MOT fail rates

Peugeot Rcz MOT fail rate by age

How often the Peugeot Rcz fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 44,125 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 11 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 11 (n=8,421)35.5%

All cars at 11 years (n=8,087,514)33.3%

Median mileage at test67,228

All cars, median mileage81,778

190 of 298 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 11 years.

What stands out

At 7 years the Peugeot Rcz fails 22.6% of MOTs (1,370 tests), 1.9 points above the 20.6% for all cars that age. At 15 years it fails 44.1% (1,365 tests), 2.5 points above the 41.6% average.
It moves from below to above the all-car rate between 14 and 15 years.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 11 years: Coil spring broken, at 10.2 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

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

Peugeot Rcz: 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
7 years	22.6%	1,370	20.6%	+1.9 pts	40,118 miles
8 years	25.6%	3,014	23.8%	+1.8 pts	47,672 miles
9 years	29.5%	5,131	27.1%	+2.4 pts	54,467 miles
10 years	32.7%	6,929	30.3%	+2.4 pts	60,796 miles
11 years	35.5%	8,421	33.3%	+2.2 pts	67,228 miles
12 years	37.1%	8,202	36.0%	+1.1 pts	72,506 miles
13 years	39.2%	5,946	38.3%	+0.9 pts	76,567 miles
14 years	39.2%	3,747	40.3%	−1.0 pts	80,110 miles
15 years	44.1%	1,365	41.6%	+2.5 pts	83,223 miles

Most common fail items at 11 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	10.2
Driveshaft CV boot split Major	4.4

Out of 8,421 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Brake light not working Major	4.4
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	4
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect Major	3
Side/position light not working Major	2.7
Headlamp: insecure Major	2.6
Dipped headlight not working Major	2.3
Wipers not clearing screen Major	2.2
Headlight aimed too high Major	2.1

Out of 8,421 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 11 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Peugeot 208	38.4%	75,881	33.3%
Peugeot 107	29.1%	55,888	33.3%
Peugeot 207	44.0%	44,376	33.3%

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
2010	15 years in 2025	44.1%	1,362	41.6%
2011	14 years in 2025	38.5%	2,254	40.3%
2012	13 years in 2025	38.1%	1,859	38.3%
2013	12 years in 2025	36.3%	2,022	36.0%
2014	11 years in 2025	32.1%	1,572	33.3%
2015	10 years in 2025	29.6%	1,074	30.3%

More on the Peugeot Rcz

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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