Pass rate
67.8%
Below average — 4.7 pts behind the 72.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 4,858 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £66–£180
2006 Peugeot Expert MOT pass rate
- 2006
- Van
- typical 127,111 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
21.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 97.5% pass
- Avoid 2005 66.3% pass
Across the 23 years on record, a spread of 31.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 57.4%
- Typical mileage
- 127k mi
The 2006 Peugeot Expert MOT pass rate is 67.8% of its MOT tests — 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot Expert does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.7× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 15.0% of everything recorded on the 2006 Peugeot Expert, against 5.6% nationally — 9.4 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 21.3%, 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 72.5%; this one manages 67.8% — 4.7 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 2006 Peugeot Expert compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.5%, so this figure is 4.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 57.4%. The median 2006 Peugeot Expert in this dataset had covered 127,111 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.4% of the time, April–September 68.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 9.16% of tests.
- 4,858 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.8% overall pass rate, 57.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot Expert, the average is 78.7% — best year 2022 (97.5%), worst 2005 (66.3%).
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
- 4,858
- Typical mileage (median)
- 127,111 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot Expert
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Expert MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 56% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Expert
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 1,148 | 64.3% |
| South East | 703 | 70.1% |
| West Midlands | 653 | 69.8% |
| North West | 520 | 64.8% |
| East of England | 490 | 71.4% |
| Yorkshire | 409 | 70.4% |
| Wales | 349 | 67.6% |
| East Midlands | 315 | 69.5% |
| Scotland | 137 | 60.6% |
| North East | 90 | 64.4% |
| London | 44 | 86.4% |
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 2006 Expert
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 2006 Expert
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 lights 8.3% 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 corrosion 8.1% 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 windscreen 5.7% 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.
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 2006 Expert through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £66–£180 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £66–£180
- 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
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 4,858 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 Expert, side by side
23 model years on record, from 2000 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.3% to 97.5% — a spread of 31.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 69.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2001 67.8% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 68.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 69.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 66.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 66.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 67.8%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2007 69.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 69.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2009 70.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2010 71.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2011 72.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2012 72.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2013 72.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 76.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 78.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2016 76.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 83.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 84.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 88.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 90.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2021 91.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 97.5% windscreen damaged but not…
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 2006 Peugeot Expert 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 2006 vans with a similar record
- Citroen Dispatch 67.8%
- Citroen Relay 68.1%
- Renault Trafic 67.4%
- Fiat Scudo 67.1%
- Ford Transit Connect 67.0%
- Vauxhall Vivaro 66.9%
Closest pass rates among 2006 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 2006 Peugeot Expert 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 16,989 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 | 3,663 | 21.30% | 20.98% | +0.32 |
| Brakes | 2,707 | 15.70% | 20.89% | −5.19 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2,586 | 15.00% | 5.57% | +9.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 2,161 | 12.60% | 12.21% | +0.39 |
| Tyres | 1,846 | 10.70% | 19.76% | −9.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1,689 | 9.80% | 5.52% | +4.28 |
| Visibility | 825 | 4.80% | 4.97% | −0.17 |
| Steering | 623 | 3.60% | 2.57% | +1.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 505 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 384 | 2.20% | 0.82% | +1.38 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 9.2% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.3% | £5–20 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 8.1% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.8% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.7% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.8% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.5% | £45–120 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.4% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 2.8% | £45–110 |
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 | 29.8% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 18.5% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 13.7% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.0% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 8.8% | £45–120 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 7.7% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 14 | 64.3% | 16,906 mi |
| 30-60k | 147 | 77.6% | 49,421 mi |
| 60-90k | 473 | 72.9% | 76,787 mi |
| 90-120k | 880 | 67.6% | 106,380 mi |
| 120k+ | 1,965 | 67.9% | 166,861 mi |
Source: 4,858 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.
2006 Expert MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2006 Peugeot Expert?
67.8% of the 4,858 2006 Peugeot Expert tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.5% for cars first used in 2006. First-attempt pass rate: 57.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2006 Peugeot Expert?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (9.16%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.32%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (8.05%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2006 Peugeot Expert MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 64.3% of the time, falling to 67.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2006 Peugeot Expert in this dataset had covered 127,111 mi.
Does the season affect the 2006 Peugeot Expert MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.