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 | 12.5% | 11.9% | +5% |
| Suspension | 10.4% | 9.6% | +9% |
| Brakes | 8.4% | 7.7% | +9% |
| Tyres | 5.7% | 5.8% | −2% |
| Visibility | 5.6% | 5.3% | +4% |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4.5% | 4.1% | +9% |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4.1% | 3.6% | +14% |
| Steering | 2.0% | 1.9% | +5% |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1.4% | 1.3% | +8% |
MoT failure rates by year of registration
| Year of Registration | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| 2019 | 53 | 1.9% | 3.1% | −40% |
| 2018 | 99 | 5.1% | 8.2% | −38% |
| 2017 | 1,295 | 10.1% | 10.2% | −1% |
| 2016 | 31,904 | 14.4% | 12.8% | +12% |
| 2015 | 30,122 | 16.6% | 15.6% | +7% |
| 2014 | 28,202 | 20.7% | 19.2% | +8% |
| 2013 | 25,600 | 24.8% | 23.1% | +7% |
| 2012 | 22,433 | 29.0% | 26.9% | +8% |
| 2011 | 21,367 | 31.7% | 30.2% | +5% |
| 2010 | 21,605 | 36.6% | 34.4% | +6% |
| 2009 | 19,884 | 39.4% | 37.0% | +6% |
| 2008 | 21,278 | 43.3% | 40.4% | +7% |
| 2007 | 22,938 | 45.1% | 42.1% | +7% |
| 2006 | 20,083 | 46.7% | 44.1% | +6% |
| 2005 | 17,195 | 48.4% | 46.0% | +5% |
| 2004 | 14,969 | 50.2% | 47.6% | +6% |
| 2003 | 11,946 | 50.2% | 47.9% | +5% |
| 2002 | 8,592 | 51.1% | 48.1% | +6% |
| 2001 | 5,654 | 50.3% | 47.6% | +6% |
| 2000 | 3,244 | 49.0% | 46.4% | +6% |
| 1999 | 2,137 | 49.7% | 44.9% | +11% |
| 1998 | 1,367 | 43.6% | 42.5% | +3% |
| 1997 | 982 | 42.9% | 41.2% | +4% |
| 1996 | 700 | 41.6% | 39.9% | +4% |
| 1995 | 552 | 35.3% | 38.5% | −8% |
| 1994 | 408 | 37.5% | 37.4% | +0% |
| 1993 | 317 | 36.3% | 36.8% | −1% |
| 1992 | 305 | 33.8% | 35.9% | −6% |
| 1991 | 343 | 37.9% | 35.0% | +8% |
| 1990 | 364 | 34.9% | 33.1% | +5% |
| 1989 | 275 | 36.4% | 32.0% | +14% |
| 1988 | 188 | 34.0% | 32.0% | +6% |
| 1987 | 152 | 27.0% | 30.6% | −12% |
| 1986 | 139 | 30.2% | 31.3% | −4% |
| 1985 | 123 | 33.3% | 30.1% | +11% |
| 1984 | 98 | 30.6% | 29.0% | +6% |
| 1983 | 85 | 32.9% | 28.4% | +16% |
| 1982 | 72 | 29.2% | 29.1% | +0% |
| 1981 | 64 | 29.7% | 27.7% | +7% |
| 1980 | 67 | 25.4% | 26.4% | −4% |
| 1979 | 79 | 26.6% | 24.0% | +11% |
| 1978 | 51 | 25.5% | 24.5% | +4% |
| 1971 | 168 | 25.0% | 22.4% | +12% |
| 1970 | 54 | 16.7% | 20.7% | −20% |
| 1968 | 51 | 27.5% | 19.2% | +43% |
MoT failure rates by make
| Make | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Ferrari | 127 | 8.7% | 9.8% | −12% |
| Aston Martin | 177 | 10.2% | 12.5% | −18% |
| Bentley | 138 | 12.3% | 12.4% | −0% |
| Porsche | 2,443 | 17.9% | 16.9% | +6% |
| Lotus | 260 | 19.6% | 18.4% | +7% |
| Abarth | 246 | 20.7% | 23.6% | −12% |
| Skoda | 6,772 | 26.4% | 25.9% | +2% |
| Jeep | 1,090 | 26.8% | 28.1% | −5% |
| Audi | 17,313 | 27.2% | 24.0% | +13% |
| Triumph | 143 | 27.3% | 32.1% | −15% |
| SsangYong | 209 | 27.8% | 31.6% | −12% |
| Lexus | 958 | 27.8% | 21.7% | +28% |
| Land Rover | 9,361 | 27.8% | 28.1% | −1% |
| BMW | 17,664 | 27.9% | 25.1% | +11% |
| Dacia | 1,029 | 28.3% | 23.3% | +21% |
| Jaguar | 3,948 | 29.2% | 28.2% | +3% |
| Subaru | 952 | 29.3% | 30.0% | −2% |
| MINI | 8,349 | 29.4% | 27.2% | +8% |
| Hyundai | 7,331 | 29.8% | 28.0% | +6% |
| Mazda | 6,566 | 30.3% | 30.4% | −0% |
| Toyota | 13,946 | 30.6% | 29.3% | +4% |
| Isuzu | 503 | 30.8% | 42.3% | −27% |
| Suzuki | 4,321 | 31.3% | 30.5% | +3% |
| Volkswagen | 38,117 | 31.7% | 31.7% | +0% |
| FIAT | 11,200 | 32.7% | 33.7% | −3% |
| Nissan | 18,173 | 32.8% | 31.3% | +5% |
| Mitsubishi | 3,671 | 33.4% | 32.5% | +3% |
| MG | 900 | 33.7% | 35.0% | −4% |
| Volvo | 5,763 | 33.8% | 32.6% | +4% |
| Honda | 10,215 | 34.0% | 30.7% | +11% |
| SEAT | 4,972 | 34.4% | 31.1% | +10% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 9,489 | 34.4% | 29.1% | +18% |
| Kia | 6,071 | 34.5% | 29.0% | +19% |
| Alfa Romeo | 1,170 | 35.0% | 34.9% | +1% |
| smart | 228 | 35.5% | 31.6% | +12% |
| Daihatsu | 307 | 36.2% | 37.3% | −3% |
| SAAB | 1,313 | 36.3% | 40.7% | −11% |
| Ford | 60,037 | 37.4% | 33.5% | +12% |
| Chrysler | 528 | 37.7% | 42.4% | −11% |
| DS | 1,480 | 38.3% | 32.4% | +18% |
| Peugeot | 21,293 | 38.4% | 37.1% | +4% |
| Vauxhall | 49,010 | 38.9% | 36.2% | +8% |
| Citroen | 11,233 | 41.8% | 37.6% | +11% |
| Rover | 700 | 45.3% | 45.4% | −0% |
| Chevrolet | 1,367 | 46.2% | 43.9% | +5% |
| Renault | 14,494 | 46.4% | 43.2% | +7% |
| Dodge | 203 | 50.2% | 43.8% | +15% |
| Daewoo | 154 | 59.1% | 55.6% | +6% |
| LTI | 172 | 69.8% | 40.0% | +75% |
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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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