Pass rate
72.1%
Below average — 1.2 pts behind the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 4,737 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £74–£188
2001 Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate
- 2001
- Van
- typical 55,029 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.0% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 98.8% pass
- Avoid 2001 72.1% pass · this year
Across the 25 years on record, a spread of 26.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 64.9%
- Typical mileage
- 55k mi
The 2001 Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate is 72.1% of its MOT tests — 1.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot Boxer does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.5× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 14.0% of everything recorded on the 2001 Peugeot Boxer, against 5.6% nationally — 8.4 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 27.0%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
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 2001 Peugeot Boxer compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 1.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 64.9%. The median 2001 Peugeot Boxer in this dataset had covered 55,029 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 89% of tests, with a 72.3% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.7% of the time, April–September 72.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 6.35% of tests.
- 4,737 recorded tests behind this page.
- 72.1% overall pass rate, 64.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot Boxer, the average is 82.6% — best year 2024 (98.8%), worst 2001 (72.1%).
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
- 4,737
- Typical mileage (median)
- 55,029 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot Boxer
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Boxer MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 57% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (89% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Boxer
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 995 | 68.0% |
| South East | 776 | 73.8% |
| North West | 481 | 73.4% |
| West Midlands | 460 | 76.3% |
| East of England | 449 | 75.3% |
| Scotland | 397 | 68.5% |
| Wales | 381 | 66.9% |
| Yorkshire | 345 | 75.9% |
| East Midlands | 257 | 73.9% |
| North East | 169 | 71.6% |
| London | 27 | 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 2001 Boxer
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 2001 Boxer
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 corrosion 6.3% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the lights 4.0% 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 horn 3.9% of tests
“horn not working”
Press it. That is the whole check, and a surprising number of cars fail on it.
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 2001 Boxer through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £74–£188 — and 41% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £74–£188
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 41%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 4,737 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 Boxer, side by side
25 model years on record, from 2000 to 2024. Across them the pass rate runs from 72.1% to 98.8% — a spread of 26.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 72.5% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 72.1%component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 73.4% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 76.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 75.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 76.1% component mounting prescribed…
- 2006 77.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 79.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 81.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 81.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 86.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 85.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 84.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 85.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 84.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 85.1% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2016 86.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2017 86.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2018 89.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 89.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 91.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2021 89.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 92.9% headlamp aim too high
- 2023 96.2% headlamp aim too high
- 2024 98.8% mirrors slightly damaged
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 2001 Peugeot Boxer 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 2001 vans with a similar record
- Ford Transit 72.0%
- Fiat Ducato 72.7%
- Citroen Berlingo 70.9%
- Volkswagen Transporter 69.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 75.3%
- Renault Kangoo 66.9%
Closest pass rates among 2001 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2001 Peugeot Boxer 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 12,902 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 | 3,520 | 27.00% | 20.98% | +6.02 |
| Brakes | 3,030 | 23.30% | 20.89% | +2.41 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1,828 | 14.00% | 5.57% | +8.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,810 | 13.90% | 12.21% | +1.69 |
| Tyres | 715 | 5.50% | 19.76% | −14.26 |
| Visibility | 656 | 5.00% | 4.97% | +0.03 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 574 | 4.40% | 5.52% | −1.12 |
| Steering | 421 | 3.20% | 2.57% | +0.63 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 177 | 1.40% | 0.82% | +0.58 |
| Non-component advisories | 171 | 1.30% | 4.18% | −2.88 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.3% | £180–450 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–20 |
| Horn not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £8–25 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 3.3% | £8–22 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.1% | £80–180 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 2.8% | £60–150 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.7% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.3% | £80–250 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £45–110 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 27.8% | £20–55 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 20.4% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 8.1% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.5% | £200–700 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 326 | 78.2% | 23,158 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,445 | 74.2% | 46,135 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,435 | 69.2% | 71,894 mi |
| 90-120k | 462 | 66.5% | 101,117 mi |
| 120k+ | 67 | 65.7% | 137,081 mi |
Source: 4,737 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.
2001 Boxer MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Peugeot Boxer?
72.1% of the 4,737 2001 Peugeot Boxer tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 64.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Peugeot Boxer?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.35%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.95%), horn not working (3.86%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 78.2% of the time, falling to 65.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Peugeot Boxer in this dataset had covered 55,029 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2001 Peugeot Boxer?
Diesel: 72.3% pass rate across 4,228 tests. Petrol: 70.2% pass rate across 493 tests. LPG: 68.8% pass rate across 16 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2001 Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.