MoT Data for Watford
Watford (WD), like most London and South Eastern areas, has an above average pass rate, with lots of green numbers in the tables below. Cars here have lower than average failure rates on all the main items tested.
The green numbers, which indicate better than average performance, continue in the failure rates by year of registration and failure rates my manufacturer tables. Mazda is the best performing manufacturer, followed by Porsche and Skoda, while the worst three are Rover, Renault and Daewoo.
Most common reasons for MoT failure
| Test Item | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 8.7% | 11.9% | −27% |
| Suspension | 6.7% | 9.6% | −30% |
| Tyres | 5.1% | 5.8% | −12% |
| Visibility | 5.1% | 5.3% | −5% |
| Brakes | 4.8% | 7.7% | −37% |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2.7% | 3.6% | −24% |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2.5% | 4.1% | −40% |
| Steering | 1.0% | 1.9% | −46% |
MoT failure rates by year of registration
| Year of Registration | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| 2020 | 55 | 16.4% | 16.7% | −2% |
| 2019 | 488 | 13.3% | 10.3% | +30% |
| 2018 | 13,358 | 12.2% | 11.7% | +5% |
| 2017 | 11,800 | 13.3% | 13.2% | +0% |
| 2016 | 11,373 | 16.4% | 16.5% | −0% |
| 2015 | 10,360 | 18.8% | 19.5% | −3% |
| 2014 | 9,263 | 22.2% | 23.0% | −4% |
| 2013 | 8,288 | 26.6% | 27.2% | −2% |
| 2012 | 7,142 | 29.1% | 30.5% | −5% |
| 2011 | 6,520 | 33.7% | 33.4% | +1% |
| 2010 | 6,546 | 35.3% | 36.8% | −4% |
| 2009 | 6,049 | 38.1% | 39.1% | −2% |
| 2008 | 5,633 | 40.0% | 41.5% | −4% |
| 2007 | 5,457 | 41.6% | 42.6% | −2% |
| 2006 | 4,356 | 41.5% | 43.9% | −6% |
| 2005 | 3,736 | 42.7% | 44.9% | −5% |
| 2004 | 3,024 | 45.7% | 45.7% | +0% |
| 2003 | 2,248 | 43.7% | 45.6% | −4% |
| 2002 | 1,645 | 40.3% | 45.2% | −11% |
| 2001 | 1,108 | 42.3% | 43.9% | −4% |
| 2000 | 705 | 43.8% | 42.5% | +3% |
| 1999 | 501 | 42.5% | 40.8% | +4% |
| 1998 | 357 | 38.7% | 38.5% | +0% |
| 1997 | 236 | 38.1% | 37.5% | +2% |
| 1996 | 127 | 39.4% | 36.5% | +8% |
| 1995 | 111 | 34.2% | 35.3% | −3% |
| 1994 | 88 | 30.7% | 34.4% | −11% |
| 1993 | 75 | 44.0% | 34.7% | +27% |
| 1992 | 67 | 26.9% | 32.9% | −18% |
| 1991 | 60 | 38.3% | 32.3% | +19% |
| 1990 | 90 | 30.0% | 30.9% | −3% |
| 1989 | 55 | 21.8% | 29.6% | −26% |
MoT failure rates by make
| Make | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Ferrari | 130 | 2.3% | 6.9% | −66% |
| Dacia | 400 | 14.8% | 24.7% | −40% |
| Porsche | 997 | 15.1% | 14.9% | +2% |
| Tesla | 128 | 17.2% | 13.3% | +29% |
| Skoda | 3,140 | 17.4% | 23.5% | −26% |
| Mazda | 3,574 | 19.6% | 28.2% | −31% |
| Kia | 3,705 | 20.5% | 26.5% | −23% |
| Audi | 7,661 | 22.2% | 22.3% | −0% |
| Jeep | 295 | 22.4% | 26.1% | −14% |
| Jaguar | 1,606 | 22.4% | 23.9% | −6% |
| Land Rover | 3,569 | 22.9% | 25.2% | −9% |
| Abarth | 112 | 23.2% | 20.8% | +12% |
| Volvo | 2,288 | 23.6% | 28.9% | −18% |
| BMW | 9,171 | 23.9% | 22.9% | +4% |
| MINI | 3,847 | 24.5% | 25.5% | −4% |
| Hyundai | 4,000 | 24.5% | 26.1% | −6% |
| Lexus | 785 | 24.6% | 18.7% | +31% |
| SEAT | 1,432 | 26.1% | 27.1% | −4% |
| Suzuki | 1,817 | 26.6% | 27.5% | −3% |
| Subaru | 157 | 26.8% | 27.8% | −4% |
| Toyota | 8,215 | 26.9% | 27.1% | −1% |
| Volkswagen | 12,139 | 27.3% | 29.0% | −6% |
| Honda | 6,615 | 27.8% | 28.2% | −1% |
| smart | 183 | 27.9% | 31.9% | −13% |
| MG | 154 | 27.9% | 28.9% | −3% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 4,912 | 28.0% | 22.3% | +25% |
| Mitsubishi | 750 | 29.7% | 28.7% | +4% |
| Nissan | 7,210 | 30.1% | 29.5% | +2% |
| FIAT | 2,610 | 31.8% | 32.2% | −1% |
| Renault | 4,057 | 32.2% | 38.6% | −16% |
| Peugeot | 4,493 | 32.7% | 34.0% | −4% |
| Ford | 16,034 | 32.9% | 31.5% | +5% |
| DS | 280 | 33.6% | 36.3% | −8% |
| Citroen | 2,980 | 34.5% | 34.2% | +1% |
| Alfa Romeo | 274 | 34.7% | 33.7% | +3% |
| Vauxhall | 11,858 | 35.4% | 34.2% | +3% |
| SAAB | 292 | 42.8% | 39.5% | +8% |
| Chevrolet | 219 | 45.2% | 45.1% | +0% |
| Chrysler | 118 | 48.3% | 41.2% | +17% |
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