Peugeot 505 MOT reliability

Peugeot 505s passed their MOT first time 69% of the time across 29 tests in 2025. 36 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 29 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

69%

MOTs analysed

29

Still licensed (GB)

36

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

1990 diesel

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 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 33%. Typical mileage 146,771 (most between 142,936 and 185,325).

2005: 63% → 2006: 47% → 2007: 47% → 2008: 39% → 2009: 36% → 2010: 44% → 2011: 39% → 2012: 50% → 2013: 43% → 2014: 43% → 2015: 60% → 2016: 80% → 2017: 75% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 75% → 2023: 67% → 2024: 33% → 2025: 33%

Most common failures

Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (33.3%)
Individual direction indicators: not working (33.3%)
Bumpers: damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (33.3%)
Bonnet: primary retaining device insecure (33.3%)
Service brake performance: has no recorded effort at a wheel (33.3%)

1990 petrol

3 MOTs

These figures come from only 3 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 67%. Typical mileage 113,133 (most between 97,359 and 139,665).

2005: 37% → 2006: 43% → 2007: 40% → 2008: 43% → 2009: 31% → 2010: 38% → 2011: 39% → 2012: 29% → 2013: 13% → 2014: 29% → 2015: 0% → 2016: 33% → 2017: 17% → 2018: 57% → 2019: 38% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 57% → 2022: 50% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 40% → 2025: 67%

Most common failures

Prescribed areas: prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced (33.3%)
Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (33.3%)
Sub-frame mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (33.3%)

Where 1990 505s fail

Lights & electrics

66.7%

Body, structure & corrosion

33.3%

Brakes

33.3%

Steering

33.3%

Seat belts & other equipment

33.3%

Suspension & axles

33.3%

Visibility & wipers

33.3%

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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.