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Peugeot Partner horn repair: MOT fails on these items more often than other cars of the same age

At MOT, the Peugeot Partner fails on items fixed by horn repair at least 7.7 times as often as cars of the same ages and fuel. From 605,323 MOT tests at 21 ages (3 to 23 years), DVSA data 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

Peugeot Partner, at least, per 100 MOTs (n=605,323)2.23

Cars of the same ages and fuel, per 100 MOTs0.29

Times as often≥ 7.7

Ages compared21

What this shows

These are MOT fail items that horn 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 horn 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 Partner: ages with at least 1,000 tests.
Age	Peugeot Partner per 100	Same age and fuel per 100	Tests (n)
3 years	1.83	0.12	43,396
4 years	1.07	0.090	50,993
5 years	1.11	0.087	53,404
6 years	1.20	0.099	55,473
7 years	1.81	0.14	55,764
8 years	2.00	0.21	56,028
9 years	2.10	0.28	51,634
10 years	2.39	0.35	49,804
11 years	2.67	0.41	43,533
12 years	2.58	0.43	34,355
13 years	3.31	0.47	28,045
14 years	4.41	0.52	19,468
15 years	4.84	0.55	15,217
16 years	4.57	0.59	12,309
17 years	4.14	0.66	9,804
18 years	4.03	0.75	8,022
19 years	4.32	0.85	6,717
20 years	3.56	0.99	4,917
21 years	3.07	1.19	3,359
22 years	2.26	1.39	2,034
23 years	0	1.91	1,047

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 Partner.

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.

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.

Horn repair: garage rates and all models

MOT defects this repair fixes

Horn not working0.29 per 100, all cars

Other models that fail on these items more often

Model	Times as often	Tests (n)
Dacia Sandero	at least 12.1	415,804
Toyota Verso	at least 6.9	112,639
Dacia Duster	at least 6.7	274,804
Citroen Berlingo	at least 6.6	750,010
Renault Twingo	at least 5.8	101,465
Suzuki Alto	at least 5.3	196,008
Nissan NV200	at least 4.8	122,396
Ford Grand C-Max	at least 3.1	145,176
Skoda Kodiaq	at least 3.0	134,246
Nissan Pulsar	at least 2.5	84,984

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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 28 September 2026. Prices updated 22 September 2026.

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