | −17% |
1978 | 60 | 33.3% | 29.0% | +15% |
1973 | 57 | 22.8% | 25.8% | −12% |
1972 | 68 | 23.5% | 24.3% | −3% |
1971 | 311 | 21.9% | 24.9% | −12% |
1970 | 104 | 26.0% | 23.8% | +9% |
1969 | 108 | 23.1% | 24.8% | −7% |
1968 | 88 | 18.2% | 23.4% | −22% |
1967 | 109 | 20.2% | 23.4% | −14% |
1966 | 79 | 22.8% | 22.4% | +2% |
1965 | 87 | 9.2% | 21.6% | −57% |
1964 | 76 | 10.5% | 20.7% | −49% |
MoT failure rates by make
Make | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
Aston Martin | 710 | 8.0% | 14.2% | −43% |
Bentley | 512 | 10.9% | 13.2% | −17% |
Ferrari | 192 | 11.5% | 11.4% | +0% |
Triumph | 169 | 17.8% | 29.9% | −41% |
MINI | 1,938 | 18.9% | 29.3% | −36% |
Dacia | 166 | 19.9% | 20.3% | −2% |
Porsche | 2,232 | 20.3% | 19.3% | +5% |
Subaru | 705 | 22.0% | 32.8% | −33% |
Honda | 13,868 | 22.5% | 31.1% | −28% |
Audi | 11,399 | 22.7% | 25.5% | −11% |
Lotus | 434 | 23.7% | 20.4% | +17% |
Skoda | 3,367 | 24.4% | 28.3% | −14% |
Lexus | 1,105 | 24.6% | 23.4% | +5% |
BMW | 13,339 | 25.2% | 26.9% | −6% |
Kia | 3,286 | 25.6% | 30.7% | −17% |
smart | 261 | 26.1% | 30.4% | −14% |
Jaguar | 2,932 | 28.0% | 31.3% | −10% |
Land Rover | 4,857 | 28.3% | 31.0% | −9% |
Suzuki | 1,400 | 28.4% | 32.4% | −12% |
Mercedes-Benz | 9,189 | 29.1% | 30.4% | −4% |
Alfa Romeo | 908 | 29.2% | 36.8% | −21% |
Hyundai | 3,164 | 30.2% | 29.4% | +3% |
Mazda | 4,040 | 30.5% | 32.2% | −6% |
Volkswagen | 23,173 | 30.7% | 33.1% | −7% |
Jeep | 409 | 31.3% | 36.0% | −13% |
FIAT | 4,844 | 31.6% | 36.8% | −14% |
Nissan | 9,630 | 31.7% | 33.3% | −5% |
Toyota | 8,713 | 31.9% | 30.1% | +6% |
SAAB | 1,326 | 32.1% | 40.6% | −21% |
SEAT | 1,670 | 32.2% | 32.6% | −1% |
Ford | 28,554 | 32.2% | 35.2% | −8% |
Mitsubishi | 1,453 | 32.8% | 36.4% | −10% |
MG | 693 | 33.3% | 41.7% | −20% |
Daihatsu | 205 | 33.7% | 36.1% | −7% |
Vauxhall | 18,686 | 34.2% | 39.0% | −12% |
Volvo | 4,622 | 34.5% | 35.1% | −2% |
Peugeot | 10,367 | 36.0% | 40.4% | −11% |
Chevrolet | 619 | 36.0% | 40.5% | −11% |
Rover | 689 | 37.2% | 47.0% | −21% |
Citroen | 5,204 | 38.7% | 40.6% | −5% |
Daewoo | 122 | 39.3% | 55.6% | −29% |
Renault | 6,676 | 42.9% | 47.4% | −10% |
Chrysler | 483 | 43.3% | 41.8% | +4% |
LTI | 285 | 43.5% | 37.1% | +17% |
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