MOT fail rates

Peugeot 107 MOT fail rate by age

How often the Peugeot 107 fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 464,216 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 12 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 12 (n=61,502)32.1%

All cars at 12 years (n=7,303,151)36.0%

Median mileage at test63,109

All cars, median mileage87,673

120 of 299 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 12 years.

What stands out

At 8 years the Peugeot 107 fails 21.3% of MOTs (8,808 tests), 2.4 points below the 23.8% for all cars that age. At 20 years it fails 46.9% (1,689 tests), 4.1 points above the 42.8% average.
The gap is widest at 19 years: 4.9 points above all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 12 years: Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded, at 4.2 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Peugeot 107: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
8 years	21.3%	8,808	23.8%	−2.4 pts	40,531 miles
9 years	24.6%	25,397	27.1%	−2.6 pts	47,010 miles
10 years	27.1%	41,466	30.3%	−3.2 pts	52,351 miles
11 years	29.1%	55,888	33.3%	−4.2 pts	57,673 miles
12 years	32.1%	61,502	36.0%	−3.9 pts	63,109 miles
13 years	35.9%	58,617	38.3%	−2.4 pts	68,038 miles
14 years	40.0%	55,476	40.3%	−0.2 pts	72,820 miles
15 years	42.3%	51,077	41.6%	+0.7 pts	77,244 miles
16 years	44.2%	44,738	42.6%	+1.6 pts	81,205 miles
17 years	46.2%	32,078	43.1%	+3.1 pts	84,926 miles
18 years	46.9%	18,721	43.3%	+3.6 pts	87,570 miles
19 years	48.1%	8,759	43.2%	+4.9 pts	89,906 miles
20 years	46.9%	1,689	42.8%	+4.1 pts	90,282 miles

Most common fail items at 12 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded Major	4.2
Service brake performance: excessively binding Major	2.7
Catalyst emissions: Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Major	1.8

Out of 61,502 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Side/position light not working Major	5
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	3.5
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major	2.7
Wipers not clearing screen Major	2.4
Brake light not working Major	1.8
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	1.7
Headlamp aim: too low Major	1.7

Out of 61,502 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 12 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Peugeot 207	46.7%	72,708	36.0%
Peugeot 308	42.8%	45,737	36.0%
Peugeot 208	40.2%	45,532	36.0%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2005	20 years in 2025	46.9%	1,688	42.8%
2006	19 years in 2025	47.7%	6,779	43.2%
2007	18 years in 2025	45.9%	8,650	43.3%
2008	17 years in 2025	46.2%	10,930	43.1%
2009	16 years in 2025	42.5%	12,268	42.6%
2010	15 years in 2025	39.6%	13,604	41.6%
2011	14 years in 2025	38.0%	13,868	40.3%
2012	13 years in 2025	34.5%	15,448	38.3%
2013	12 years in 2025	31.3%	15,988	36.0%
2014	11 years in 2025	26.5%	8,634	33.3%

More on the Peugeot 107

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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