Frank G Wickenden Limited
Auto Engineers, 2 Scott Road, Hove, BN3 5HN
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Hove. Site number 91328.
Auto Engineers, 2 Scott Road, Hove, BN3 5HN
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.
Cars and light vans tested in the BN (Brighton) postcode area failed 27.8% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 5.2 points above the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 373,174 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 10.07% | 6.95% |
| Suspension | 9.4% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 8.2% | 5.95% |
| Brakes | 6.66% | 6.1% |
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.
Unit 10, St Josephs Business Park, Hove, BN3 7ES
English Close, Old Shoreham Road, Hove, BN3 7EE
85 Old Shoreham Road, Hove, BN3 7BU
24 Connaught Road, Hove, BN3 3WB
58 Newtown Road, Hove, BN3 6AB