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MOT stations / Balvanich

Westside Motors

DVSA-approved MOT test station in Balvanich. Site number 97584.

What Westside Motors can test

  • Class 1: Motorcycles up to 200cc
  • Class 2: Motorcycles over 200cc
  • Class 3: Three-wheelers up to 450kg
  • Class 4: Cars, vans and minibuses

Before you book

The maximum fee for a class 4 car MOT is £54.85 and £29.65 for a motorcycle; many garages charge less. You can book up to a month (minus a day) before the current certificate runs out and keep the same renewal date. Take the registration; you don’t need the V5C.

Details are from the DVSA register published 30 Sep 2026 (source). Phone numbers and ownership change, so ring first.

MOT results around Balvanich

Cars and light vans tested in the HS postcode area failed 23.9% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 1.3 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 13,695 tests.

What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:

Area of the carHereNationally
Suspension11.7%8.93%
Brakes10.91%6.1%
Lights and electrics6.23%6.95%
Body and structure5.52%3.16%

From DVSA’s anonymised MOT results for 2025, by the postcode area of the test station. The data has no garage identifier, so these are figures for the area, not for any one garage. An area with older cars fails more for that reason alone. Every area compared.

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