Peugeot Hymer MOT reliability

Peugeot Hymers passed their MOT first time 55% of the time across 44 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 44 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

55%

MOTs analysed

44

Still licensed (GB)

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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

1991 diesel

13 MOTs

These figures come from only 13 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 54%. Typical mileage 137,770 (most between 83,566 and 146,892).

2006: 65% → 2007: 59% → 2008: 50% → 2009: 54% → 2010: 60% → 2011: 55% → 2012: 40% → 2013: 37% → 2014: 50% → 2015: 44% → 2016: 43% → 2017: 61% → 2018: 39% → 2019: 33% → 2020: 54% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 44% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 50% → 2025: 54%

Most common failures

Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (30.8%)
Service brake performance: efficiency below requirements (15.4%)
Headlamp: insecure (15.4%)
Outline marker lamp: not working (7.7%)
Bonnet: primary retaining device ineffective (7.7%)

Where 1991 Hymers fail

Lights & electrics

46.2%

Body, structure & corrosion

30.8%

Brakes

30.8%

Visibility & wipers

23.1%

Steering

15.4%

Wheels & tyres

7.7%

Suspension & axles

7.7%

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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.