MoT Data for Portsmouth
As is fairly typical for postcodes representing coastal areas, the MoT pass rare for PO areas is below average, with red numbers in the tables below showing poorer performance than is typical across the rest of the country.
The best performing manufacturers are fairly typical - Porsche, Aston Martin and Honda come out on the top of the manufacturer table for PO postcodes. Renault, Talbot and Daewoo are at the bottom.
Most common reasons for MoT failure
| Test Item | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Lamps, Reflectors and Electrical Equipment | 23.5% | 20.2% | +16% |
| Suspension | 14.1% | 13.5% | +4% |
| Brakes | 11.0% | 11.0% | −0% |
| Tyres | 10.7% | 8.5% | +25% |
| Driver's view of the road | 9.3% | 7.6% | +21% |
| Exhaust, Fuel and Emissions | 6.2% | 5.2% | +20% |
| Steering | 3.4% | 3.4% | +1% |
| Seat Belts and Supplementary Restraint Systems | 2.9% | 2.0% | +42% |
| Body, Structure and General Items | 1.4% | 1.5% | −3% |
| Registration plates and VIN | 1.1% | 0.9% | +18% |
MoT failure rates by year of registration
| Year of Registration | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| 2011 | 99 | 17.2% | 13.8% | +25% |
| 2010 | 15,875 | 20.0% | 18.4% | +9% |
| 2009 | 25,085 | 20.3% | 19.6% | +4% |
| 2008 | 24,835 | 26.1% | 24.6% | +6% |
| 2007 | 28,466 | 29.7% | 28.8% | +3% |
| 2006 | 28,375 | 34.9% | 33.2% | +5% |
| 2005 | 29,893 | 40.4% | 38.4% | +5% |
| 2004 | 31,997 | 45.9% | 43.1% | +7% |
| 2003 | 32,363 | 50.0% | 46.5% | +8% |
| 2002 | 31,312 | 53.6% | 49.2% | +9% |
| 2001 | 28,000 | 56.3% | 51.4% | +10% |
| 2000 | 22,326 | 59.6% | 53.6% | +11% |
| 1999 | 17,075 | 61.8% | 54.8% | +13% |
| 1998 | 12,398 | 62.0% | 54.6% | +14% |
| 1997 | 8,774 | 61.9% | 54.3% | +14% |
| 1996 | 5,751 | 63.1% | 54.0% | +17% |
| 1995 | 3,811 | 62.2% | 52.5% | +18% |
| 1994 | 2,688 | 59.9% | 51.1% | +17% |
| 1993 | 1,752 | 58.4% | 50.3% | +16% |
| 1992 | 1,228 | 56.4% | 47.3% | +19% |
| 1991 | 1,024 | 56.4% | 46.0% | +23% |
| 1990 | 1,000 | 54.8% | 45.3% | +21% |
| 1989 | 732 | 55.3% | 44.5% | +24% |
| 1988 | 497 | 55.3% | 43.4% | +28% |
| 1987 | 313 | 59.1% | 42.7% | +38% |
| 1986 | 267 | 55.4% | 41.7% | +33% |
| 1985 | 193 | 55.4% | 40.9% | +36% |
| 1984 | 162 | 51.9% | 41.2% | +26% |
| 1983 | 117 | 56.4% | 41.4% | +36% |
| 1982 | 103 | 50.5% | 40.4% | +25% |
| 1981 | 89 | 37.1% | 37.4% | −1% |
| 1980 | 114 | 50.0% | 36.6% | +36% |
| 1979 | 99 | 51.5% | 36.0% | +43% |
| 1978 | 97 | 45.4% | 34.9% | +30% |
| 1977 | 86 | 52.3% | 34.8% | +50% |
| 1976 | 67 | 37.3% | 36.6% | +2% |
