Pass rate
89.7%
Above average — 0.2 pts ahead of the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 45,706 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £19–£55
2019 Peugeot 2008 MOT pass rate
- 2019
- 2 trims combined
- typical 31,965 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
32.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
0.9 pts down across model years — 3.1% in 2013, 2.2% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 93.9% pass
- Avoid 2013 75.0% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 18.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.6%
- Typical mileage
- 32k mi
The 2019 Peugeot 2008 MOT pass rate is 89.7% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot 2008 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.6× the national share
Brakes make up 32.6% of everything recorded on the 2019 Peugeot 2008, against 20.9% nationally — 11.7 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 72% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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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Every Peugeot 2008 first registered in 2019 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2019 Peugeot 2008 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 0.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.6%. The median 2019 Peugeot 2008 in this dataset had covered 31,965 mi.
87% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 89.9% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.9% of the time, April–September 89.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 7.08% of tests.
- 45,706 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.7% overall pass rate, 88.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot 2008, the average is 83.4% — best year 2023 (93.9%), worst 2013 (75.0%).
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
- 45,706
- Typical mileage (median)
- 31,965 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot 2008
- 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 2008 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (87% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the 2008
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 7,453 | 91.1% |
| North West | 6,009 | 90.6% |
| Scotland | 5,542 | 84.8% |
| West Midlands | 5,472 | 90.6% |
| South West | 4,979 | 90.1% |
| East of England | 4,016 | 91.6% |
| Yorkshire | 3,963 | 89.1% |
| East Midlands | 3,264 | 90.0% |
| Wales | 2,023 | 88.5% |
| North East | 1,733 | 88.2% |
| London | 1,248 | 91.5% |
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 2019 2008
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 2019 2008
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 7.1% 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 the brakes 1.1% 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 windscreen 0.9% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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 2019 2008 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £19–£55 — and 72% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £19–£55
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 72%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 45,706 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 2008, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2013 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.0% to 93.9% — a spread of 18.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2013 75.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2014 76.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 78.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 80.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 82.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 86.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 89.7%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 90.7% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 90.2% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 93.1% wipers blade defective
- 2023 93.9% tread depth below requirements of…
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 2019 Peugeot 2008 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 2019 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Qashqai 89.7%
- Vauxhall Grandland 89.7%
- Hyundai I10 89.7%
- Jaguar Xf 89.7%
- Alfa Romeo Giulia 89.7%
- Mitsubishi L200 Challenger Di-D 89.7%
Closest pass rates among 2019 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 2019 Peugeot 2008 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 48,474 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 15,882 | 32.60% | 20.89% | +11.71 |
| Tyres | 13,577 | 27.90% | 19.76% | +8.14 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7,727 | 15.90% | 12.21% | +3.69 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 3,819 | 7.80% | 5.57% | +2.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 2,706 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Suspension | 1,570 | 3.20% | 20.98% | −17.78 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,195 | 2.50% | 5.52% | −3.02 |
| Visibility | 1,131 | 2.30% | 4.97% | −2.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 660 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
| Road Wheels | 207 | 0.40% | 0.75% | −0.35 |
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 | 7.1% | £5–20 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £5–20 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.7% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.1% | £80–250 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.98% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.96% | £5–25 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.88% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.86% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.86% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 16.7% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.1% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 5.3% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 4.4% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 20,556 | 93.6% | 20,218 mi |
| 30-60k | 21,575 | 87.3% | 41,502 mi |
| 60-90k | 3,272 | 81.4% | 69,497 mi |
| 90-120k | 262 | 82.1% | 100,461 mi |
| 120k+ | 34 | 73.5% | 129,713 mi |
Source: 45,706 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.
2019 2008 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Peugeot 2008?
89.7% of the 45,706 2019 Peugeot 2008 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 88.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Peugeot 2008?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.08%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (1.85%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (1.68%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Peugeot 2008 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.6% of the time, falling to 73.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Peugeot 2008 in this dataset had covered 31,965 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2019 Peugeot 2008?
Petrol: 89.9% pass rate across 39,733 tests. Diesel: 88.2% pass rate across 5,973 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2019 Peugeot 2008 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.