Pass rate
76.6%
Around average — 11.3 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 445 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£116
2018 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 150,826 mi
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
21.0% 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
- 70.9%
- Typical mileage
- 151k mi
The 2018 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate is 76.6% of its MOT tests — 11.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.0% 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
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 21.0% of everything recorded on the 2018 Peugeot Premier, against 12.2% nationally — 8.8 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 87.9%; this one manages 76.6% — 11.3 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 2018 Peugeot Premier compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 11.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 70.9%. The median 2018 Peugeot Premier in this dataset had covered 150,826 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 76.8% of the time, April–September 76.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 7.42% of tests.
- 445 recorded tests behind this page.
- 76.6% overall pass rate, 70.9% 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
- 445
- Typical mileage (median)
- 150,826 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
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Premier MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Premier
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 84 | 73.8% |
| South East | 69 | 82.6% |
| North East | 54 | 72.2% |
| West Midlands | 53 | 84.9% |
| Yorkshire | 53 | 84.9% |
| East Midlands | 47 | 68.1% |
| South West | 28 | 60.7% |
| North West | 28 | 75.0% |
| East of England | 20 | 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 2018 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 2018 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 7.4% 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 2.9% 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 2.9% 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 2018 Premier through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£116 — and 38% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £35–£116
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 38%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 445 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Renault Zoe 77.5%
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 79.1%
- Vauxhall Combo 79.4%
- Fiat 500L 80.7%
- Nissan Navara 80.9%
- Renault Grand Scenic 81.2%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 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 830 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 | 175 | 21.00% | 12.21% | +8.79 |
| Suspension | 153 | 18.30% | 20.98% | −2.68 |
| Brakes | 114 | 13.70% | 20.89% | −7.19 |
| Tyres | 111 | 13.30% | 19.76% | −6.46 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 99 | 11.90% | 5.52% | +6.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 95 | 11.40% | 5.57% | +5.83 |
| Steering | 28 | 3.40% | 2.57% | +0.83 |
| Non-component advisories | 24 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Visibility | 23 | 2.80% | 4.97% | −2.17 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 8 | 1.00% | 0.82% | +0.18 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 7.4% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 4.7% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.7% | £80–250 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £3–12 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.9% | £18–45 |
| On or after 01/01/2014 emissions exceed manufacturer's specified limit Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 2.9% | £60–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.9% | £5–25 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.7% | £40–150 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.5% | £45–120 |
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 | 18.0% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 14.4% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.2% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.2% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 4.9% | £18–45 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 4.5% | £25–65 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 3 | 100.0% | 25,569 mi |
| 30-60k | 14 | 92.9% | 52,989 mi |
| 60-90k | 31 | 74.2% | 74,949 mi |
| 90-120k | 66 | 71.2% | 106,959 mi |
| 120k+ | 330 | 77.0% | 181,274 mi |
Source: 445 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.
2018 Premier MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Peugeot Premier?
76.6% of the 445 2018 Peugeot Premier tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 70.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Peugeot Premier?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (7.42%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (4.72%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.72%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 77.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Peugeot Premier in this dataset had covered 150,826 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 Peugeot Premier MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 76.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 76.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.