MOT fail rates

Peugeot Bipper MOT fail rate by age

How often the Peugeot Bipper fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 82,778 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=11,664)42.1%

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

Median mileage at test103,130

All cars, median mileage87,673

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

What stands out

At 5 years the Peugeot Bipper fails 32.5% of MOTs (1,465 tests), 17.2 points above the 15.3% for all cars that age. At 16 years it fails 48.3% (1,620 tests), 5.7 points above the 42.6% average.
The gap is widest at 6 years: 19.4 points above all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 12 years: Coil spring broken, at 9 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

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

Peugeot Bipper: 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
5 years	32.5%	1,465	15.3%	+17.2 pts	51,614 miles
6 years	37.2%	2,885	17.8%	+19.4 pts	68,916 miles
7 years	39.2%	5,562	20.6%	+18.6 pts	80,741 miles
8 years	40.0%	7,864	23.8%	+16.3 pts	88,864 miles
9 years	40.7%	8,739	27.1%	+13.6 pts	96,150 miles
10 years	41.9%	8,959	30.3%	+11.6 pts	98,117 miles
11 years	41.2%	10,401	33.3%	+7.9 pts	100,764 miles
12 years	42.1%	11,664	36.0%	+6.1 pts	103,130 miles
13 years	44.3%	10,398	38.3%	+6.0 pts	109,039 miles
14 years	46.2%	8,686	40.3%	+5.9 pts	112,597 miles
15 years	46.5%	4,535	41.6%	+4.9 pts	111,525 miles
16 years	48.3%	1,620	42.6%	+5.7 pts	114,641 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
Coil spring broken Major	9
Shock absorbers: has an excessively worn bush Major	8
Suspension ball joint worn Major	2.3

Out of 11,664 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Side/position light not working Major	5.7
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	5.4
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major	3.9
Brake light not working Major	3.7
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous	3.3
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major	3.2
Wipers not clearing screen Major	2.7

Out of 11,664 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 107	32.1%	61,502	36.0%
Peugeot 308	42.8%	45,737	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
2009	16 years in 2025	48.9%	1,103	42.6%
2010	15 years in 2025	45.3%	2,583	41.6%
2011	14 years in 2025	45.2%	3,267	40.3%
2012	13 years in 2025	44.9%	1,369	38.3%
2013	12 years in 2025	42.7%	1,931	36.0%
2014	11 years in 2025	41.1%	1,894	33.3%
2015	10 years in 2025	41.4%	2,295	30.3%
2016	9 years in 2025	41.5%	1,239	27.1%
2017	8 years in 2025	37.3%	1,302	23.8%

More on the Peugeot Bipper

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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