Peugeot 208 MOT pass rate and common failures

75% of Peugeot 208 MOTs passed first time, below the 77% for all cars at the same ages.

75%passed first time (cars its age: 77%)
1.5mPeugeot 208 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 208s 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	208	All cars	MOTs
2023	90%	88%	8k
2022	85%	88%	33k
2021	84%	86%	42k
2020	83%	86%	51k
2019	83%	85%	84k
2018	81%	84%	91k
2017	80%	83%	126k
2016	79%	80%	208k
2015	76%	78%	238k
2014	71%	74%	250k
2013	68%	71%	286k
2012	64%	68%	127k

Compare two years of the 208, 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 208 MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Drive shaft CV boot splitOther cars its age: 0.83.4
Headlamp not working on dipped beamOther cars its age: 1.22.7
Number plate lamp not workingOther cars its age: 0.92.4
Exhaust system insecureOther cars its age: 0.22.2
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.32.1
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limitsOther cars its age: 0.21.7
Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 1.41.3
Engine warning light on or not workingOther cars its age: 0.61.2

Out of every 100 Peugeot 208 MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Exhaust mounting defectiveAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.47.0
Brake disc wornAdvisory. Other cars its age: 2.03.6
Drive shaft CV boot splitFail. Other cars its age: 0.83.4
Headlamp not working on dipped beamFail. Other cars its age: 1.22.7
Exhaust has a minor leakAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.92.7
Exhaust system insecureFail. Other cars its age: 0.22.2

Out of every 100 Peugeot 208 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: 5,500 at 3 years old, 4,500 at 14. 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 208s in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Peugeot 208's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.