Peugeot 208 MOT Pass Rate & Common Failures
20.2% of Peugeot 208s fail their MOT
Based on 675,460 tests, 2022–2024
136,214 failures in 675,460 class 4 tests recorded by the DVSA in 2022–2024, across 12 registration years with a large enough sample to report (2012–2023). That is a 79.8% first-time pass rate.
6 of 18 registration years are not shown. Those years had fewer than 30 tests in the 2022–2024 data, which is too few for a failure rate to mean anything, so they are excluded from every figure on this page rather than shown as if they were solid.
Failure rate by registration year
Every registration year with at least 30 tests in 2022–2024. Newest first.
| Year | Tests | Failure rate |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 30 | |
| 2022 | 1,415 | |
| 2021 | 23,444 | |
| 2020 | 34,550 | |
| 2019 | 57,713 | |
| 2018 | 51,716 | |
| 2017 | 60,187 | |
| 2016 | 88,343 | |
| 2015 | 94,289 | |
| 2014 | 99,647 | |
| 2013 | 114,371 | |
| 2012 | 49,755 |
Most common Peugeot 208 MOT failures
Each category's share of all defect items recorded for the Peugeot 208, based on 675,460 tests, 2022–2024. The five below account for 73.1% of items between them; the rest are spread across the remaining categories.
Peugeot 208 mileage by registration year
Median and mean odometer readings at MOT, 2022–2024. Medians are interpolated from a 2,000-mile histogram and are accurate to about ±1,000 miles.
| Year | Median | Mean |
|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 11,000 mi | 11,184 mi |
| 2022 | 17,474 mi | 20,000 mi |
| 2021 | 20,024 mi | 22,729 mi |
| 2020 | 21,280 mi | 23,676 mi |
| 2019 | 23,098 mi | 26,199 mi |
| 2018 | 30,708 mi | 33,848 mi |
| 2017 | 38,629 mi | 41,810 mi |
| 2016 | 45,927 mi | 48,876 mi |
| 2015 | 52,329 mi | 55,016 mi |
| 2014 | 58,971 mi | 61,355 mi |
| 2013 | 66,896 mi | 69,322 mi |
| 2012 | 72,151 mi | 74,243 mi |
How it compares with the other 49
- Ranks 20th of 50 for pass rate. Its 79.8% is 2.8 points above the 77.0% the 50 models manage between them.
- Against its closest rivals together (72.6% pass), it does 7.2 points better than them.
- Age: 2020 cars fail 10.8% of tests; 2012 cars fail 31.5%.
- Best year on record: 2019 (9.1% fail). Worst: 2012 (31.5%). Years to 2020 with at least 1,000 tests.
- More body, chassis and structure defects than most: 14.8% of its recorded items, against a typical 4.5% across the 50.
- Covers about 6,500 miles a year (median mileage at test over age), fewer than the 7,600 typical of the 50.
One place above: Mercedes-Benz C-Class (80.0%) · one place below: Volkswagen Golf (79.3%)
Other Peugeot models: Peugeot 207.
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Where these numbers come from
DVSA anonymised MOT test results for 2022–2024, class 4 (cars and light vans), normal tests only. Retests are excluded, because counting a retest as an independent test roughly halves the apparent failure rate of the cars that fail most. A pass after rectification at the station counts as a pass, but its defects still count towards the categories above.