Pass rate
89.6%
Above average — 1.6 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 4,461 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£95
2021 Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate
- 2021
- Van
- 28 trims combined
- typical 35,691 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
19.7% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2024 98.8% pass
- Avoid 2001 72.1% pass
Across the 25 years on record, a spread of 26.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.6%
- Typical mileage
- 36k mi
The 2021 Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate is 89.6% of its MOT tests — 1.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 19.7% 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
Visibility: 3.1× the national share
Visibility accounts for 15.3% of everything recorded on the 2021 Peugeot Boxer, against 5.0% nationally — 10.3 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 19.7%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
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 Boxer first registered in 2021 is combined here — 28 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Peugeot Boxer compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 1.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.6%. The median 2021 Peugeot Boxer in this dataset had covered 35,691 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 88.6% of the time, April–September 90.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.25% of tests.
- 4,461 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.6% overall pass rate, 88.6% 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
- 4,461
- Typical mileage (median)
- 35,691 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
Windscreen
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 70% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Boxer
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 702 | 84.3% |
| Yorkshire | 688 | 94.9% |
| South East | 668 | 86.5% |
| Scotland | 498 | 93.4% |
| South West | 439 | 89.3% |
| North West | 437 | 91.1% |
| East Midlands | 332 | 87.0% |
| East of England | 308 | 90.6% |
| Wales | 162 | 92.0% |
| North East | 158 | 88.0% |
| London | 69 | 92.8% |
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 2021 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 2021 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 the windscreen 3.3% 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 1.4% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 wipers and washers 1.3% 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.
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 2021 Boxer through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£95 — and 48% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£95
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: on or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed…
- £60–£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 4,461 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 2021 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 2021 vans with a similar record
- Volkswagen Caddy 88.7%
- Volkswagen Caddy Maxi 88.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Sprinter 87.7%
- Ford Transit 87.6%
- Volkswagen Transporter 87.2%
- Ford Transit Courier 87.2%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 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 2,527 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 502 | 19.70% | 20.89% | −1.19 |
| Tyres | 467 | 18.30% | 19.76% | −1.46 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 454 | 17.80% | 12.21% | +5.59 |
| Visibility | 390 | 15.30% | 4.97% | +10.33 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 259 | 10.20% | 5.52% | +4.68 |
| Suspension | 166 | 6.50% | 20.98% | −14.48 |
| Non-component advisories | 134 | 5.30% | 4.18% | +1.12 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 73 | 2.90% | 5.57% | −2.67 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 65 | 2.60% | 0.82% | +1.78 |
| Steering | 17 | 0.70% | 2.57% | −1.87 |
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 | 3.3% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.4% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.0% | £45–110 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.92% | £8–22 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.90% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.87% | £5–20 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 0.78% | £3–15 |
| On or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.78% | £60–250 |
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 | 5.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.2% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 3.1% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 1.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,012 | 93.7% | 13,383 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,259 | 88.9% | 45,346 mi |
| 60-90k | 800 | 84.8% | 73,242 mi |
| 90-120k | 305 | 81.6% | 101,444 mi |
| 120k+ | 85 | 78.8% | 139,317 mi |
Source: 4,461 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.
2021 Boxer MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Peugeot Boxer?
89.6% of the 4,461 2021 Peugeot Boxer tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 88.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Peugeot Boxer?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.25%), headlamp aim too high (1.39%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.32%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.7% of the time, falling to 78.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Peugeot Boxer in this dataset had covered 35,691 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 88.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 90.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.