Pass rate
75.4%
Around average — 3.2 pts behind the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 121,824 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £41–£134
2013 Peugeot 208 MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 71,979 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
18.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 95.5% pass
- Avoid 2012 74.3% pass
Across the 12 years on record, a spread of 21.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 68.7%
- Typical mileage
- 72k mi
The 2013 Peugeot 208 MOT pass rate is 75.4% of its MOT tests — 3.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 18.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot 208 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.6× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 14.5% of everything recorded on the 2013 Peugeot 208, against 5.6% nationally — 8.9 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 18.4%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 78.6%; this one manages 75.4% — 3.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 35% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2013 Peugeot 208 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 3.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 68.7%. The median 2013 Peugeot 208 in this dataset had covered 71,979 mi.
70% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 75.2% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.3% of the time, April–September 75.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 6.66% of tests.
- 121,824 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.4% overall pass rate, 68.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot 208, the average is 81.6% — best year 2023 (95.5%), worst 2012 (74.3%).
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
- 121,824
- Typical mileage (median)
- 71,979 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot 208
- 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 208 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (70% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the 208
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 18,642 | 77.3% |
| North West | 16,278 | 75.1% |
| West Midlands | 15,198 | 77.5% |
| South West | 13,939 | 73.8% |
| Yorkshire | 12,623 | 74.7% |
| East of England | 11,279 | 77.5% |
| East Midlands | 10,174 | 75.5% |
| Scotland | 8,565 | 70.2% |
| Wales | 7,371 | 73.2% |
| North East | 4,902 | 73.4% |
| London | 2,845 | 81.5% |
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 2013 208
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 2013 208
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 6.7% 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 exhaust and emissions 3.6% of tests
“catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits”
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.
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Check the battery 3.6% of tests
“battery(ies) insecure”
Check the battery is secure and its terminals are clean and tight — a loose battery is a fail on its own, and a weak one shows up as slow cranking on a cold morning.
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 2013 208 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £41–£134 — and 35% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £41–£134
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 35%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 121,824 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 208, side by side
12 model years on record, from 2012 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.3% to 95.5% — a spread of 21.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 74.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2013 75.4%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 77.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 81.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 82.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 83.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 85.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 88.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 88.7% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 90.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 91.3% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 95.5% headlamp aim too high
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 2013 Peugeot 208 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 2013 cars with a similar record
- Kia Soul 75.4%
- Chevrolet Orlando 75.4%
- Vauxhall Corsa 75.5%
- Toyota Hilux 75.5%
- Chevrolet Trax 75.5%
- Kia Sorento 75.3%
Closest pass rates among 2013 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 2013 Peugeot 208 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 245,698 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 | 45,599 | 18.40% | 19.76% | −1.36 |
| Brakes | 41,128 | 16.60% | 20.89% | −4.29 |
| Suspension | 39,118 | 15.80% | 20.98% | −5.18 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 36,117 | 14.50% | 5.57% | +8.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 35,957 | 14.50% | 12.21% | +2.29 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 26,999 | 10.90% | 5.52% | +5.38 |
| Visibility | 7,958 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 6,900 | 2.80% | 4.18% | −1.38 |
| Steering | 4,041 | 1.60% | 2.57% | −0.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1,881 | 0.80% | 1.76% | −0.96 |
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 | 6.7% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.8% | £80–250 |
| Catalyst emissions Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.6% | £60–250 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £60–140 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.6% | £3–12 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.5% | £80–250 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.1% | £45–120 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content after 2nd fast idle exceeds manufacturer's specified limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.8% | £60–250 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.8% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.0% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.2% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.9% | £40–150 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.2% | £45–120 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 5.9% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4,311 | 89.4% | 22,815 mi |
| 30-60k | 33,954 | 80.4% | 48,072 mi |
| 60-90k | 52,429 | 73.7% | 74,249 mi |
| 90-120k | 23,890 | 71.2% | 102,074 mi |
| 120k+ | 7,186 | 71.0% | 139,193 mi |
Source: 121,824 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.
2013 208 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Peugeot 208?
75.4% of the 121,824 2013 Peugeot 208 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 68.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Peugeot 208?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.66%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.82%), catalyst emissions lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (3.64%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Peugeot 208 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.4% of the time, falling to 71.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Peugeot 208 in this dataset had covered 71,979 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Peugeot 208?
Petrol: 75.2% pass rate across 85,693 tests. Diesel: 76.1% pass rate across 36,127 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Peugeot 208 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 75.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.