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Peugeot Expert MOT fail rate by age

How often the Peugeot Expert fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 218,991 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 3 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 3 (n=21,108)18.2%
All cars at 3 years (n=8,016,463)12.1%
Median mileage at test34,521
All cars, median mileage22,806

306 of 343 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 3 years.

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Peugeot Expert fails 18.2% of MOTs (21,108 tests), 6.1 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 21 years it fails 47.3% (1,326 tests), 5.2 points above the 42.1% average.
  • The gap is widest at 9 years: 11.4 points above all cars.
  • At 3 years its listed fail items are all wear items, led by Wipers not clearing screen at 7.7 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 21 years 55.6%

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

Peugeot Expert: 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 years18.2%21,10812.1%+6.1 pts34,521 miles
4 years19.0%20,49713.4%+5.7 pts46,994 miles
5 years20.1%19,75515.3%+4.8 pts58,722 miles
6 years26.3%19,70117.8%+8.5 pts69,319 miles
7 years31.1%18,22420.6%+10.4 pts78,016 miles
8 years34.2%16,78323.8%+10.5 pts84,177 miles
9 years38.5%14,59327.1%+11.4 pts92,829 miles
10 years38.9%12,87730.3%+8.6 pts101,844 miles
11 years43.6%10,68633.3%+10.3 pts114,752 miles
12 years46.3%9,46736.0%+10.3 pts125,364 miles
13 years47.2%9,29138.3%+9.0 pts129,647 miles
14 years49.1%9,49040.3%+8.8 pts136,751 miles
15 years50.0%9,25341.6%+8.5 pts140,200 miles
16 years48.9%8,24142.6%+6.3 pts138,827 miles
17 years49.6%7,13943.1%+6.5 pts137,955 miles
18 years50.5%5,14843.3%+7.3 pts129,837 miles
19 years50.0%3,28543.2%+6.8 pts118,133 miles
20 years49.9%2,12742.8%+7.2 pts110,706 miles
21 years47.3%1,32642.1%+5.2 pts104,734 miles

Most common fail items at 3 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

None among the ten most common fail items.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Wipers not clearing screen Major7.7
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous3.3
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major2.1
Dipped headlight not working Major2
Headlight aimed too high Major1.9
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous1.7
Brake light not working Major1.4
Headlamp aim: too low Major1.3
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major1
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major0.9

Out of 21,108 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 3 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Peugeot 20811.1%62,59212.1%
Peugeot 200811.7%59,88912.1%
Peugeot 300811.6%53,46812.1%

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
200518 years in 202351.6%1,23243.3%
200618 years in 202451.0%1,24943.3%
200718 years in 202549.5%1,65643.3%
200817 years in 202547.6%1,90343.1%
200916 years in 202548.4%1,49042.6%
201015 years in 202547.9%1,74341.6%
201114 years in 202547.4%2,18440.3%
201213 years in 202546.2%2,22238.3%
201312 years in 202544.2%1,88436.0%
201411 years in 202537.4%3,27733.3%
201510 years in 202535.2%4,67830.3%
20169 years in 202541.0%3,94227.1%
20178 years in 202528.7%4,10523.8%
20187 years in 202528.2%4,80220.6%
20196 years in 202520.8%6,17517.8%
20205 years in 202515.9%3,66615.3%
20214 years in 202516.1%4,73013.4%
20223 years in 202520.7%5,56612.1%

More on the Peugeot Expert

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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