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 |
| Suspension | 9.3% | 9.6% | −3% |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 9.2% | 11.9% | −23% |
| Brakes | 6.7% | 7.7% | −13% |
| Visibility | 5.2% | 5.3% | −3% |
| Tyres | 5.1% | 5.8% | −11% |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3.6% | 4.1% | −12% |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3.4% | 3.6% | −4% |
| Steering | 1.8% | 1.9% | −10% |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1.1% | 1.3% | −13% |
MoT failure rates by year of registration
| Year of Registration | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| 2021 | 60 | 31.7% | 17.5% | +80% |
| 2020 | 131 | 24.4% | 16.7% | +46% |
| 2019 | 1,912 | 11.2% | 10.3% | +10% |
| 2018 | 30,275 | 12.6% | 11.7% | +8% |
| 2017 | 31,238 | 15.0% | 13.2% | +13% |
| 2016 | 31,620 | 17.4% | 16.5% | +5% |
| 2015 | 30,497 | 20.5% | 19.5% | +5% |
| 2014 | 28,253 | 24.8% | 23.0% | +7% |
| 2013 | 25,378 | 29.1% | 27.2% | +7% |
| 2012 | 22,071 | 32.7% | 30.5% | +7% |
| 2011 | 20,688 | 36.2% | 33.4% | +8% |
| 2010 | 20,695 | 39.6% | 36.8% | +7% |
| 2009 | 18,584 | 43.0% | 39.1% | +10% |
| 2008 | 18,608 | 44.9% | 41.5% | +8% |
| 2007 | 18,825 | 46.1% | 42.6% | +8% |
| 2006 | 15,228 | 47.9% | 43.9% | +9% |
| 2005 | 12,068 | 48.1% | 44.9% | +7% |
| 2004 | 9,578 | 48.6% | 45.7% | +6% |
| 2003 | 7,226 | 48.9% | 45.6% | +7% |
| 2002 | 5,078 | 49.1% | 45.2% | +8% |
| 2001 | 3,197 | 47.3% | 43.9% | +8% |
| 2000 | 1,924 | 45.2% | 42.5% | +6% |
| 1999 | 1,337 | 45.3% | 40.8% | +11% |
| 1998 | 936 | 39.0% | 38.5% | +1% |
| 1997 | 685 | 38.8% | 37.5% | +4% |
| 1996 | 399 | 39.1% | 36.5% | +7% |
| 1995 | 367 | 28.9% | 35.3% | −18% |
| 1994 | 247 | 31.2% | 34.4% | −9% |
| 1993 | 214 | 36.0% | 34.7% | +4% |
| 1992 | 209 | 34.9% | 32.9% | +6% |
| 1991 | 247 | 32.4% | 32.3% | +0% |
| 1990 | 265 | 32.8% | 30.9% | +6% |
| 1989 | 237 | 27.0% | 29.6% | −9% |
| 1988 | 160 | 31.3% | 30.2% | +3% |
| 1987 | 156 | 30.1% | 29.5% | +2% |
| 1986 | 106 | 29.2% | 28.9% | +1% |
| 1985 | 101 | 24.8% | 28.3% | −13% |
| 1984 | 73 | 24.7% | 28.1% | −12% |
| 1983 | 68 | 19.1% | 27.5% | −30% |
| 1982 | 63 | 36.5% | 27.4% | +33% |
| 1981 | 57 | 19.3% | 25.3% | −24% |
MoT failure rates by make
| Make | Tests | Failure Rate | National Failure Rate | Relative Rate |
| Ferrari | 123 | 6.5% | 6.9% | −5% |
| Aston Martin | 191 | 8.9% | 10.3% | −14% |
| Bentley | 157 | 10.2% | 10.3% | −1% |
| Porsche | 2,654 | 15.7% | 14.9% | +5% |
| Infiniti | 108 | 15.7% | 13.5% | +17% |
| Maserati | 106 | 16.0% | 16.1% | −0% |
| Lotus | 294 | 17.7% | 17.8% | −1% |
| Tesla | 142 | 18.3% | 13.3% | +37% |
| Abarth | 473 | 20.3% | 20.8% | −2% |
| Subaru | 888 | 22.2% | 27.8% | −20% |
| Jaguar | 4,785 | 24.2% | 23.9% | +1% |
| Skoda | 7,986 | 24.5% | 23.5% | +4% |
| Jeep | 1,105 | 24.6% | 26.1% | −6% |
| Audi | 20,320 | 24.8% | 22.3% | +11% |
| Land Rover | 11,137 | 25.0% | 25.2% | −1% |
| BMW | 20,978 | 25.1% | 22.9% | +9% |
| SsangYong | 321 | 25.2% | 30.6% | −18% |
| Lexus | 1,010 | 26.7% | 18.7% | +43% |
| MINI | 10,285 | 27.4% | 25.5% | +8% |
| Hyundai | 9,059 | 27.6% | 26.1% | +6% |
| Dacia | 1,616 | 27.7% | 24.7% | +12% |
| Mazda | 7,156 | 28.1% | 28.2% | −0% |
| SEAT | 5,951 | 28.8% | 27.1% | +6% |
| Isuzu | 571 | 29.1% | 40.7% | −29% |
| Mercedes-Benz | 12,735 | 29.1% | 22.3% | +31% |
| Suzuki | 4,827 | 29.4% | 27.5% | +7% |
| Toyota | 15,136 | 29.9% | 27.1% | +10% |
| Volvo | 6,610 | 30.0% | 28.9% | +4% |
| MG | 735 | 30.2% | 28.9% | +4% |
| Honda | 10,248 | 30.4% | 28.2% | +8% |
| Mitsubishi | 3,816 | 30.4% | 28.7% | +6% |
| Volkswagen | 40,378 | 30.5% | 29.0% | +5% |
| Kia | 7,895 | 30.6% | 26.5% | +15% |
| Nissan | 19,353 | 32.1% | 29.5% | +9% |
| FIAT | 11,195 | 32.7% | 32.2% | +2% |
| smart | 178 | 33.7% | 31.9% | +6% |
| Ford | 62,441 | 34.8% | 31.5% | +10% |
| Peugeot | 20,902 | 35.6% | 34.0% | +5% |
| SAAB | 1,002 | 35.9% | 39.5% | −9% |
| Alfa Romeo | 1,134 | 36.5% | 33.7% | +8% |
| Vauxhall | 47,607 | 36.9% | 34.2% | +8% |
| DS | 1,600 | 39.4% | 36.3% | +8% |
| Citroen | 10,645 | 40.1% | 34.2% | +17% |
| Daihatsu | 239 | 40.2% | 36.3% | +11% |
| Dodge | 166 | 41.0% | 40.6% | +1% |
| Renault | 13,810 | 42.0% | 38.6% | +9% |
| Chrysler | 405 | 43.0% | 41.2% | +4% |
| Rover | 426 | 43.9% | 42.5% | +3% |
| LTI | 118 | 46.6% | 38.2% | +22% |
| Chevrolet | 1,099 | 50.6% | 45.1% | +12% |
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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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