Pass rate
74.2%
Below average — 7.9 pts behind the 82.1% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 605 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£88
2015 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate
- 2015
- typical 203,284 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
23.9% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 84.6% pass
- Avoid 2012 67.2% pass
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 17.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 66.5%
- Typical mileage
- 203k mi
The 2015 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate is 74.2% of its MOT tests — 7.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot Premier does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.2× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 12.4% of everything recorded on the 2015 Peugeot Premier, against 5.5% nationally — 6.9 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 23.9%, but at 21.0% 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 74.2% — 7.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 Premier compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 82.1%, so this figure is 7.9 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 Premier in this dataset had covered 203,284 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.2% of the time, April–September 72.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint excessively worn", noted on 3.97% of tests.
- 605 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.2% overall pass rate, 66.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot Premier, the average is 73.7% — best year 2019 (84.6%), worst 2012 (67.2%).
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
- 605
- Typical mileage (median)
- 203,284 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot Premier
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Premier MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Premier
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 123 | 76.4% |
| South West | 87 | 66.7% |
| North East | 77 | 77.9% |
| West Midlands | 75 | 76.0% |
| Scotland | 68 | 70.6% |
| Yorkshire | 62 | 83.9% |
| Wales | 44 | 72.7% |
| East Midlands | 27 | 66.7% |
| North West | 23 | 69.6% |
| East of England | 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 Premier
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 Premier
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 suspension joints 4.0% 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.
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Check the coil springs 4.0% 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 4.0% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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.
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 Premier through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£88 — and 42% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£88
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 42%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 605 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 Premier, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2012 to 2019. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.2% to 84.6% — a spread of 17.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2012 67.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 70.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 73.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 74.2%ball joint excessively worn
- 2016 71.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 75.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2018 76.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 84.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 Premier 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
- Renault Megane 74.1%
- DS DS3 74.4%
- Vauxhall Combo 74.0%
- Dacia Sandero 73.9%
- Citroen Nemo 73.9%
- Vauxhall Antara 74.6%
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 Premier 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 1,286 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 | 309 | 23.90% | 20.98% | +2.92 |
| Brakes | 247 | 19.10% | 20.89% | −1.79 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 206 | 15.90% | 12.21% | +3.69 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 161 | 12.40% | 5.52% | +6.88 |
| Tyres | 122 | 9.40% | 19.76% | −10.36 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 88 | 6.80% | 5.57% | +1.23 |
| Steering | 55 | 4.30% | 2.57% | +1.73 |
| Visibility | 54 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 27 | 2.10% | 4.18% | −2.08 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 17 | 1.30% | 0.82% | +0.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £25–65 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 4.0% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.0% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.0% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 3.6% | £80–250 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.3% | £3–12 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.3% | £80–200 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.1% | £80–250 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.8% | £18–45 |
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 | 15.0% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.7% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 12.9% | £40–150 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 10.4% | £25–65 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 6 | 100.0% | 43,397 mi |
| 60-90k | 13 | 76.9% | 79,745 mi |
| 90-120k | 38 | 60.5% | 106,334 mi |
| 120k+ | 523 | 75.0% | 214,107 mi |
Source: 605 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 Premier MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2015 Peugeot Premier?
74.2% of the 605 2015 Peugeot Premier 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 Premier?
The three most recorded items are ball joint excessively worn (3.97%), coil spring fractured or broken (3.97%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.97%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2015 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2015 Peugeot Premier in this dataset had covered 203,284 mi.
Does the season affect the 2015 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.