MoT Data for Southampton

There's a lot of red in the Southampton tables, which isn't unusual for a coastal area. Most of the items in the common causes for failure table have higher than average failure rates and it's the same story in the tables for year of registration and manufacturer.

The best performing car maker is Ferrari, but very few were tested. The best manufacturer with more than 1000 models tested is Lexus, with a pass rate of 75.4%.

Most common reasons for MoT failure

Test Item Failure Rate National Failure Rate Relative Rate
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 9.4% 11.9% −21%
Suspension 7.1% 9.6% −25%
Tyres 5.4% 5.8% −7%
Brakes 5.2% 7.7% −33%
Visibility 5.0% 5.3% −7%
Noise, emissions and leaks 3.0% 3.6% −15%
Body, chassis, structure 3.0% 4.1% −28%
Steering 1.4% 1.9% −27%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems 1.1% 1.3% −15%

MoT failure rates by year of registration

Year of Registration Tests Failure Rate National Failure Rate Relative Rate
2021 240 20.0% 17.5% +14%
2020 203 19.7% 16.7% +18%
2019 1,139 8.6% 10.3% −16%
2018 24,356 10.8% 11.7% −8%
2017 26,723 12.5% 13.2% −5%
2016 27,586 15.0% 16.5% −9%
2015 27,410 17.5% 19.5% −10%
2014 25,972 20.8% 23.0% −10%
2013 23,862 25.0% 27.2% −8%
2012 20,972 27.6% 30.5% −9%
2011 19,754 31.5% 33.4% −6%
2010 20,253 34.7% 36.8% −6%
2009 19,236 37.3% 39.1% −4%
2008 18,147 40.1% 41.5% −3%
2007 18,317 42.5% 42.6% −0%
2006 15,073 44.3% 43.9% +1%
2005 12,406 44.6% 44.9% −1%
2004 10,089 46.9% 45.7% +3%
2003 7,951 47.0% 45.6% +3%
2002 5,773 46.4% 45.2% +2%
2001 3,885 43.6% 43.9% −1%
2000 2,529 45.7% 42.5% +8%
1999 1,642 43.0% 40.8% +5%
1998 1,214 40.0% 38.5% +4%
1997 811 43.0% 37.5% +15%
1996 516 42.6% 36.5% +17%
1995 399 33.3% 35.3% −6%
1994 298 36.6% 34.4% +6%
1993 299 45.5% 34.7% +31%
1992 257 36.2% 32.9% +10%
1991 258 37.6% 32.3% +16%
1990 283 34.3% 30.9% +11%
1989 254 37.0% 29.6% +25%
1988 202 30.2% 30.2% −0%
1987 142 40.1% 29.5% +36%
1986 124 28.2% 28.9% −2%
1985 96 36.5% 28.3% +29%
1984 69 39.1% 28.1% +39%
1983 89 22.5% 27.5% −18%
1982 53 28.3% 27.4% +3%
1981 60 43.3% 25.3% +71%
1972 55 21.8% 20.2% +8%

MoT failure rates by make

Make Tests Failure Rate National Failure Rate Relative Rate
Ferrari 597 3.0% 6.9% −56%
Maserati 226 8.4% 16.1% −48%
Aston Martin 179 11.7% 10.3% +14%
Bentley 361 13.0% 10.3% +26%
Lexus 2,650 18.5% 18.7% −1%
Tesla 193 18.7% 13.3% +40%
Skoda 12,641 20.4% 23.5% −13%
Abarth 353 20.7% 20.8% −0%
Porsche 1,610 20.7% 14.9% +39%
Dacia 1,184 21.6% 24.7% −12%
Triumph 133 21.8% 22.7% −4%
Audi 16,768 23.0% 22.3% +3%
Lotus 133 24.1% 17.8% +35%
Hyundai 12,583 24.5% 26.1% −6%
Jaguar 4,142 24.7% 23.9% +3%
Kia 10,055 24.9% 26.5% −6%
Toyota 16,245 25.5% 27.1% −6%
BMW 19,800 25.8% 22.9% +13%
Mercedes-Benz 12,270 26.3% 22.3% +18%
Suzuki 5,395 26.5% 27.5% −4%
Mazda 8,898 26.7% 28.2% −5%
Volvo 7,593 26.8% 28.9% −7%
Land Rover 10,021 27.5% 25.2% +9%
MINI 9,069 27.7% 25.5% +9%
Honda 13,972 28.1% 28.2% −1%
SsangYong 135 28.1% 30.6% −8%
SEAT 5,602 28.4% 27.1% +5%
MG 698 28.9% 28.9% +0%
FIAT 9,309 29.7% 32.2% −8%
Nissan 17,380 30.4% 29.5% +3%
Volkswagen 38,138 30.9% 29.0% +6%
Alfa Romeo 1,062 31.1% 33.7% −8%
Jeep 796 31.8% 26.1% +22%
Ford 60,621 32.6% 31.5% +4%
Vauxhall 38,324 33.5% 34.2% −2%
Mitsubishi 2,996 33.8% 28.7% +18%
Peugeot 17,261 34.2% 34.0% +0%
Subaru 863 34.3% 27.8% +23%
smart 189 35.4% 31.9% +11%
Daihatsu 235 36.6% 36.3% +1%
DS 1,182 36.7% 36.3% +1%
Isuzu 549 37.9% 40.7% −7%
Citroen 10,644 38.2% 34.2% +12%
Renault 11,133 38.7% 38.6% +0%
Rover 391 41.7% 42.5% −2%
Chevrolet 981 43.4% 45.1% −4%
SAAB 1,164 44.8% 39.5% +13%
Dodge 103 45.6% 40.6% +12%
Chrysler 314 47.5% 41.2% +15%
Talbot 119 54.6% 47.1% +16%
Daewoo 132 57.6% 53.3% +8%

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