Pass rate
75.6%
Around average — 12.3 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 221 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£74
2018 Peugeot Bipper MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 41,391 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 76.8% pass
- Avoid 2008 68.7% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 8.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 67.7%
- Typical mileage
- 41k mi
The 2018 Peugeot Bipper MOT pass rate is 75.6% of its MOT tests — 12.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot Bipper does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 27.8% of everything recorded on the 2018 Peugeot Bipper, against 21.0% nationally — 6.8 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 87.9%; this one manages 75.6% — 12.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 20% 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 2018 Peugeot Bipper compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 12.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 67.7%. The median 2018 Peugeot Bipper in this dataset had covered 41,391 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.1% of the time, April–September 80.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 14.93% of tests.
- 221 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.6% overall pass rate, 67.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot Bipper, the average is 73.0% — best year 2017 (76.8%), worst 2008 (68.7%).
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
- 221
- Typical mileage (median)
- 41,391 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot Bipper
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Bipper MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 61% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Bipper
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 167 | 70.1% |
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 2018 Bipper
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 2018 Bipper
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 coil springs 14.9% 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 lights 4.1% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 shock absorbers 4.1% of tests
“shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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 2018 Bipper through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£74 — and 20% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£74
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 20%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 221 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 Bipper, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2008 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 68.7% to 76.8% — a spread of 8.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2008 68.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 71.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 71.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2011 72.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 72.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 73.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 73.1% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 74.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 75.4% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 76.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2018 75.6%coil spring fractured or broken
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 2018 Peugeot Bipper 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Renault Zoe 77.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 79.1%
- Vauxhall Combo 79.4%
- Fiat 500L 80.7%
- Nissan Navara 80.9%
- Renault Grand Scenic 81.2%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 Peugeot Bipper 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 211 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 | 59 | 27.80% | 20.98% | +6.82 |
| Tyres | 46 | 21.70% | 19.76% | +1.94 |
| Brakes | 32 | 15.10% | 20.89% | −5.79 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 23 | 10.80% | 5.52% | +5.28 |
| Visibility | 20 | 9.40% | 4.97% | +4.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 17 | 8.00% | 12.21% | −4.21 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Steering | 5 | 2.40% | 2.57% | −0.17 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 14.9% | £25–65 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.1% | £3–12 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Major | 4.1% | £30–75 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.7% | £80–200 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.8% | £5–20 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.8% | £8–22 |
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 | 11.3% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.5% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.1% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Advisory | 3.6% | £30–75 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 49 | 71.4% | 20,626 mi |
| 30-60k | 119 | 69.7% | 41,966 mi |
| 60-90k | 41 | 92.7% | 73,642 mi |
| 90-120k | 12 | 91.7% | 102,168 mi |
Source: 221 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.
2018 Bipper MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Peugeot Bipper?
75.6% of the 221 2018 Peugeot Bipper tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 67.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Peugeot Bipper?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (14.93%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (4.07%), shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (4.07%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Peugeot Bipper MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 71.4% of the time, falling to 91.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Peugeot Bipper in this dataset had covered 41,391 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Peugeot Bipper MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.1% 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.