MoT Data for Northampton
Northampton has a below average overall pass rate and the tables below show a lot of red, indicating pass rates below the national average for most common failure items, car manufacturers and years of manufacture - with a few exceptions.
The best performing maker with more than 1000 cars tested was Porsche, with a failure rate of 21% - 2 percent better than the national average for Porsche.
Most common reasons for MoT failure
| Test Item | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Lamps, Reflectors and Electrical Equipment | 18.3% | 16.7% | +9% |
| Suspension | 13.5% | 12.1% | +12% |
| Brakes | 10.0% | 9.0% | +11% |
| Tyres | 7.2% | 7.2% | +1% |
| Driver's view of the road | 6.8% | 6.2% | +9% |
| Exhaust, Fuel and Emissions | 4.1% | 3.6% | +14% |
| Steering | 2.4% | 2.3% | +6% |
| Seat Belts and Supplementary Restraint Systems | 1.7% | 1.6% | +5% |
| Body, Structure and General Items | 1.1% | 1.1% | −2% |
MoT failure rates by year of registration
| Year of Registration | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| 2016 | 66 | 9.1% | 11.6% | −22% |
| 2015 | 927 | 10.7% | 13.2% | −19% |
| 2014 | 22,953 | 14.6% | 14.3% | +2% |
| 2013 | 20,757 | 18.1% | 16.9% | +7% |
| 2012 | 18,612 | 22.7% | 20.9% | +9% |
| 2011 | 17,667 | 26.5% | 24.6% | +8% |
| 2010 | 17,849 | 31.4% | 29.2% | +8% |
| 2009 | 16,560 | 35.6% | 32.8% | +9% |
| 2008 | 18,208 | 39.4% | 37.0% | +6% |
| 2007 | 20,417 | 42.9% | 39.6% | +8% |
| 2006 | 19,227 | 45.6% | 42.2% | +8% |
| 2005 | 18,162 | 48.6% | 45.0% | +8% |
| 2004 | 16,856 | 51.7% | 47.4% | +9% |
| 2003 | 14,799 | 52.4% | 48.6% | +8% |
| 2002 | 11,726 | 53.1% | 49.6% | +7% |
| 2001 | 8,234 | 52.8% | 49.6% | +6% |
| 2000 | 4,994 | 52.5% | 49.2% | +7% |
| 1999 | 3,269 | 50.4% | 48.8% | +3% |
| 1998 | 1,972 | 48.8% | 46.8% | +4% |
| 1997 | 1,318 | 46.5% | 45.5% | +2% |
| 1996 | 874 | 44.6% | 44.2% | +1% |
| 1995 | 623 | 42.7% | 42.3% | +1% |
| 1994 | 442 | 36.4% | 41.0% | −11% |
| 1993 | 343 | 40.5% | 40.5% | +0% |
| 1992 | 303 | 37.3% | 39.1% | −5% |
| 1991 | 344 | 39.0% | 38.9% | +0% |
| 1990 | 332 | 36.7% | 37.1% | −1% |
| 1989 | 281 | 31.0% | 35.2% | −12% |
| 1988 | 173 | 32.9% | 35.0% | −6% |
| 1987 | 145 | 37.9% | 34.4% | +10% |
| 1986 | 122 | 33.6% | 34.0% | −1% |
| 1985 | 103 | 26.2% | 33.9% | −23% |
| 1984 | 79 | 43.0% | 32.7% | +32% |
| 1983 | 76 | 27.6% | 32.7% | −15% |
| 1982 | 53 | 34.0% | 32.6% | +4% |
| 1981 | 57 | 33.3% | 32.6% | +2% |
| 1980 | 70 | 35.7% | 29.2% | +22% |
| 1979 | 87 | 28.7% | 28.7% | −0% |
| 1978 | 72 | 30.6% | 29.0% | +5% |
| 1977 | 63 | 31.7% | 28.8% | +10% |
| 1976 | 61 | 29.5% | 29.3% | +1% |
| 1975 | 62 | 21.0% | 27.5% | −24% |
| 1974 | 51 | 19.6% | 25.0% | −21% |
| 1973 | 74 | 13.5% | 25.8% | −48% |
| 1972 | 70 | 17.1% | 24.3% | −29% |
| 1971 | 397 | 25.9% | 24.9% | +4% |
