Peugeot 405 MOT reliability

Peugeot 405s passed their MOT first time 66% of the time across 260 tests in 2025. 192 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

66%

MOTs analysed

260

Still licensed (GB)

192

Body type

Sedan

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

1994 diesel

37 MOTs

These figures come from 37 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 70%. Typical mileage 158,818 (most between 93,890 and 188,643).

2005: 53% → 2006: 52% → 2007: 47% → 2008: 45% → 2009: 45% → 2010: 45% → 2011: 45% → 2012: 45% → 2013: 44% → 2014: 45% → 2015: 49% → 2016: 49% → 2017: 54% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 57% → 2020: 70% → 2021: 64% → 2022: 63% → 2023: 65% → 2024: 63% → 2025: 70%

Most common failures

Service brake imbalance: across an axle (10.8%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (8.1%)
Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (8.1%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (5.4%)
Service brake performance: excessively binding (5.4%)

1994 petrol

20 MOTs

These figures come from 20 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 80%. Typical mileage 93,032 (most between 72,609 and 118,922).

2005: 46% → 2006: 47% → 2007: 45% → 2008: 43% → 2009: 43% → 2010: 45% → 2011: 45% → 2012: 46% → 2013: 43% → 2014: 54% → 2015: 49% → 2016: 56% → 2017: 59% → 2018: 54% → 2019: 54% → 2020: 63% → 2021: 61% → 2022: 64% → 2023: 57% → 2024: 81% → 2025: 80%

Most common failures

Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (10.0%)
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (5.0%)
Catalyst emissions: carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds default limits (5.0%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (5.0%)
Headlamp aim: too low (5.0%)

Where 1994 405s fail

Brakes

16.2%

Suspension & axles

13.5%

Steering

8.1%

Body, structure & corrosion

5.4%

Lights & electrics

5.4%

Visibility & wipers

5.4%

Wheels & tyres

2.7%

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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.