Pass rate
93.7%
Above average — 2.5 pts ahead of the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 8,428 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£71
2021 Peugeot 108 MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 15,658 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
38.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
2.0 pts down across model years — 4.9% in 2014, 2.9% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 95.3% pass
- Avoid 2014 83.4% pass
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 11.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.3%
- Typical mileage
- 16k mi
The 2021 Peugeot 108 MOT pass rate is 93.7% of its MOT tests — 2.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 38.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot 108 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 38.8% of everything recorded on the 2021 Peugeot 108, against 19.8% nationally — 19.0 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
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 2021 Peugeot 108 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 2.5 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.3%. The median 2021 Peugeot 108 in this dataset had covered 15,658 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 94.2% of the time, April–September 93.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers blade defective", noted on 1.41% of tests.
- 8,428 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.7% overall pass rate, 93.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot 108, the average is 87.5% — best year 2022 (95.3%), worst 2014 (83.4%).
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
- 8,428
- Typical mileage (median)
- 15,658 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot 108
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the 108 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 72% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the 108
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 1,412 | 94.3% |
| North West | 1,140 | 94.4% |
| West Midlands | 1,081 | 94.0% |
| South West | 1,034 | 94.3% |
| Scotland | 796 | 89.1% |
| East of England | 773 | 93.7% |
| Yorkshire | 687 | 92.4% |
| East Midlands | 597 | 96.0% |
| North East | 384 | 94.5% |
| Wales | 361 | 93.9% |
| London | 163 | 94.5% |
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 2021 108
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 2021 108
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 wipers and washers 1.4% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the brakes 0.9% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the lights 0.6% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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.
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 2021 108 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£71 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£71
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 8,428 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 108, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2014 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 83.4% to 95.3% — a spread of 11.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2014 83.4% service brake performance…
- 2015 85.1% service brake performance…
- 2016 87.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2017 88.6% wipers does not clear the…
- 2018 89.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2019 91.6% wipers blade defective
- 2020 92.6% wipers blade defective
- 2021 93.7%wipers blade defective
- 2022 95.3% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
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 2021 Peugeot 108 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Toyota Corolla 93.7%
- Kia Stonic Connect 93.7%
- Volkswagen T-Roc 93.8%
- Honda Civic 93.8%
- Toyota Prius 93.8%
- Renault Captur 93.5%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Peugeot 108 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 4,746 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 1,848 | 38.80% | 19.76% | +19.04 |
| Brakes | 1,438 | 30.20% | 20.89% | +9.31 |
| Suspension | 398 | 8.40% | 20.98% | −12.58 |
| Visibility | 376 | 7.90% | 4.97% | +2.93 |
| Non-component advisories | 317 | 6.70% | 4.18% | +2.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 251 | 5.30% | 12.21% | −6.91 |
| Road Wheels | 48 | 1.00% | 0.75% | +0.25 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 27 | 0.60% | 5.52% | −4.92 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 26 | 0.50% | 1.76% | −1.26 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 17 | 0.40% | 5.57% | −5.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.4% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.89% | £18–45 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.82% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.63% | £30–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.62% | £80–200 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.57% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.49% | £45–110 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.46% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.37% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.2% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.2% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.7% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 2.0% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 7,354 | 94.4% | 14,611 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,019 | 88.8% | 38,057 mi |
| 60-90k | 50 | 80.0% | 68,613 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 100.0% | 105,586 mi |
Source: 8,428 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.
2021 108 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Peugeot 108?
93.7% of the 8,428 2021 Peugeot 108 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 93.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Peugeot 108?
The three most recorded items are wipers blade defective (1.41%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.28%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (0.89%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Peugeot 108 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.4% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Peugeot 108 in this dataset had covered 15,658 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Peugeot 108 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 94.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.