Halfords Autocentre
Unit 4, Windmill Trading Estate, Thistle Road, Luton, LU1 3XJ
DVSA-approved MOT test station in Luton. Site number 2814BG.
Unit 4, Windmill Trading Estate, Thistle Road, Luton, LU1 3XJ
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 LU (Luton) postcode area failed 16.3% of first MOT attempts in 2025, 6.3 points below the 22.6% national rate. That’s from 204,494 tests.
What failed most often here, as a share of all tests:
| Area of the car | Here | Nationally |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 5.71% | 8.93% |
| Tyres | 5.05% | 5.95% |
| Lights and electrics | 4.93% | 6.95% |
| Brakes | 3.85% | 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.
43-45 Windmill Road, Luton, LU1 3XL
3 Gloucester Road, Luton, LU1 3HX
127-135 Park Street, Luton, LU1 3HG
Unit 7 Flowers Industrial Estate, Latimer Road, Luton, LU1 3XA
Unit 6 (19), Flowers Industrial Estate, Latimer Road, Luton, LU1 3XA