Pass rate
69.2%
Below average — 3.9 pts behind the 73.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 82,347 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£99
2008 Peugeot 207 MOT pass rate
- 2008
- typical 87,439 mi
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
19.0% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
4.1 pts down across model years — 9.2% in 2006, 5.1% in 2014.
Which year to buy
- Best 2014 79.2% pass
- Avoid 2008 69.2% pass · this year
Across the 9 years on record, a spread of 10 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.1%
- Typical mileage
- 87k mi
The 2008 Peugeot 207 MOT pass rate is 69.2% of its MOT tests — 3.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 19.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot 207 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.6× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 19.0% of everything recorded on the 2008 Peugeot 207, against 12.2% nationally — 6.8 points above. 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.1%; this one manages 69.2% — 3.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 2008 Peugeot 207 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.1%, so this figure is 3.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.1%. The median 2008 Peugeot 207 in this dataset had covered 87,439 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 64% of tests, with a 69.6% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 69.3% of the time, April–September 69.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.50% of tests.
- 82,347 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.2% overall pass rate, 58.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot 207, the average is 70.8% — best year 2014 (79.2%), worst 2008 (69.2%).
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
- 82,347
- Typical mileage (median)
- 87,439 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot 207
- 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 207 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (64% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the 207
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 15,505 | 71.2% |
| South West | 13,982 | 66.1% |
| West Midlands | 9,334 | 72.3% |
| East of England | 8,989 | 70.7% |
| North West | 8,423 | 68.8% |
| Yorkshire | 6,511 | 68.8% |
| East Midlands | 6,368 | 68.5% |
| Wales | 4,409 | 66.6% |
| Scotland | 3,756 | 63.4% |
| London | 2,533 | 76.7% |
| North East | 2,533 | 67.4% |
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 2008 207
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 2008 207
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 8.5% 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 coil springs 5.4% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the suspension joints 3.2% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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 2008 207 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£99 — and 43% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£99
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 43%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 82,347 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 207, side by side
9 model years on record, from 2006 to 2014. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.2% to 79.2% — a spread of 10 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 69.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 69.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 69.2%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 69.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 70.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 72.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 73.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 74.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 79.2% 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 2008 Peugeot 207 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 2008 cars with a similar record
- SEAT Ibiza 69.2%
- Kia Sorento 69.2%
- Renault Twingo 69.3%
- Vauxhall Meriva 69.0%
- Volkswagen Fox 69.4%
- Vauxhall Tigra 69.0%
Closest pass rates among 2008 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 2008 Peugeot 207 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 239,236 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 45,961 | 19.00% | 12.21% | +6.79 |
| Suspension | 45,327 | 18.70% | 20.98% | −2.28 |
| Brakes | 37,769 | 15.60% | 20.89% | −5.29 |
| Tyres | 33,048 | 13.70% | 19.76% | −6.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 29,640 | 12.20% | 5.52% | +6.68 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 28,833 | 11.90% | 5.57% | +6.33 |
| Visibility | 8,118 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Non-component advisories | 4,979 | 2.10% | 4.18% | −2.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 3,575 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1,986 | 0.80% | 0.82% | −0.02 |
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 | 8.5% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 7.1% | £80–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 5.4% | £25–65 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.3% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.1% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £60–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £30–80 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.8% | £3–12 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 21.4% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 20.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 14.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.8% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 8.9% | £25–65 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 7.1% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,479 | 81.7% | 22,706 mi |
| 30-60k | 13,310 | 74.0% | 48,268 mi |
| 60-90k | 28,945 | 69.5% | 75,650 mi |
| 90-120k | 23,136 | 67.0% | 103,511 mi |
| 120k+ | 15,395 | 66.6% | 145,394 mi |
Source: 82,347 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.
2008 207 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2008 Peugeot 207?
69.2% of the 82,347 2008 Peugeot 207 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.1% for cars first used in 2008. First-attempt pass rate: 58.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2008 Peugeot 207?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.50%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (7.14%), coil spring fractured or broken (5.40%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2008 Peugeot 207 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 81.7% of the time, falling to 66.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2008 Peugeot 207 in this dataset had covered 87,439 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2008 Peugeot 207?
Petrol: 69.6% pass rate across 52,902 tests. Diesel: 68.5% pass rate across 29,440 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2008 Peugeot 207 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 69.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 69.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.