Peugeot 206 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Peugeot 206 in Great Britain in 2025 — 34,318 tests. Figures cover every 206 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the 206 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
53.9%
18.4 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
34,318
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.0%
of 206 first tests; national 7.3%

How many Peugeot 206 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 68,780 Peugeot 206 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 29,054 taxed and 39,726 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Peugeot 206 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
29,054
42.2% of the 68,780 206 cars taxed or on SORN; 102 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
39,726
declared off the road by their keepers — 57.8% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed 206 cars peaked at 427,636 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 398,582 (93.2%) to 29,054 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 22,675 at the end of 2014 to 39,726 at the end of 2025, up 75.2%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed 206 cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

0100k200k300k400k500k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed 206 cars, year 2014: 428kTaxed 206 cars, year 2015: 370kTaxed 206 cars, year 2016: 310kTaxed 206 cars, year 2017: 246kTaxed 206 cars, year 2018: 189kTaxed 206 cars, year 2019: 143kTaxed 206 cars, year 2020: 110kTaxed 206 cars, year 2021: 82kTaxed 206 cars, year 2022: 64kTaxed 206 cars, year 2023: 50kTaxed 206 cars, year 2024: 38kTaxed 206 cars, year 2025: 29k29k
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YearTaxed 206 cars
2014427,636
2015369,507
2016310,037
2017245,854
2018189,442
2019143,495
2020110,093
202181,528
202264,103
202350,152
202438,153
202529,054

206 cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — for this model, cars on SORN outnumber taxed ones.

010k20k30k40k50k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)206 cars on SORN, year 2014: 23k206 cars on SORN, year 2015: 33k206 cars on SORN, year 2016: 41k206 cars on SORN, year 2017: 43k206 cars on SORN, year 2018: 44k206 cars on SORN, year 2019: 44k206 cars on SORN, year 2020: 46k206 cars on SORN, year 2021: 45k206 cars on SORN, year 2022: 43k206 cars on SORN, year 2023: 43k206 cars on SORN, year 2024: 41k206 cars on SORN, year 2025: 40k40k
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Year206 cars on SORN
201422,675
201532,769
201641,123
201743,393
201843,813
201944,274
202045,954
202144,600
202243,410
202343,262
202440,853
202539,726

Which model years survive

Taxed 206 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 29,054 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed 206 cars
20093901.3%
20088653.0%
20071,8886.5%
20064,21714.5%
20055,70319.6%
20045,98320.6%
20034,07714.0%
20023,00110.3%
20011,8716.4%
20006792.3%
19993141.1%
All other build years (twelve years, each under 1%)660.2%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name 206 under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the 206 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, 206 vs all cars, 2025.

Peugeot 206All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Peugeot 206, vehicle age 17: 55.9%Peugeot 206, vehicle age 18: 56.5%Peugeot 206, vehicle age 19: 55.1%Peugeot 206, vehicle age 20: 54.7%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Peugeot 206 54.7%
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Age (years)206 tests206 pass rateAll cars
1799855.9%57.2%
182,18556.5%57.4%
194,99355.1%57.0%
206,60954.7%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The 206's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the 206 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

206 behind
-4-2+0+2+4Age 17: -1.3 points vs the average car17Age 18: -0.9 points vs the average carAge 19: -1.9 points vs the average car19Age 20: -2.9 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
17-1.3
18-0.9
19-1.9
20-2.9

The 206 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the 206 fleet still in use.

01k3k5k7kAge 17: 99817Age 18: 2kAge 19: 4k19Age 20: 6k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
17998
182,185
194,993
206,609

What a 206 fails on

Where the failure items land when a 206 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment28.0%
Suspension19.0%
Brakes15.6%
Body, chassis, structure9.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks8.4%
Visibility7.5%
Tyres6.3%
Steering3.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a 206, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 25.3% of advisories25.3%Brakes: 21.9% of advisories21.9%Tyres: 19.7% of advisories19.7%Noise, emissions and leaks: 9.8% of advisories9.8%Body, chassis, structure: 7.6% of advisories7.6%Non-component advisories: 6.0% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension25.3%
Brakes21.9%
Tyres19.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks9.8%
Body, chassis, structure7.6%
Non-component advisories6.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid 206?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested 206 fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 54.3% of 27,711 tests54.3%Petrol27,711 testsDiesel: 52.1% of 6,605 tests52.1%Diesel6,605 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol27,71154.3%
Diesel6,60552.1%

What mileage is normal for a 206?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) 206; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical 206 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k171920Vehicle age (years)Age 17: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–96,250)Age 18: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 51,250–91,250)Age 19: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 58,750–103,750)Age 20: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–106,250)81k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1753,75073,75096,250
1851,25071,25091,250
1958,75078,750103,750
2061,25081,250106,250

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.