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Peugeot 308 MOT fail rate by age

How often the Peugeot 308 fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 549,521 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 9 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 9 (n=52,033)32.8%
All cars at 9 years (n=9,949,012)27.1%
Median mileage at test74,737
All cars, median mileage68,033

244 of 315 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 9 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Peugeot 308 fails 12.2% of MOTs (16,624 tests), about the same as the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 17 years it fails 50.0% (6,696 tests), 6.9 points above the 43.1% average.
  • The gap is widest at 15 years: 7.8 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 9 years: Driveshaft CV boot split, at 4.7 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 17 years 55.4%

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

Peugeot 308: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years12.2%16,62412.1%+0.1 pts23,830 miles
4 years14.9%21,23113.4%+1.5 pts32,003 miles
5 years17.6%29,09515.3%+2.3 pts40,565 miles
6 years21.3%40,18317.8%+3.5 pts50,014 miles
7 years24.7%47,54420.6%+4.1 pts59,702 miles
8 years28.4%51,18523.8%+4.6 pts67,653 miles
9 years32.8%52,03327.1%+5.6 pts74,737 miles
10 years36.2%48,04630.3%+5.9 pts81,416 miles
11 years39.3%44,01933.3%+6.0 pts86,260 miles
12 years42.8%45,73736.0%+6.8 pts90,447 miles
13 years45.7%48,52538.3%+7.4 pts93,814 miles
14 years47.7%47,21240.3%+7.4 pts96,525 miles
15 years49.4%33,38441.6%+7.8 pts98,599 miles
16 years50.4%18,00742.6%+7.8 pts100,700 miles
17 years50.0%6,69643.1%+6.9 pts101,328 miles

Most common fail items at 9 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 itemPer 100 MOTs
Driveshaft CV boot split Major4.7
Coil spring broken Major4.3
Steering track rod end: ball joint play Major2.9
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Major1.7

Out of 52,033 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous5.2
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous3.5
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major3.5
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous2.2
Headlamp aim: too low Major2.1
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major1.6

Out of 52,033 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 9 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Peugeot 20831.6%117,27627.1%
Peugeot 200834.7%54,61327.1%
Peugeot 10821.0%42,61127.1%

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 .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200716 years in 202353.0%1,21442.6%
200817 years in 202549.9%5,82543.1%
200916 years in 202549.6%8,81642.6%
201015 years in 202547.1%10,25541.6%
201114 years in 202542.5%8,42140.3%
201213 years in 202544.2%9,22338.3%
201312 years in 202544.8%9,78536.0%
201411 years in 202537.9%11,67533.3%
201510 years in 202532.5%13,67630.3%
20169 years in 202530.8%14,37527.1%
20178 years in 202527.8%9,11123.8%
20187 years in 202523.2%8,45920.6%
20196 years in 202519.0%7,17317.8%
20205 years in 202515.4%3,82415.3%
20214 years in 202516.5%1,64313.4%

More on the Peugeot 308

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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