Pass rate
94.5%
Above average — 0.3 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 91 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£78
2023 Peugeot Rifter MOT pass rate
- 2023
- 2 trims combined
- typical 12,726 mi
Only 91 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Brakes
34.7% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
3.0 pts down across model years — 5.2% in 2018, 2.2% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 94.5% pass · this year
- Avoid 2018 87.7% pass
Across the 6 years on record, a spread of 6.8 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 94.2%
- Typical mileage
- 13k mi
The 2023 Peugeot Rifter MOT pass rate is 94.5% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 34.7% 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
Brakes: 1.7× the national share
Brakes make up 34.7% of everything recorded on the 2023 Peugeot Rifter, against 20.9% nationally — 13.8 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Based on a small sample. 91 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2023 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2023 Peugeot Rifter compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 0.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 94.2%. The median 2023 Peugeot Rifter in this dataset had covered 12,726 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too high", noted on 3.30% of tests.
- 91 recorded tests behind this page.
- 94.5% overall pass rate, 94.2% 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
- 91
- Typical mileage (median)
- 12,726 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
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Rifter MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 86% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Rifter
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 23 | 95.7% |
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 2023 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 2023 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 lights 3.3% 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.
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Check the wipers and washers 3.3% 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.
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Check the brakes 1.1% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2023 Rifter through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£78 — and 43% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£78
- 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
- 43%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 91 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 2023 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 Peugeot Rifter 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 49 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 17 | 34.70% | 20.89% | +13.81 |
| Tyres | 16 | 32.70% | 19.76% | +12.94 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 10.20% | 12.21% | −2.01 |
| Visibility | 4 | 8.20% | 4.97% | +3.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 4 | 8.20% | 4.18% | +4.02 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 4.10% | 5.57% | −1.47 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 2.00% | 5.52% | −3.52 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.3% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 3.3% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.1% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.1% | £80–250 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.1% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 1.1% | £5–20 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.1% | £3–12 |
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 | 11.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.7% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 7.7% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Items removed from drivers view prior to test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.4% | £20–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 1.1% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 87 | 94.3% | 12,513 mi |
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 40,276 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 61,290 mi |
Source: 91 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.
2023 Rifter MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Peugeot Rifter?
94.5% of the 91 2023 Peugeot Rifter tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 94.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Peugeot Rifter?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too high (3.30%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.30%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.10%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Peugeot Rifter MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Peugeot Rifter in this dataset had covered 12,726 mi.