Peugeot 2008 MOT pass rate and common failures
What the MOTs of 135,827 Peugeot 2008 cars in 2025 show. These are patterns across all tests recorded by DVSA, not a verdict on any one car.
How often does a Peugeot 2008 pass its MOT first time?
In 2025, 73.5% of the 135,827 Peugeot 2008 cars tested passed their MOT first time. Cars of all makes from the same registration years passed 79.9% of the time, so the Peugeot 2008 was 6.4 points below them.
Pass rate by registration year
First-time pass rate in 2025 for each year the car was first registered, next to all cars registered in the same year. Older cars fail more often, so compare like with like. Years with fewer than 1,000 cars tested are not shown.
Compared with all cars registered in the same year, the Peugeot 2008 did best for 2022 registrations (0.3 points above all cars of that year) and worst for 2017 registrations (9.9 points below all cars of that year).
See the figures
| Registered | Peugeot 2008 | All cars | Cars tested |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 89.4% | 89.1% | 11,804 |
| 2021 | 84.4% | 88.2% | 16,543 |
| 2020 | 85.9% | 86.8% | 11,124 |
| 2019 | 80.1% | 84.2% | 14,670 |
| 2018 | 73.8% | 81.7% | 15,278 |
| 2017 | 69.0% | 78.9% | 15,658 |
| 2016 | 66.7% | 75.5% | 17,152 |
| 2015 | 62.8% | 72.4% | 15,948 |
| 2014 | 59.6% | 68.9% | 14,409 |
| 2013 | 57.7% | 65.9% | 3,150 |
What the Peugeot 2008 failed on most
Of the 35,993 Peugeot 2008 cars that failed first time in 2025, the share with each fault on the MOT. One car can fail on several faults.
- 1.Split driveshaft (CV joint) boot24.5%
- 2.Number plate light not working13.6%
- 3.Headlight not working11.8%
- 4.Worn suspension joint or bush10.2%
- 5.Headlight aim out of line8.8%
By area of the car: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 39.1%, body, chassis, structure 29.7%, tyres 18.4%, suspension 16.9%, brakes 15.4%.
Typical mileage by age
The median odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age at the test to the nearest year, up to 20 years. Half the cars had covered more and half less. A rough guide when a car's mileage looks high or low for its age.
| Age | Peugeot 2008 | All cars |
|---|---|---|
| 3 years | 22,600 | 23,200 |
| 4 years | 30,400 | 30,600 |
| 5 years | 34,200 | 36,100 |
| 6 years | 38,100 | 42,400 |
| 7 years | 45,900 | 50,100 |
| 8 years | 54,300 | 58,200 |
| 9 years | 61,700 | 65,200 |
| 10 years | 72,000 | 72,100 |
| 11 years | 78,900 | 78,800 |
| 12 years | 84,100 | 84,700 |
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Source
Calculated by Carhealth from the Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA), Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2025: 28,468,316 cars. How we worked it out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency (DVSA).