Peugeot 208 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Peugeot 208 in Great Britain in 2025 — 219,722 tests. Figures cover every 208 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the 208 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
70.5%
1.8 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
219,722
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.0%
of 208 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
63,750
middle half: 46,250–78,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Peugeot 208 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 269,968 Peugeot 208 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 263,506 taxed and 6,462 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 208 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
263,506
97.6% of the 269,968 208 cars taxed or on SORN; 134 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
6,462
declared off the road by their keepers — 2.4% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed 208 cars is still rising: 263,506 at the end of 2025, up 12,407 (4.9%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 428 at the end of 2014 to 6,462 at the end of 2025, up 1409.8%. 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 208 cars, year by year

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

0100k200k300k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed 208 cars, year 2014: 83kTaxed 208 cars, year 2015: 111kTaxed 208 cars, year 2016: 138kTaxed 208 cars, year 2017: 155kTaxed 208 cars, year 2018: 170kTaxed 208 cars, year 2019: 187kTaxed 208 cars, year 2020: 197kTaxed 208 cars, year 2021: 211kTaxed 208 cars, year 2022: 226kTaxed 208 cars, year 2023: 239kTaxed 208 cars, year 2024: 251kTaxed 208 cars, year 2025: 264k264k
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YearTaxed 208 cars
201483,313
2015110,730
2016137,569
2017154,709
2018170,044
2019187,265
2020197,242
2021211,354
2022226,236
2023239,257
2024251,099
2025263,506

208 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 — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)208 cars on SORN, year 2014: 428208 cars on SORN, year 2015: 746208 cars on SORN, year 2016: 696208 cars on SORN, year 2017: 995208 cars on SORN, year 2018: 1k208 cars on SORN, year 2019: 1k208 cars on SORN, year 2020: 2k208 cars on SORN, year 2021: 2k208 cars on SORN, year 2022: 2k208 cars on SORN, year 2023: 3k208 cars on SORN, year 2024: 4k208 cars on SORN, year 2025: 6k6k
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Year208 cars on SORN
2014428
2015746
2016696
2017995
20181,068
20191,287
20201,575
20211,741
20222,161
20232,988
20244,390
20256,462

Which model years survive

Taxed 208 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 263,506 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 1 taxed 208 car has no recorded year of manufacture and is not in the table, so the rows add up to 263,505. 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 208 cars
202518,1276.9%
202416,4826.3%
202316,2336.2%
202215,8706.0%
202113,9735.3%
202012,8354.9%
201916,9316.4%
201815,0375.7%
201717,0516.5%
201625,0709.5%
201526,36410.0%
201427,02810.3%
201329,75811.3%
201212,7464.8%

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 names 208, 208 ALLURE MHEV AUTO, 208 GT PREMIUM AUTO 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 208 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, 208 vs all cars, 2025.

Peugeot 208All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Peugeot 208, vehicle age 3: 87.5%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 4: 82.6%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 5: 81%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 6: 77.5%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 7: 73.1%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 8: 70.6%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 9: 70.3%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 10: 68.3%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 11: 62.4%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 12: 59.6%Peugeot 208, vehicle age 13: 58.2%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%Peugeot 208 58.2%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)208 tests208 pass rateAll cars
317,20387.5%88.5%
414,48282.6%87.2%
513,26181.0%86.0%
616,98877.5%83.5%
715,21273.1%80.9%
817,42070.6%78.2%
925,40270.3%74.9%
1026,78168.3%71.9%
1127,80362.4%68.6%
1230,98859.6%65.8%
1313,32858.2%63.5%

Better or worse than the average car?

The 208's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the 208 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

208 behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: -1.0 points vs the average car3Age 4: -4.6 points vs the average carAge 5: -5.0 points vs the average car5Age 6: -6.0 points vs the average carAge 7: -7.8 points vs the average car7Age 8: -7.6 points vs the average carAge 9: -4.6 points vs the average car9Age 10: -3.6 points vs the average carAge 11: -6.2 points vs the average car11Age 12: -6.2 points vs the average carAge 13: -5.3 points vs the average car13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-1.0
4-4.6
5-5.0
6-6.0
7-7.8
8-7.6
9-4.6
10-3.6
11-6.2
12-6.2
13-5.3

The 208 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the 208 fleet still in use.

010k20k30k40kAge 3: 17k3Age 4: 14kAge 5: 13k5Age 6: 16kAge 7: 15k7Age 8: 17kAge 9: 25k9Age 10: 26kAge 11: 27k11Age 12: 30kAge 13: 13k13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
317,203
414,482
513,261
616,988
715,212
817,420
925,402
1026,781
1127,803
1230,988
1313,328

What a 208 fails on

Where the failure items land when a 208 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 equipment24.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks14.4%
Body, chassis, structure13.0%
Suspension12.8%
Tyres12.5%
Brakes11.2%
Visibility7.3%
Steering2.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a 208, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 35.7% of advisories35.7%Brakes: 25.2% of advisories25.2%Suspension: 18.3% of advisories18.3%Body, chassis, structure: 9.6% of advisories9.6%Non-component advisories: 4.3% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 4.2% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres35.7%
Brakes25.2%
Suspension18.3%
Body, chassis, structure9.6%
Non-component advisories4.3%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.2%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid 208?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested 208 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: 71.4% of 171,052 tests71.4%Petrol171,052 testsDiesel: 63.0% of 36,694 tests63.0%Diesel36,694 testsElectric: 79.8% of 11,968 tests79.8%Electric11,968 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol171,05271.4%
Diesel36,69463.0%
Electric11,96879.8%

What mileage is normal for a 208?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) 208; 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 208 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k35791113Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 18,750 miles (middle half 13,750–26,250)Age 4: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–36,250)Age 5: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 21,250–41,250)Age 6: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–48,750)Age 7: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 31,250–56,250)Age 8: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–66,250)Age 9: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–73,750)Age 10: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 46,250–78,750)Age 11: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 51,250–86,250)Age 12: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 58,750–93,750)Age 13: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–101,250)81k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
313,75018,75026,250
418,75026,25036,250
521,25031,25041,250
623,75033,75048,750
731,25041,25056,250
836,25051,25066,250
941,25056,25073,750
1046,25063,75078,750
1151,25068,75086,250
1258,75076,25093,750
1361,25081,250101,250

What fails at each age

The 208's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresVisibilitySuspensionBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBody, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres30.0%
3-5 yrsVisibility26.2%
3-5 yrsSuspension19.1%
3-5 yrsBrakes15.6%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.8%
3-5 yrsEverything else4.3%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.2%
6-9 yrsTyres20.4%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure15.9%
6-9 yrsBrakes12.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension12.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else17.9%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks20.1%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension15.3%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure14.3%
10-13 yrsBrakes12.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else19.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment33.3%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks26.7%
14+ yrsTyres20.0%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure13.3%
14+ yrsSuspension6.7%

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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.