Peugeot RCZ MOT reliability

Peugeot RCZs passed their MOT first time 63% of the time across 10,309 tests in 2025. 8,960 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

63%

MOTs analysed

10,309

Still licensed (GB)

8,960

Body type

Coupe

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

2013 petrol

1,116 MOTs

Passed first time 64%. Typical mileage 63,322 (most between 48,882 and 78,856).

2014: 100% → 2015: 88% → 2016: 86% → 2017: 86% → 2018: 78% → 2019: 75% → 2020: 73% → 2021: 68% → 2022: 67% → 2023: 64% → 2024: 65% → 2025: 64%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (10.0%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.2%)
Stop lamp: not working (4.7%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.5%)
Position lamp: not working (2.9%)

2013 diesel

888 MOTs

Passed first time 62%. Typical mileage 84,131 (most between 65,863 and 104,271).

2014: 100% → 2015: 82% → 2016: 82% → 2017: 80% → 2018: 76% → 2019: 74% → 2020: 73% → 2021: 72% → 2022: 69% → 2023: 63% → 2024: 64% → 2025: 62%

Most common failures

Coil spring: fractured or broken (10.2%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (5.5%)
Stop lamp: not working (5.3%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.3%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (2.6%)

Where 2013 RCZs fail

Lights & electrics

15.8%

Suspension & axles

12.6%

Body, structure & corrosion

6.9%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

6.4%

Wheels & tyres

5.9%

Brakes

5.3%

Visibility & wipers

2.5%

Steering

0.4%

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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.