Pass rate
73.5%
Below average — 8.6 pts behind the 82.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 985 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £46–£147
2015 Peugeot E7 MOT pass rate
- 2015
- typical 232,799 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
17.7% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2017 76.7% pass
- Avoid 2011 69.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 7.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 66.5%
- Typical mileage
- 233k mi
The 2015 Peugeot E7 MOT pass rate is 73.5% of its MOT tests — 8.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 17.7% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 3.0× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 16.8% of everything recorded on the 2015 Peugeot E7, against 5.5% nationally — 11.3 points above. Lamps & electrics are still the single largest share at 17.7%, but at 12.2% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 82.1%; this one manages 73.5% — 8.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 21% 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 2015 Peugeot E7 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 82.1%, so this figure is 8.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 66.5%. The median 2015 Peugeot E7 in this dataset had covered 232,799 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 73.1% of the time, April–September 73.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "On or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit", noted on 4.37% of tests.
- 985 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.5% overall pass rate, 66.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot E7, the average is 73.5% — best year 2017 (76.7%), worst 2011 (69.2%).
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
- 985
- Typical mileage (median)
- 232,799 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot E7
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Emissions Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the E7 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Peugeot E7 is most common
Across all E7 model years on record (2011–2017): 1,255 Peugeot E7 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 4,502 tests. Glasgow (G) has the most, with 194 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Glasgow (G) | 194 | 76.8% |
| 2 | Birmingham (B) | 129 | 70.0% |
| 3 | Sheffield (S) | 115 | 74.2% |
| 4 | Edinburgh (EH) | 83 | 57.7% |
| 5 | Liverpool (L) | 65 | 82.5% |
| 6 | Stourbridge (DY) | 63 | 91.4% |
| 7 | Derby (DE) | 47 | 72.3% |
| 8 | Norwich (NR) | 40 | 72.7% |
| 9 | Chester (CH) | 34 | 68.9% |
| 10 | Leicester (LE) | 30 | 58.6% |
| 11 | Brighton (BN) | 18 | 63.5% |
| 12 | Northampton (NN) | 17 | 67.3% |
| 13 | Coventry (CV) | 17 | 73.7% |
| 14 | Guildford (GU) | 13 | 85.6% |
| 15 | Newport (NP) | 13 | 75.7% |
| 16 | Plymouth (PL) | 13 | 75.6% |
| 17 | Ayr (KA) | 12 | 82.8% |
| 18 | Bristol (BS) | 12 | 64.4% |
| 19 | Chelmsford (CM) | 12 | 91.7% |
| 20 | Worcester (WR) | 12 | 77.8% |
The twenty areas with the most Peugeot E7 cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the E7
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 286 | 71.7% |
| West Midlands | 195 | 74.9% |
| East Midlands | 122 | 64.8% |
| North West | 103 | 79.6% |
| South East | 67 | 73.1% |
| East of England | 65 | 83.1% |
| Yorkshire | 65 | 75.4% |
| Wales | 47 | 68.1% |
| South West | 16 | 68.8% |
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 2015 E7
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 2015 E7
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 exhaust and emissions 4.4% of tests
“on or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 3.6% 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 3.4% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
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 2015 E7 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £46–£147 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £46–£147
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: on or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 985 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 E7, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2011 to 2017. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.2% to 76.7% — a spread of 7.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 69.2% ball joint excessively worn
- 2012 70.7% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2013 73.6% ball joint excessively worn
- 2014 73.6% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2015 73.5%on or after 01/01/2014 emissions…
- 2016 74.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 76.7% 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 2015 Peugeot E7 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 2015 cars with a similar record
- Citroen DS3 73.3%
- Dacia Sandero 73.9%
- Citroen Nemo 73.9%
- Vauxhall Combo 74.0%
- Renault Megane 74.1%
- DS DS3 74.4%
Closest pass rates among 2015 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 2015 Peugeot E7 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 1,642 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 294 | 17.70% | 12.21% | +5.49 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 278 | 16.80% | 5.52% | +11.28 |
| Suspension | 272 | 16.40% | 20.98% | −4.58 |
| Brakes | 272 | 16.40% | 20.89% | −4.49 |
| Tyres | 169 | 10.20% | 19.76% | −9.56 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 167 | 10.10% | 5.57% | +4.53 |
| Visibility | 60 | 3.60% | 4.97% | −1.37 |
| Steering | 60 | 3.60% | 2.57% | +1.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 52 | 3.10% | 4.18% | −1.08 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 18 | 1.10% | 0.82% | +0.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| On or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.4% | £60–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.9% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.9% | £80–250 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.8% | £45–110 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.5% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.9% | £25–65 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.9% | £80–200 |
| On or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed default limit of 0.7m-1 Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.1% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.8% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.6% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 2.1% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 60-90k | 8 | 87.5% | 81,101 mi |
| 90-120k | 24 | 70.8% | 106,264 mi |
| 120k+ | 881 | 74.0% | 237,808 mi |
Source: 985 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.
2015 E7 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2015 Peugeot E7?
73.5% of the 985 2015 Peugeot E7 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 82.1% for cars first used in 2015. First-attempt pass rate: 66.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2015 Peugeot E7?
The three most recorded items are on or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit (4.37%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (3.86%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.86%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2015 Peugeot E7 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.5% of the time, falling to 74.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2015 Peugeot E7 in this dataset had covered 232,799 mi.
Does the season affect the 2015 Peugeot E7 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 73.1% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.