| 1970 | 131 | 26.0% | 23.8% | +9% |
| 1969 | 92 | 32.6% | 24.8% | +31% |
| 1968 | 111 | 20.7% | 23.4% | −11% |
| 1967 | 102 | 18.6% | 23.4% | −20% |
| 1966 | 93 | 30.1% | 22.4% | +34% |
| 1965 | 81 | 24.7% | 21.6% | +14% |
| 1964 | 64 | 17.2% | 20.7% | −17% |
| 1963 | 64 | 23.4% | 20.2% | +16% |
| 1960 | 51 | 11.8% | 19.5% | −40% |
MoT failure rates by make
| Make | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Ferrari | 142 | 4.2% | 11.4% | −63% |
| Bentley | 106 | 7.5% | 13.2% | −43% |
| Aston Martin | 139 | 14.4% | 14.2% | +1% |
| Abarth | 122 | 15.6% | 25.3% | −38% |
| Porsche | 1,611 | 17.4% | 19.3% | −10% |
| MINI | 1,346 | 19.2% | 29.3% | −35% |
| Lotus | 215 | 20.5% | 20.4% | +1% |
| Triumph | 255 | 23.1% | 29.9% | −23% |
| Dacia | 410 | 26.1% | 20.3% | +29% |
| Audi | 12,127 | 28.4% | 25.5% | +11% |
| BMW | 10,524 | 29.6% | 26.9% | +10% |
| Land Rover | 6,869 | 30.3% | 31.0% | −2% |
| Skoda | 4,825 | 30.4% | 28.3% | +7% |
| Toyota | 10,927 | 31.6% | 30.1% | +5% |
| Lexus | 801 | 31.7% | 23.4% | +35% |
| Hyundai | 5,199 | 32.5% | 29.4% | +10% |
| Mazda | 5,025 | 32.5% | 32.2% | +1% |
| Jaguar | 3,195 | 32.8% | 31.3% | +5% |
| Jeep | 623 | 33.9% | 36.0% | −6% |
| Subaru | 831 | 34.1% | 32.8% | +4% |
| smart | 193 | 34.2% | 30.4% | +13% |
| Volkswagen | 29,644 | 34.4% | 33.1% | +4% |
| Honda | 8,204 | 34.9% | 31.1% | +12% |
| Suzuki | 3,463 | 35.1% | 32.4% | +8% |
| Nissan | 11,754 | 35.5% | 33.3% | +6% |
| MG | 1,073 | 35.5% | 41.7% | −15% |
| SEAT | 3,891 | 36.2% | 32.6% | +11% |
| Mitsubishi | 2,905 | 36.6% | 36.4% | +1% |
| Alfa Romeo | 1,031 | 36.8% | 36.8% | −0% |
| FIAT | 8,981 | 36.9% | 36.8% | +0% |
| Kia | 4,048 | 37.3% | 30.7% | +21% |
| Volvo | 4,415 | 37.4% | 35.1% | +7% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 7,372 | 37.4% | 30.4% | +23% |
| Isuzu | 331 | 38.1% | 43.9% | −13% |
| Daihatsu | 336 | 39.0% | 36.1% | +8% |
| Ford | 48,565 | 39.7% | 35.2% | +13% |
| Dodge | 193 | 41.5% | 42.4% | −2% |
| Peugeot | 18,237 | 41.9% | 40.4% | +4% |
| Chevrolet | 1,291 | 42.2% | 40.5% | +4% |
| Vauxhall | 40,601 | 42.3% | 39.0% | +9% |
| SAAB | 1,434 | 42.3% | 40.6% | +4% |
| Citroen | 10,762 | 43.8% | 40.6% | +8% |
| Chrysler | 599 | 44.7% | 41.8% | +7% |
| Rover | 1,076 | 50.3% | 47.0% | +7% |
| Renault | 12,827 | 50.7% | 47.4% | +7% |
| LTI | 171 | 57.3% | 37.1% | +55% |
| Daewoo | 276 | 57.6% | 55.6% | +4% |
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Danny Chapman on 9 June 2014
Could you expand this slightly to cover the likes of Ruhden and Higham Ferrers?
Some of the garages round here seem to be a bit dubious IMO, for example HiQ in Rushden told me I needed new suspension arms to pass an MOT, when I told them that I had them done for the MOT the year before, I suddenly didn't need them.
Danny
wearedapa.co.uk
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