Peugeot 207 MOT reliability

Peugeot 207s passed their MOT first time 50% of the time across 112,676 tests in 2025. 88,374 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

50%

MOTs analysed

112,676

Still licensed (GB)

88,374

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2014 petrol

770 MOTs

Passed first time 69%. Typical mileage 47,650 (most between 35,193 and 64,037).

2016: 100% → 2017: 90% → 2018: 83% → 2019: 84% → 2020: 76% → 2021: 78% → 2022: 72% → 2023: 68% → 2024: 67% → 2025: 69%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (5.3%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.9%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (4.8%)
Exhaust system: system insecure (1.9%)
Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn (1.8%)

2014 diesel

188 MOTs

Passed first time 67%. Typical mileage 63,576 (most between 44,971 and 91,762).

2014: 100% → 2015: 67% → 2016: 95% → 2017: 83% → 2018: 75% → 2019: 72% → 2020: 70% → 2021: 67% → 2022: 73% → 2023: 60% → 2024: 65% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (10.6%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (8.0%)
Position lamp: not working (4.8%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (3.7%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.2%)

Where 2014 207s fail

Lights & electrics

11.6%

Body, structure & corrosion

8.4%

Suspension & axles

7.4%

Brakes

6.6%

Wheels & tyres

4.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.6%

Visibility & wipers

2.9%

Steering

0.1%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.