Peugeot 407 MOT reliability

Peugeot 407s passed their MOT first time 53% of the time across 6,649 tests in 2025. 4,837 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

53%

MOTs analysed

6,649

Still licensed (GB)

4,837

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.

In detail:

First registered

2008 diesel

855 MOTs

Passed first time 52%. Typical mileage 121,471 (most between 93,760 and 146,849).

2008: 90% → 2009: 90% → 2010: 78% → 2011: 74% → 2012: 72% → 2013: 68% → 2014: 66% → 2015: 63% → 2016: 60% → 2017: 58% → 2018: 57% → 2019: 55% → 2020: 55% → 2021: 56% → 2022: 56% → 2023: 55% → 2024: 56% → 2025: 52%

Most common failures

Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (12.5%)
Position lamp: not working (9.4%)
Stop lamp: not working (6.9%)
Pins and bushes: pin or bush excessively worn (4.8%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (4.4%)

2008 petrol

49 MOTs

These figures come from 49 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 47%. Typical mileage 97,158 (most between 75,679 and 120,854).

2009: 100% → 2010: 90% → 2011: 75% → 2012: 72% → 2013: 67% → 2014: 71% → 2015: 61% → 2016: 61% → 2017: 65% → 2018: 56% → 2019: 57% → 2020: 61% → 2021: 53% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 47% → 2024: 49% → 2025: 47%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (10.2%)
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (10.2%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (10.2%)
Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (8.2%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (6.1%)

Where 2008 407s fail

Lights & electrics

25.6%

Body, structure & corrosion

13.5%

Suspension & axles

13.5%

Brakes

12.6%

Wheels & tyres

10.8%

Visibility & wipers

8.2%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

4.6%

Steering

3.2%

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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.