Common problems

Peugeot 207 common problems

What MOT testers find on the Peugeot 207: the parts that fail or get advisories most often at each age, against all cars of the same age. From 587,825 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

At 14 years, the most tested age

Lights and electrics fails per 100 MOTs (n=104,728)27.1

All cars at 14 years (n=6,054,526)18.3

Tyres advisories and minor defects per 100 MOTs (n=104,728)30.9

All cars, same age (n=6,054,526)28.4

What stands out

Body and structure fails show up on 15.3 of every 100 MOTs of a Peugeot 207 at 14 years old (n=104,728), against 5.9 for all cars of that age (n=6,054,526).
The fail item testers record most often at 14 years: driveshaft CV boot split, on 10.5 per 100 MOTs (all cars 2.3).
The most common advisory or minor defect: tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge, on 20.5 per 100 MOTs.

Problems by part at 14 years

How many of every 100 MOTs found a fail, or an advisory or minor defect, in each area. A test with faults in two areas counts in both.

Peugeot 207 at 14 years (n=104,728) against all cars at 14 years (n=6,054,526). Per 100 MOTs.
Area	Fails	All cars	Advisories	All cars
Lights and electrics	27.1	18.3	17.1	12.2
Suspension	18.8	16.0	24.0	30.4
Body and structure	15.3	5.9	16.9	9.7
Brakes	10.7	9.9	24.8	26.4
Tyres	7.7	7.5	30.9	28.4
Exhaust, emissions and leaks	7.6	5.1	17.8	9.7
Windscreen, wipers and mirrors	7.5	6.1	3.7	5.1
Steering	3.6	3.2	3.2	3.9
Seat belts and airbags	1.4	1.5	0.6	0.9
Road wheels	0.5	0.6	1.2	1.4
Number plates and VIN	0.4	0.5	3.1	3.8

What testers fail most on the 207 at 14 years

Fail items on the Peugeot 207 at 14 years (n=104,728), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=6,054,526).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	Typical repair (estimate)
Driveshaft CV boot split	Body and structure	10.5	2.3	£88 to £196 per boot (rough guide)
Side/position light not working	Lights and electrics	9.1	5.4	£10 to £47 per lamp
Coil spring broken	Suspension	7.5	4.2	£64 to £236 per spring (rough guide)
Brake light not working	Lights and electrics	6.3	3.5	£10 to £47 per lamp
Dipped headlight not working	Lights and electrics	5.3	2.3	£18 to £86 per lamp
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect	Lights and electrics	4.9	2.1	£16 to £39 per car (rough guide)
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm	Tyres	3.9	3.1	£88 to £145 per tyre
Suspension ball joint worn	Suspension	3.4	2.5	£75 to £237 per side (rough guide)
Service brake performance: excessively binding	Brakes	3.4	1.3	£55 to £267 per wheel (rough guide)
Anti-roll bar link worn	Suspension	3.4	1.5	£33 to £102 per link (rough guide)

Early warnings: advisories and minor defects at 14 years

Advisories and minor defects are recorded, but the car still passes. Across all cars, a part with an advisory or minor defect failed at the next MOT 5.5 times in 100 (n=88,666,940 pairs of consecutive MOTs), against 0.3 times in 100 when the same part had none (n=12,936,860,350).

Advisories and minor defects on the Peugeot 207 at 14 years (n=104,728), per 100 MOTs, with all cars at the same age (n=6,054,526).
Item	Area	Per 100 MOTs	All cars	If it needs replacing (estimate)
Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge	Tyres	20.5	18.4	£88 to £145 per tyre
Engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive	Exhaust, emissions and leaks	16.6	8.5
Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened	Brakes	13.1	11.0	£148 to £376 per axle (rough guide)
Tyre condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing	Tyres	10.5	9.3	£88 to £145 per tyre
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources	Lights and electrics	9.1	5.6
Exhaust system: mounting defective	Body and structure	7.8	1.6	£28 to £108 per car (rough guide)
Coil spring: corroded	Suspension	6.9	6.4
Linkage ball joints: ball joint has slight play	Suspension	5.3	2.5	£33 to £102 per link (rough guide)
Brake pads: wearing thin	Brakes	5.0	7.2	£72 to £174 per axle (rough guide)
Drive shaft joints: constant velocity boot severely deteriorated	Body and structure	4.4	2.6

Repair estimates are a guide for an independent garage: labour at the national median local garage rate (median £78 an hour from 65 garages, ONS price quotes) times estimated labour hours, plus a parts band. Labour hours and most parts bands are estimates, not quotes, and prices vary by model, engine and region. A warning light fault shows the cost of the diagnosis only.

How problems change with age

Fails per 100 MOTs in the three most common areas at 14 years. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	Tests (n)	Lights and electrics	Suspension	Body and structure
8 years	1,016	10.9	3.8	6.9
9 years	3,969	16.4	8.4	8.9
10 years	19,696	22.7	10.3	10.4
11 years	44,376	25.6	11.9	11.8
12 years	72,708	25.9	14.8	13.3
13 years	97,298	26.6	17.4	14.4
14 years	104,728	27.1	18.8	15.3
15 years	102,443	27.1	19.9	15.5
16 years	74,808	27.9	20.6	14.9
17 years	42,471	28.5	20.3	14.6
18 years	20,165	28.4	20.9	13.5
19 years	4,147	31.1	22.2	10.9

Mileage

At 14 years, Peugeot 207 cars showing under 30,000 miles failed 28.6% of MOTs (n=2,828); the band that failed most, over 150,000 miles, failed 57.0% (n=4,059). For pass and fail rates by age, see Peugeot 207 MOT fail rates.

What to check on a viewing

On the Peugeot 207, testers most often record driveshaft CV boot split; side/position light not working; coil spring broken. Look at these first, then the areas below.

Lights and electrics

With someone outside, try every light: dipped and main beam, indicators, brake lights, fog lights and number plate lamps.
Check that the warning lights come on with the ignition and go out once the engine runs.
Look for misted, cracked or yellowed headlamp lenses.

Suspension

Listen for knocks or clonks over speed bumps and rough roads on the test drive.
Push down hard on each corner: the car should settle at once rather than keep bouncing.
Look behind the wheels for broken or heavily rusted coil springs and split rubber bushes.
Check that the car sits level and that no tyre is worn on one edge only.

Body and structure

Look underneath at the sills, floor, subframes and jacking points for corrosion, or for fresh underseal that may hide it.
Check that doors, bonnet and boot open, close and latch properly.
Look for loose trim, sharp edges or damage around the bumpers and wheel arches.

Ask for the car's MOT history and service record: advisories that repeat from one year to the next show what has been left. GOV.UK MOT history.

Questions

What are the most common problems on the Peugeot 207?

At 14 years, the age with the most MOT tests (104,728), the fail items testers record most often on the Peugeot 207 are driveshaft CV boot split (10.5 per 100 MOTs), side/position light not working (9.1 per 100 MOTs), coil spring broken (7.5 per 100 MOTs). The most common advisories or minor defects are tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (20.5) and engine oil leaks: leak, but not excessive (16.6).

Which parts of the Peugeot 207 fail more often than on other cars?

At 14 years: body and structure (15.3 per 100 MOTs against 5.9 for all cars); lights and electrics (27.1 per 100 MOTs against 18.3 for all cars); suspension (18.8 per 100 MOTs against 16.0 for all cars). Compared with 6,054,526 MOTs of all cars the same age.

Peugeot 207 problems by area

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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 28 September 2026.

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