Pass rate
86.0%
Above average — 4.7 pts behind the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 5,371 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £29–£75
2020 Peugeot 508 MOT pass rate
- 2020
- 3 trims combined
- typical 41,836 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
36.3% 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 →
1.7 pts up across model years — 8.3% in 2011, 10.0% in 2021.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 100.0% pass
- Avoid 2012 76.6% pass
Across the 13 years on record, a spread of 23.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.1%
- Typical mileage
- 42k mi
The 2020 Peugeot 508 MOT pass rate is 86.0% of its MOT tests — 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 36.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot 508 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.8× the national share
Tyres make up 36.3% of everything recorded on the 2020 Peugeot 508, against 19.8% nationally — 16.5 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 90.7%; this one manages 86.0% — 4.7 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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Every Peugeot 508 first registered in 2020 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2020 Peugeot 508 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.1%. The median 2020 Peugeot 508 in this dataset had covered 41,836 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 61% of tests, with a 85.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 86.5% of the time, April–September 85.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 4.36% of tests.
- 5,371 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.0% overall pass rate, 84.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot 508, the average is 80.2% — best year 2023 (100.0%), worst 2012 (76.6%).
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
- 5,371
- Typical mileage (median)
- 41,836 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot 508
- 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 508 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 76% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (61% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the 508
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 807 | 86.7% |
| North West | 681 | 85.8% |
| West Midlands | 663 | 85.1% |
| Scotland | 620 | 83.7% |
| Yorkshire | 552 | 87.3% |
| East of England | 545 | 85.9% |
| South West | 454 | 88.5% |
| East Midlands | 440 | 84.5% |
| North East | 242 | 87.2% |
| Wales | 236 | 85.2% |
| London | 131 | 90.1% |
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 2020 508
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 2020 508
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 4.4% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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 tyre tread 1.9% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the windscreen 1.7% 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 2020 508 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £29–£75 — and 48% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £29–£75
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 48%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 5,371 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 508, side by side
13 model years on record, from 2011 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.6% to 100.0% — a spread of 23.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 76.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 76.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 76.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 79.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 81.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 82.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 84.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 87.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 85.7% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 86.0%wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 86.9% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 88.8% wipers blade defective
- 2023 100.0% 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 2020 Peugeot 508 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Navara 86.3%
- Ford Ranger 85.6%
- Vauxhall Corsa E 85.4%
- Isuzu D-Max 85.4%
- Tesla Model 3 86.8%
- Renault Megane 86.8%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Peugeot 508 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 4,620 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 | 1,685 | 36.30% | 19.76% | +16.54 |
| Brakes | 1,403 | 30.20% | 20.89% | +9.31 |
| Visibility | 624 | 13.40% | 4.97% | +8.43 |
| Non-component advisories | 296 | 6.40% | 4.18% | +2.22 |
| Suspension | 177 | 3.80% | 20.98% | −17.18 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 155 | 3.30% | 12.21% | −8.91 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 145 | 3.10% | 5.57% | −2.47 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 84 | 1.80% | 5.52% | −3.72 |
| Road Wheels | 29 | 0.60% | 0.75% | −0.15 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 22 | 0.50% | 1.76% | −1.26 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.4% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.5% | £8–22 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.7% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.88% | £40–150 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 0.69% | £80–250 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.67% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.7% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.0% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.6% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,460 | 89.0% | 21,138 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,611 | 84.9% | 43,250 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,002 | 84.8% | 70,834 mi |
| 90-120k | 223 | 84.3% | 100,846 mi |
| 120k+ | 75 | 89.3% | 139,127 mi |
Source: 5,371 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.
2020 508 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Peugeot 508?
86.0% of the 5,371 2020 Peugeot 508 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 84.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Peugeot 508?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.36%), wipers blade defective (2.49%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.92%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Peugeot 508 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.0% of the time, falling to 89.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Peugeot 508 in this dataset had covered 41,836 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2020 Peugeot 508?
Diesel: 85.0% pass rate across 3,300 tests. Hybrid: 87.4% pass rate across 1,804 tests. Petrol: 89.9% pass rate across 267 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2020 Peugeot 508 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 86.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 85.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.