Pass rate
75.7%
Around average — 10.3 pts behind the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 658 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£120
2017 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 158,105 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
21.2% 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 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
- 69.8%
- Typical mileage
- 158k mi
The 2017 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate is 75.7% of its MOT tests — 10.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 21.2% of everything recorded on the 2017 Peugeot Premier, against 12.2% nationally — 9.0 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 86.0%; this one manages 75.7% — 10.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- 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 2017 Peugeot Premier compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 10.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.8%. The median 2017 Peugeot Premier in this dataset had covered 158,105 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 71.8% of the time, April–September 79.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt", noted on 4.71% of tests.
- 658 recorded tests behind this page.
- 75.7% overall pass rate, 69.8% 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
- 658
- Typical mileage (median)
- 158,105 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot Premier
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Premier MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Where the Peugeot Premier is most common
Across all Premier model years on record (2012–2019): 1,080 Peugeot Premier cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 3,345 tests. Bradford (BD) has the most, with 76 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 | Bradford (BD) | 76 | 82.6% |
| 2 | Bristol (BS) | 64 | 58.0% |
| 3 | Coventry (CV) | 53 | 78.8% |
| 4 | Leeds (LS) | 51 | 91.5% |
| 5 | Brighton (BN) | 46 | 55.8% |
| 6 | Sunderland (SR) | 46 | 71.8% |
| 7 | Cardiff (CF) | 41 | 76.2% |
| 8 | Aberdeen (AB) | 41 | 64.6% |
| 9 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 35 | 73.3% |
| 10 | Glasgow (G) | 28 | 74.6% |
| 11 | Paisley (PA) | 28 | 90.2% |
| 12 | Sheffield (S) | 26 | 65.5% |
| 13 | Birmingham (B) | 26 | 82.2% |
| 14 | Worcester (WR) | 21 | 78.1% |
| 15 | Derby (DE) | 19 | 78.9% |
| 16 | Doncaster (DN) | 19 | 80.4% |
| 17 | Milton Keynes (MK) | 17 | 78.7% |
| 18 | Nottingham (NG) | 17 | 75.5% |
| 19 | Dundee (DD) | 17 | 57.1% |
| 20 | Ashford (TN) | 16 | 77.8% |
The twenty areas with the most Peugeot Premier 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 Premier
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 173 | 82.7% |
| South West | 111 | 64.0% |
| South East | 81 | 76.5% |
| West Midlands | 65 | 75.4% |
| North East | 65 | 69.2% |
| Scotland | 60 | 76.7% |
| Wales | 46 | 71.7% |
| East Midlands | 28 | 92.9% |
| East of England | 16 | 75.0% |
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 2017 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 2017 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 lights 4.1% 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 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 exhaust and emissions 3.2% 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.
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 2017 Premier through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£120 — and 31% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£120
- 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 658 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 2017 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Fiat Talento 75.7%
- Renault Zoe 75.4%
- Vauxhall Combo 76.1%
- SsangYong Rodius 76.3%
- Renault Clio 78.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 78.3%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 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 1,092 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 | 234 | 21.20% | 12.21% | +8.99 |
| Suspension | 228 | 20.60% | 20.98% | −0.38 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 153 | 13.80% | 5.52% | +8.28 |
| Brakes | 130 | 11.80% | 20.89% | −9.09 |
| Tyres | 129 | 11.70% | 19.76% | −8.06 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 116 | 10.50% | 5.57% | +4.93 |
| Steering | 34 | 3.10% | 2.57% | +0.53 |
| Visibility | 28 | 2.50% | 4.97% | −2.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 26 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 14 | 1.30% | 0.82% | +0.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.7% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.3% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.1% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.0% | £18–45 |
| On or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.2% | £60–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £3–12 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £40–150 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £25–65 |
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 | 13.1% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 12.6% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 7.6% | £40–150 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 6.2% | £25–65 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.7% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 4.6% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 35 | 85.7% | 14,001 mi |
| 30-60k | 13 | 100.0% | 43,192 mi |
| 60-90k | 38 | 81.6% | 77,945 mi |
| 90-120k | 82 | 74.4% | 106,501 mi |
| 120k+ | 489 | 74.2% | 187,792 mi |
Source: 658 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.
2017 Premier MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 Peugeot Premier?
75.7% of the 658 2017 Peugeot Premier tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 69.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 Peugeot Premier?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.71%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (4.26%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.10%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.7% of the time, falling to 74.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 Peugeot Premier in this dataset had covered 158,105 mi.
Does the season affect the 2017 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 71.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.