MOT fail rates

Peugeot 206 MOT fail rate by age

How often the Peugeot 206 fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 211,511 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 19 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 19 (n=36,883)47.1%

All cars at 19 years (n=2,479,858)43.2%

Median mileage at test82,447

All cars, median mileage104,356

156 of 226 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 19 years.

What stands out

At 14 years the Peugeot 206 fails 45.8% of MOTs (2,505 tests), 5.5 points above the 40.3% for all cars that age. At 25 years it fails 48.1% (1,465 tests), 11.8 points above the 36.3% average.
The gap is widest at 25 years: 11.8 points above all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 19 years: Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases, at 4.7 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

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

Peugeot 206: 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
14 years	45.8%	2,505	40.3%	+5.5 pts	72,639 miles
15 years	45.1%	6,164	41.6%	+3.5 pts	71,551 miles
16 years	46.4%	15,542	42.6%	+3.9 pts	77,381 miles
17 years	46.9%	26,849	43.1%	+3.8 pts	80,215 miles
18 years	46.5%	35,490	43.3%	+3.2 pts	81,853 miles
19 years	47.1%	36,883	43.2%	+3.9 pts	82,447 miles
20 years	48.0%	32,654	42.8%	+5.2 pts	82,511 miles
21 years	48.7%	24,818	42.1%	+6.7 pts	81,281 miles
22 years	49.0%	15,723	41.0%	+8.0 pts	79,151 miles
23 years	49.1%	9,158	39.6%	+9.5 pts	76,215 miles
24 years	48.8%	4,260	37.8%	+11.0 pts	71,270 miles
25 years	48.1%	1,465	36.3%	+11.8 pts	69,721 miles

Most common fail items at 19 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
Exhaust system: has a major leak of exhaust gases Major	4.7
Suspension ball joint worn Major	4.4
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major	4.2
Anti-roll bar link worn Major	3.7

Out of 36,883 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Side/position light not working Major	6.9
Wipers not clearing screen Major	6.6
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major	4.9
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	3.9
Rear fog lamp: not working Major	3.8
Dipped headlight not working Major	3.5

Out of 36,883 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 19 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Peugeot 307	51.9%	19,381	43.2%
Peugeot Boxer	33.6%	9,584	43.2%
Peugeot 107	48.1%	8,759	43.2%

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
2000	24 years in 2024	50.7%	1,168	37.8%
2001	24 years in 2025	47.1%	2,238	37.8%
2002	23 years in 2025	48.0%	3,644	39.6%
2003	22 years in 2025	46.6%	4,915	41.0%
2004	21 years in 2025	45.9%	7,080	42.1%
2005	20 years in 2025	44.9%	6,669	42.8%
2006	19 years in 2025	44.6%	5,029	43.2%
2007	18 years in 2025	43.3%	2,196	43.3%
2008	17 years in 2025	43.8%	1,004	43.1%

More on the Peugeot 206

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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