Pass rate
89.7%
Above average — 1.5 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,763 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £17–£45
2021 Peugeot Rifter MOT pass rate
- 2021
- 3 trims combined
- typical 17,238 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
28.1% 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 →
0.7 pts down across model years — 6.7% in 2018, 6.0% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 94.5% pass
- Avoid 2018 87.7% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 6.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.6%
- Typical mileage
- 17k mi
The 2021 Peugeot Rifter MOT pass rate is 89.7% of its MOT tests — 1.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.1% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Peugeot Rifter does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 4.2× the national share
Visibility accounts for 21.1% of everything recorded on the 2021 Peugeot Rifter, against 5.0% nationally — 16.1 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 28.1%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 78% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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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Every Peugeot Rifter first registered in 2021 is combined here — 3 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Peugeot Rifter compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 1.5 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.6%. The median 2021 Peugeot Rifter in this dataset had covered 17,238 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 87% of tests, with a 89.5% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.2% of the time, April–September 89.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 5.21% of tests.
- 2,763 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.7% overall pass rate, 88.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Peugeot Rifter, the average is 88.6% — best year 2023 (94.5%), worst 2018 (87.7%).
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
- 2,763
- Typical mileage (median)
- 17,238 mi
- Make and model
- Peugeot Rifter
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Rifter MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 76% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (87% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Rifter
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 475 | 88.8% |
| North West | 404 | 90.3% |
| South East | 295 | 89.8% |
| West Midlands | 287 | 89.9% |
| South West | 253 | 87.7% |
| Yorkshire | 236 | 89.8% |
| East of England | 218 | 92.2% |
| East Midlands | 204 | 91.7% |
| Wales | 199 | 87.4% |
| North East | 159 | 88.7% |
| London | 33 | 97.0% |
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 2021 Rifter
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 2021 Rifter
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 wipers and washers 5.2% 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.
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Check the windscreen 1.3% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the lights 1.2% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 2021 Rifter through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £17–£45 — and 78% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £17–£45
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 78%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,763 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 Rifter, side by side
6 model years on record, from 2018 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 87.7% to 94.5% — a spread of 6.8 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2018 87.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 88.2% wipers does not clear the…
- 2020 88.6% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 89.7%wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 91.5% wipers blade defective
- 2023 94.5% headlamp aim too high
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 2021 Peugeot Rifter 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Hyundai Kona Ultimate Gdi 89.7%
- Audi Q4 E-Tron 89.8%
- Kia Sportage GT-Ln Crdi 89.8%
- Mercedes-Benz Cla 89.6%
- Mercedes-Benz E 89.6%
- SEAT Arona Fr 89.6%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Peugeot Rifter 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 2,125 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 | 600 | 28.10% | 19.76% | +8.34 |
| Brakes | 555 | 26.00% | 20.89% | +5.11 |
| Visibility | 451 | 21.10% | 4.97% | +16.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 223 | 10.40% | 12.21% | −1.81 |
| Non-component advisories | 179 | 8.40% | 4.18% | +4.22 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 49 | 2.30% | 5.57% | −3.27 |
| Suspension | 33 | 1.50% | 20.98% | −19.48 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 17 | 0.80% | 5.52% | −4.72 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 9 | 0.40% | 1.76% | −1.36 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 9 | 0.40% | 0.82% | −0.42 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 5.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 3.8% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.6% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.0% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.0% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.80% | £5–25 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.65% | £45–95 |
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 | 11.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.8% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.2% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2,129 | 91.0% | 14,189 mi |
| 30-60k | 543 | 85.5% | 39,678 mi |
| 60-90k | 70 | 84.3% | 72,125 mi |
| 90-120k | 15 | 86.7% | 98,269 mi |
| 120k+ | 6 | 100.0% | 138,991 mi |
Source: 2,763 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.
2021 Rifter MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Peugeot Rifter?
89.7% of the 2,763 2021 Peugeot Rifter tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 88.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Peugeot Rifter?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.21%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.84%), wipers blade defective (3.58%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Peugeot Rifter MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Peugeot Rifter in this dataset had covered 17,238 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Peugeot Rifter?
Diesel: 89.5% pass rate across 2,391 tests. Petrol: 90.7% pass rate across 355 tests. Electric: 94.1% pass rate across 17 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2021 Peugeot Rifter MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.