Pass rate
70.3%
Below average — 2.1 pts behind the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 7,551 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £43–£118
2005 Peugeot 107 MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 90,487 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
25.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 84.2% pass
- Avoid 2005 70.3% pass · this year
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 13.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 61.1%
- Typical mileage
- 90k mi
The 2005 Peugeot 107 MOT pass rate is 70.3% of its MOT tests — 2.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot 107 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.2% of everything recorded on the 2005 Peugeot 107, against 12.2% nationally — 8.0 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 25.1%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2005 Peugeot 107 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 2.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 61.1%. The median 2005 Peugeot 107 in this dataset had covered 90,487 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 70.7% of the time, April–September 70.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.62% of tests.
- 7,551 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.3% overall pass rate, 61.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot 107, the average is 76.6% — best year 2014 (84.2%), worst 2005 (70.3%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 7,551
- Typical mileage (median)
- 90,487 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot 107
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 107 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 107
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,688 | 73.9% |
| South West | 1,416 | 67.0% |
| West Midlands | 825 | 73.8% |
| East of England | 809 | 69.1% |
| North West | 781 | 67.5% |
| Yorkshire | 650 | 68.6% |
| East Midlands | 595 | 70.3% |
| Wales | 357 | 67.8% |
| London | 188 | 80.9% |
| North East | 138 | 68.8% |
| Scotland | 104 | 64.4% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2005 107
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2005 107
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 8.6% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check corrosion 5.0% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 3.3% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2005 107 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £43–£118 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £43–£118
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 7,551 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the 107, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2005 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.3% to 84.2% — a spread of 13.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2005 70.3%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 70.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 71.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 71.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 73.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 76.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 77.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 80.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 81.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2005 Peugeot 107 with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2005 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Navara 70.3%
- Vauxhall Astra 70.2%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 70.2%
- Vauxhall Astravan 70.2%
- Volkswagen Touran 70.4%
- Citroen C1 70.4%
Closest pass rates among 2005 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2005 Peugeot 107 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 23,728 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 6,065 | 25.10% | 20.98% | +4.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4,876 | 20.20% | 12.21% | +7.99 |
| Brakes | 4,706 | 19.50% | 20.89% | −1.39 |
| Tyres | 2,994 | 12.40% | 19.76% | −7.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2,080 | 8.60% | 5.57% | +3.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,255 | 5.20% | 5.52% | −0.32 |
| Visibility | 708 | 2.90% | 4.97% | −2.07 |
| Road Wheels | 410 | 1.70% | 0.75% | +0.95 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 334 | 1.40% | 0.82% | +0.58 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 300 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.6% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.8% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.8% | £30–80 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.0% | £180–450 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 4.5% | £60–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £5–25 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.3% | £45–120 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.1% | £60–250 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.8% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £80–180 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 18.7% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 16.0% | £80–180 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.1% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.0% | £45–95 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.8% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.5% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 201 | 82.1% | 22,295 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,106 | 76.5% | 47,811 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,411 | 71.5% | 76,257 mi |
| 90-120k | 2,530 | 67.5% | 104,027 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,299 | 66.7% | 139,304 mi |
Source: 7,551 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2005 107 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Peugeot 107?
70.3% of the 7,551 2005 Peugeot 107 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 61.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Peugeot 107?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.62%), headlamp lens slightly defective (7.85%), headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (6.75%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Peugeot 107 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 82.1% of the time, falling to 66.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Peugeot 107 in this dataset had covered 90,487 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Peugeot 107 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 70.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 70.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.