Pass rate
84.2%
Around average — 0.2 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 838 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£96
2016 Peugeot Rcz MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 43,942 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
34.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
0.8 pts down across model years — 6.4% in 2010, 5.6% in 2015.
Which year to buy
- Best 2016 84.2% pass · this year
- Avoid 2010 73.8% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 10.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 81.7%
- Typical mileage
- 44k mi
The 2016 Peugeot Rcz MOT pass rate is 84.2% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot Rcz does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.8× the national share
Tyres make up 34.8% of everything recorded on the 2016 Peugeot Rcz, against 19.8% nationally — 15.0 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 35% 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
Watching a Peugeot Rcz? Get an email when these numbers change .
How does the 2016 Peugeot Rcz compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 0.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.7%. The median 2016 Peugeot Rcz in this dataset had covered 43,942 mi.
63% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 84.6% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.9% of the time, April–September 83.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 2.63% of tests.
- 838 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.2% overall pass rate, 81.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot Rcz, the average is 77.1% — best year 2016 (84.2%), worst 2010 (73.8%).
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
- 838
- Typical mileage (median)
- 43,942 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot Rcz
- 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 Rcz MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (63% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Rcz
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 127 | 81.9% |
| South East | 99 | 83.8% |
| West Midlands | 97 | 94.8% |
| East Midlands | 82 | 79.3% |
| North East | 82 | 84.1% |
| Scotland | 80 | 78.8% |
| East of England | 77 | 83.1% |
| South West | 75 | 85.3% |
| Yorkshire | 52 | 88.5% |
| Wales | 42 | 88.1% |
| London | 25 | 76.0% |
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 2016 Rcz
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 2016 Rcz
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.
-
Check the coil springs 2.6% 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.
-
Check the lights 1.6% 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.
-
Check the wipers and washers 1.3% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the 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 2016 Rcz through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£96 — and 35% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£96
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £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
- 35%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 838 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 Rcz, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2010 to 2016. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.8% to 84.2% — a spread of 10.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 73.8% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2011 75.0% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2012 76.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2013 77.2% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2014 79.7% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2015 82.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2016 84.2%coil spring fractured or broken
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 2016 Peugeot Rcz 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Volvo XC90 84.2%
- Vauxhall Astra 84.3%
- Volvo XC60 84.3%
- Mercedes-Benz A-Class 84.1%
- Volvo XC70 84.1%
- Kia Sportage 84.0%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 Peugeot Rcz 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 912 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 322 | 34.80% | 19.76% | +15.04 |
| Brakes | 240 | 25.90% | 20.89% | +5.01 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 100 | 10.80% | 12.21% | −1.41 |
| Suspension | 58 | 6.30% | 20.98% | −14.68 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 52 | 5.60% | 5.52% | +0.08 |
| Visibility | 45 | 4.90% | 4.97% | −0.07 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 44 | 4.80% | 5.57% | −0.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 30 | 3.20% | 4.18% | −0.98 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 13 | 1.40% | 1.76% | −0.36 |
| Steering | 8 | 0.90% | 2.57% | −1.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.6% | £25–65 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.1% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.6% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.3% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.3% | £80–250 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.3% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.2% | £3–12 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £8–22 |
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 | 14.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 14.1% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 197 | 90.9% | 22,921 mi |
| 30-60k | 445 | 83.4% | 43,934 mi |
| 60-90k | 156 | 80.1% | 71,456 mi |
| 90-120k | 22 | 77.3% | 97,909 mi |
| 120k+ | 17 | 76.5% | 137,766 mi |
Source: 838 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.
2016 Rcz MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Peugeot Rcz?
84.2% of the 838 2016 Peugeot Rcz tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 81.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Peugeot Rcz?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (2.63%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.15%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (1.55%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Peugeot Rcz MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.9% of the time, falling to 76.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Peugeot Rcz in this dataset had covered 43,942 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Peugeot Rcz?
Petrol: 84.6% pass rate across 526 tests. Diesel: 83.7% pass rate across 312 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Peugeot Rcz MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.