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Peugeot 2008 emissions fail repair: MOT fails on these items more often than other cars of the same age

At MOT, the Peugeot 2008 fails on items fixed by emissions fail repair at least 3.6 times as often as cars of the same ages and fuel. From 496,383 MOT tests at 10 ages (3 to 12 years), DVSA data 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

Peugeot 2008, at least, per 100 MOTs (n=496,383)0.96
Cars of the same ages and fuel, per 100 MOTs0.26
Times as often≥ 3.6
Ages compared10

What this shows

These are MOT fail items that emissions fail repair fixes, as testers found them on the day of the test. Repairs done between MOTs never show up in MOT data, and mileage is not taken into account, so this is not how often owners pay for the repair.

By age

Fail items fixed by emissions fail repair, per 100 MOT tests, against cars of the same age and the same fuel mix. The model figure is a floor: DVSA data lists each model’s 25 most recorded items per age, and an item outside that list is counted as zero. The comparison figure is a ceiling: an item too rare to be listed for a fuel is counted at its highest possible value.

Peugeot 2008: ages with at least 1,000 tests.
AgePeugeot 2008 per 100Same age and fuel per 100Tests (n)
3 years00.07759,889
4 years00.1260,558
5 years0.160.1759,720
6 years0.370.2566,698
7 years0.750.3268,752
8 years1.510.3568,351
9 years2.230.4054,613
10 years2.680.4135,924
11 years3.150.4718,537
12 years3.470.613,341

How we decide: a page exists only when the main generation’s rate, weighted to its own mix of ages and fuels, is at least 1.5 times the rate of cars of the same ages and fuel, from at least 50,000 tests at 3 or more ages, with at least 100 expected items.

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.

What garages charge

Prices are national. They are not specific to the Peugeot 2008.

No public source records the price of this whole job, and the time it takes varies from car to car, so we do not publish a single figure. Garages charge by the hour, so ask for a quote that lists labour time and parts. The rates below are what UK garages charge per hour.

The warning light or emissions reading is only the symptom. What the repair costs depends on what the diagnosis finds, so treat any figure as the starting point, not the full fix.

Local garage labour, per hour (65 shops)£78
Local garage, middle half£70 to £96
Main dealer labour, per hour (62 shops)£156
Main dealer, middle half£144 to £174

Median hourly rate charged for car repairs, from 1,058 local garage and 953 main dealer price quotes collected by the ONS, September 2025 to August 2026. The same shops are priced each month, so the number of shops is the real sample.

Emissions fail repair: garage rates and all models

MOT defects this repair fixes

More on the Peugeot 2008

Other models that fail on these items more often

ModelTimes as oftenTests (n)
Peugeot 208at least 5.0809,087
Smart Forfourfirst used 2014 or laterat least 4.289,645
Ford EcoSportat least 2.3402,494
Fiat Puntoat least 2.1310,264
Volkswagen Foxat least 2.0108,524
Vauxhall Crosslandat least 1.9229,410
Renault Twingoat least 1.8101,465
Volkswagen Beetleat least 1.7180,577
MINI Cooper and Oneat least 1.72,619,239
Alfa Romeo Mitoat least 1.778,902

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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, and the MOT inspection manual published on GOV.UK. Prices: ONS consumer price inflation price quotes, September 2025 to August 2026, UK.

MOT data updated . Prices updated .

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