Pass rate
81.5%
Around average — 9.1 pts ahead of the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 119 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£103
2005 Peugeot 607 MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 131,560 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
26.2% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2005 81.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2003 66.9% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 14.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.2%
- Typical mileage
- 132k mi
The 2005 Peugeot 607 MOT pass rate is 81.5% of its MOT tests — 9.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot 607 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 10.6% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 72.4% and this one manages 81.5% — 9.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 119 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2005 Peugeot 607 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 9.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.2%. The median 2005 Peugeot 607 in this dataset had covered 131,560 mi.
80% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 83.2% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 82.4% of the time, April–September 80.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 10.08% of tests.
- 119 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.5% overall pass rate, 78.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot 607, the average is 74.8% — best year 2005 (81.5%), worst 2003 (66.9%).
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
- 119
- Typical mileage (median)
- 131,560 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot 607
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the 607 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (80% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the 607
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 28 | 71.4% |
| East of England | 22 | 86.4% |
| West Midlands | 18 | 77.8% |
| North West | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2005 607
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 2005 607
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 windscreen 10.1% 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.
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Check the lights 7.6% 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 suspension joints 4.2% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 2005 607 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£103 — and 40% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£103
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- 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
- 40%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 119 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 607, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2002 to 2008. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.9% to 81.5% — a spread of 14.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 74.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 66.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 73.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 81.5%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2006 80.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 76.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 73.6% joints constant velocity boot…
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 2005 Peugeot 607 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- BMW 535 81.8%
- Porsche Cayenne 81.9%
- Jaguar XK8 82.0%
- Subaru Impreza 80.8%
- Toyota Alphard 80.4%
- Lexus IS250 80.2%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 Peugeot 607 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 317 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 84 | 26.20% | 20.98% | +5.22 |
| Brakes | 59 | 18.40% | 20.89% | −2.49 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 39 | 12.10% | 12.21% | −0.11 |
| Tyres | 34 | 10.60% | 19.76% | −9.16 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 28 | 8.70% | 5.52% | +3.18 |
| Visibility | 22 | 6.90% | 4.97% | +1.93 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 18 | 5.60% | 5.57% | +0.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 15 | 4.70% | 4.18% | +0.52 |
| Steering | 14 | 4.40% | 2.57% | +1.83 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 1.20% | 0.82% | +0.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 10.1% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.6% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.2% | £80–250 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 4.2% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.5% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.5% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.5% | £5–25 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £60–150 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
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 | 18.5% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 16.0% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 13.4% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.9% | £45–95 |
| Sub-frame corroded and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.1% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 50.0% | 27,864 mi |
| 30-60k | 2 | 100.0% | 32,944 mi |
| 60-90k | 20 | 85.0% | 77,560 mi |
| 90-120k | 18 | 72.2% | 100,951 mi |
| 120k+ | 77 | 83.1% | 155,048 mi |
Source: 119 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.
2005 607 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Peugeot 607?
81.5% of the 119 2005 Peugeot 607 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 78.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Peugeot 607?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (10.08%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.56%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (4.20%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Peugeot 607 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 50.0% of the time, falling to 83.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Peugeot 607 in this dataset had covered 131,560 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 Peugeot 607?
Diesel: 83.2% pass rate across 95 tests. Petrol: 75.0% pass rate across 24 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2005 Peugeot 607 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 82.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.