Pass rate
76.2%
Around average — 1.0 pts behind the 77.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 971 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£110
2012 Peugeot Horizon MOT pass rate
- 2012
- typical 73,096 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
20.7% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 89.2% pass
- Avoid 2013 75.5% pass
Across the 10 years on record, a spread of 13.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 69.7%
- Typical mileage
- 73k mi
The 2012 Peugeot Horizon MOT pass rate is 76.2% of its MOT tests — 1.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot Horizon does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.3× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 12.8% of everything recorded on the 2012 Peugeot Horizon, against 5.6% nationally — 7.2 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 20.7%, 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.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 31% 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 2012 Peugeot Horizon compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 77.2%, so this figure is 1.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.7%. The median 2012 Peugeot Horizon in this dataset had covered 73,096 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.3% of the time, April–September 77.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 6.18% of tests.
- 971 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.2% overall pass rate, 69.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot Horizon, the average is 81.3% — best year 2021 (89.2%), worst 2013 (75.5%).
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
- 971
- Typical mileage (median)
- 73,096 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot Horizon
- 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 Horizon MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Horizon
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 156 | 74.4% |
| East of England | 133 | 76.7% |
| Yorkshire | 124 | 73.4% |
| North West | 104 | 82.7% |
| Wales | 102 | 76.5% |
| Scotland | 102 | 66.7% |
| South East | 95 | 76.8% |
| West Midlands | 85 | 77.6% |
| East Midlands | 41 | 82.9% |
| North East | 26 | 88.5% |
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 2012 Horizon
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 2012 Horizon
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 6.2% 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 5.9% 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 exhaust and emissions 2.2% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
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.
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 2012 Horizon through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£110 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£110
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 31%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 971 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 Horizon, side by side
10 model years on record, from 2012 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.5% to 89.2% — a spread of 13.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 76.2%coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 75.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2014 78.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2015 80.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2016 81.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2017 83.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2018 84.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2019 87.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2020 88.6% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 89.2% wipers does not clear the…
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 2012 Peugeot Horizon 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 2012 cars with a similar record
- Chevrolet Cruze 76.2%
- Volkswagen Beetle 76.3%
- Vauxhall Zafira 76.0%
- Hyundai I20 75.9%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 76.5%
- Volkswagen Polo 76.6%
Closest pass rates among 2012 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 2012 Peugeot Horizon 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 1,712 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 | 356 | 20.70% | 20.98% | −0.28 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 323 | 18.80% | 12.21% | +6.59 |
| Brakes | 290 | 16.90% | 20.89% | −3.99 |
| Tyres | 250 | 14.60% | 19.76% | −5.16 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 220 | 12.80% | 5.57% | +7.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 115 | 6.70% | 5.52% | +1.18 |
| Visibility | 59 | 3.40% | 4.97% | −1.57 |
| Non-component advisories | 56 | 3.30% | 4.18% | −0.88 |
| Steering | 36 | 2.10% | 2.57% | −0.47 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 0.40% | 0.82% | −0.42 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 6.2% | £25–65 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.9% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.5% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.6% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £3–12 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.2% | £45–120 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.4% | £40–150 |
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 | 13.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.2% | £40–150 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.9% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.4% | £25–65 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 6.2% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 84 | 84.5% | 22,754 mi |
| 30-60k | 321 | 77.6% | 45,373 mi |
| 60-90k | 166 | 78.3% | 73,652 mi |
| 90-120k | 124 | 71.0% | 106,397 mi |
| 120k+ | 273 | 72.9% | 179,855 mi |
Source: 971 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.
2012 Horizon MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2012 Peugeot Horizon?
76.2% of the 971 2012 Peugeot Horizon tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 77.2% for cars first used in 2012. First-attempt pass rate: 69.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2012 Peugeot Horizon?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (6.18%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.87%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.46%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2012 Peugeot Horizon MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 84.5% of the time, falling to 72.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2012 Peugeot Horizon in this dataset had covered 73,096 mi.
Does the season affect the 2012 Peugeot Horizon MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 77.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.