Peugeot E7 MOT reliability

Peugeot E7s passed their MOT first time 62% of the time across 1,201 tests in 2025. 86 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

62%

MOTs analysed

1,201

Still licensed (GB)

86

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

2015 diesel

253 MOTs

Passed first time 65%. Typical mileage 259,886 (most between 214,124 and 318,584).

2015: 98% → 2016: 90% → 2017: 86% → 2018: 72% → 2019: 75% → 2020: 70% → 2021: 65% → 2022: 62% → 2023: 60% → 2024: 57% → 2025: 65%

Most common failures

On or after 01/01/2014: emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit (7.1%)
Position lamp: not working (5.9%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.0%)
Ball joint excessively worn (4.0%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements (4.0%)

Where 2015 E7s fail

Lights & electrics

15.4%

Suspension & axles

14.6%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

14.2%

Brakes

9.5%

Body, structure & corrosion

8.3%

Wheels & tyres

4.3%

Visibility & wipers

2.8%

Steering

2.4%

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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.