| 1975 | 68 | 44.1% | 34.7% | +27% |
| 1973 | 92 | 38.0% | 29.3% | +30% |
| 1972 | 73 | 34.2% | 26.6% | +29% |
| 1971 | 596 | 43.5% | 31.5% | +38% |
| 1970 | 137 | 39.4% | 29.0% | +36% |
| 1969 | 133 | 35.3% | 28.8% | +23% |
| 1968 | 137 | 41.6% | 27.8% | +50% |
| 1967 | 125 | 44.0% | 27.7% | +59% |
| 1966 | 104 | 35.6% | 27.0% | +32% |
| 1965 | 85 | 28.2% | 25.5% | +11% |
| 1964 | 70 | 25.7% | 24.8% | +4% |
| 1963 | 62 | 32.3% | 24.8% | +30% |
| 1962 | 51 | 35.3% | 23.3% | +52% |
| 1960 | 61 | 36.1% | 23.9% | +51% |
MoT failure rates by make
| Make | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Porsche | 1,127 | 20.9% | 21.4% | −3% |
| Aston Martin | 198 | 24.2% | 13.3% | +83% |
| Honda | 13,943 | 30.2% | 31.0% | −2% |
| Lotus | 143 | 31.5% | 25.1% | +25% |
| smart | 1,141 | 32.7% | 31.2% | +5% |
| Chevrolet | 874 | 33.2% | 32.0% | +4% |
| Lexus | 736 | 33.8% | 25.3% | +34% |
| Toyota | 17,846 | 34.0% | 30.2% | +12% |
| Kia | 7,291 | 34.0% | 33.3% | +2% |
| Hyundai | 9,745 | 35.5% | 33.4% | +6% |
| MINI | 4,981 | 35.7% | 32.4% | +10% |
| Mazda | 7,859 | 36.7% | 32.8% | +12% |
| Jaguar | 3,524 | 36.8% | 32.2% | +14% |
| Dodge | 151 | 37.1% | 35.9% | +3% |
| Audi | 9,706 | 37.3% | 30.5% | +22% |
| Triumph | 363 | 38.3% | 39.4% | −3% |
| Suzuki | 5,661 | 38.5% | 34.2% | +13% |
| BMW | 10,183 | 38.6% | 32.2% | +20% |
| Perodua | 197 | 39.1% | 31.3% | +25% |
| Skoda | 6,840 | 39.2% | 35.0% | +12% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 13,071 | 39.8% | 31.6% | +26% |
| SAAB | 2,857 | 41.7% | 36.7% | +14% |
| Isuzu | 278 | 42.1% | 42.0% | +0% |
| Mitsubishi | 3,754 | 42.1% | 38.4% | +10% |
| Subaru | 934 | 42.6% | 33.7% | +26% |
| Daihatsu | 1,121 | 43.2% | 36.2% | +19% |
| SEAT | 4,453 | 43.5% | 37.9% | +15% |
| Nissan | 14,921 | 44.3% | 38.7% | +14% |
| Land Rover | 6,418 | 44.4% | 36.4% | +22% |
| Volkswagen | 29,498 | 45.6% | 37.1% | +23% |
| FIAT | 9,997 | 45.7% | 43.4% | +5% |
| Proton | 331 | 47.1% | 45.4% | +4% |
| Jeep | 871 | 47.4% | 38.6% | +23% |
| Ford | 65,089 | 48.5% | 40.7% | +19% |
| Volvo | 5,869 | 48.5% | 40.5% | +20% |
| Vauxhall | 43,638 | 48.9% | 43.1% | +13% |
| Alfa Romeo | 1,283 | 48.9% | 44.4% | +10% |
| Citroen | 19,375 | 49.7% | 44.2% | +13% |
| MG | 1,809 | 50.6% | 47.4% | +7% |
| Chrysler | 1,103 | 52.3% | 45.3% | +15% |
| Peugeot | 28,504 | 53.6% | 46.2% | +16% |
| Rover | 4,897 | 53.9% | 48.8% | +11% |
| Renault | 22,574 | 55.4% | 51.1% | +8% |
| Talbot | 238 | 58.4% | 50.6% | +15% |
| Daewoo | 1,264 | 62.1% | 54.5% | +14% |
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