Peugeot 504 MOT reliability

Peugeot 504s passed their MOT first time 85% of the time across 40 tests in 2025. 125 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 40 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

85%

MOTs analysed

40

Still licensed (GB)

125

Body type

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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

1993 diesel

2 MOTs

These figures come from only 2 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 100%. Typical mileage 122,648 (most between 105,632 and 139,665).

2005: 38% → 2006: 49% → 2007: 37% → 2008: 30% → 2009: 39% → 2010: 53% → 2011: 45% → 2012: 56% → 2013: 31% → 2014: 46% → 2015: 50% → 2016: 56% → 2017: 60% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 40% → 2020: 0% → 2021: 75% → 2022: 33% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

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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.