Peugeot 207 MOT pass rate and common failures

53% of Peugeot 207 MOTs passed first time, below the 63% for all cars at the same ages.

53%passed first time (cars its age: 63%)
1.5mPeugeot 207 MOTs counted since May 2018
4,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Peugeot 207s against every car first registered the same year, at the same ages. Newer cars have only had their first few MOTs, so they look better. Years with fewer than 5,000 MOTs are left out.

Share of MOTs passed first time, by year first registered. All cars: every car first registered that year, at the same ages.
Registered	207	All cars	MOTs
2014	72%	74%	8k
2013	63%	71%	24k
2012	60%	68%	129k
2011	56%	65%	208k
2010	54%	63%	257k
2009	50%	61%	266k
2008	49%	59%	242k
2007	50%	58%	254k
2006	49%	56%	86k

Compare two years of the 207, age for age.

First-time pass rate by age

Share of MOTs at each age that passed first time. Ages with fewer than 10,000 Peugeot 207 MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Drive shaft CV boot splitOther cars its age: 2.09.2
Coil spring fractured or brokenOther cars its age: 3.57.0
Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 3.66.3
Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 3.05.1
Headlamp not working on dipped beamOther cars its age: 2.15.0
Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrectOther cars its age: 1.84.6
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 3.14.1
Brake excessively bindingOther cars its age: 1.33.6

Out of every 100 Peugeot 207 MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Oil leak, but not excessiveAdvisory. Other cars its age: 6.914.2
Drive shaft CV boot splitFail. Other cars its age: 2.09.2
Exhaust mounting defectiveAdvisory. Other cars its age: 1.17.0
Headlamp not working on dipped beamFail. Other cars its age: 2.15.0
Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrectFail. Other cars its age: 1.84.6
Brake excessively bindingFail. Other cars its age: 1.33.6

Out of every 100 Peugeot 207 MOTs. Only items noted well above other cars of the same ages.

Miles a year

Typical miles a year between one MOT and the next: 4,500 at 4 years old, 2,500 at 20. Rounded to the nearest 1,000.

Counted from DVSA records of 286,058,652 MOTs, 20 May 2018 to 18 October 2026. A test and its retests count as one MOT, and a fail put right at the test counts as a first-time fail, as the DVSA counts it. About Peugeot 207s in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Peugeot 207's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.