Peugeot 307 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Peugeot 307 in Great Britain in 2025 — 21,625 tests. Figures cover every 307 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the 307 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
49.4%
22.9 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
21,625
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
11.3%
of 307 first tests; national 7.3%

How many Peugeot 307 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 40,826 Peugeot 307 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 18,534 taxed and 22,292 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 307 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
18,534
45.4% of the 40,826 307 cars taxed or on SORN; 89 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
22,292
declared off the road by their keepers — 54.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed 307 cars peaked at 252,154 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 233,620 (92.6%) to 18,534 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 8,114 at the end of 2014 to 22,292 at the end of 2025, up 174.7%. 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 307 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 307 cars, year 2014: 252kTaxed 307 cars, year 2015: 226kTaxed 307 cars, year 2016: 196kTaxed 307 cars, year 2017: 161kTaxed 307 cars, year 2018: 127kTaxed 307 cars, year 2019: 98kTaxed 307 cars, year 2020: 77kTaxed 307 cars, year 2021: 57kTaxed 307 cars, year 2022: 44kTaxed 307 cars, year 2023: 34kTaxed 307 cars, year 2024: 25kTaxed 307 cars, year 2025: 19k19k
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YearTaxed 307 cars
2014252,154
2015225,899
2016196,056
2017160,525
2018126,593
201998,320
202076,625
202156,858
202244,223
202334,041
202425,185
202518,534

307 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.

05k10k15k20k25k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)307 cars on SORN, year 2014: 8k307 cars on SORN, year 2015: 13k307 cars on SORN, year 2016: 18k307 cars on SORN, year 2017: 20k307 cars on SORN, year 2018: 21k307 cars on SORN, year 2019: 23k307 cars on SORN, year 2020: 24k307 cars on SORN, year 2021: 24k307 cars on SORN, year 2022: 24k307 cars on SORN, year 2023: 24k307 cars on SORN, year 2024: 23k307 cars on SORN, year 2025: 22k22k
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Year307 cars on SORN
20148,114
201512,710
201617,500
201720,012
201821,455
201922,951
202024,192
202124,042
202223,775
202323,834
202422,863
202522,292

Which model years survive

Taxed 307 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 18,534 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 307 cars
20092141.2%
20081,2176.6%
20074,95426.7%
20064,60524.8%
20052,85815.4%
20042,08811.3%
20031,4908.0%
20028844.8%
20012121.1%
All other build years (six years, each under 1%)120.1%

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 307 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 307 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, 307 vs all cars, 2025.

Peugeot 307All cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Peugeot 307, vehicle age 17: 51.8%Peugeot 307, vehicle age 18: 49.9%Peugeot 307, vehicle age 19: 50.6%Peugeot 307, vehicle age 20: 47.7%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 307 47.7%
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Age (years)307 tests307 pass rateAll cars
171,44751.8%57.2%
185,74149.9%57.4%
195,32950.6%57.0%
203,36147.7%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The 307's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the 307 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

307 behind
-10-5+0+5+10Age 17: -5.4 points vs the average car17Age 18: -7.5 points vs the average carAge 19: -6.4 points vs the average car19Age 20: -9.9 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
17-5.4
18-7.5
19-6.4
20-9.9

The 307 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the 307 fleet still in use.

01k3k4k6kAge 17: 1k17Age 18: 5kAge 19: 5k19Age 20: 3k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
171,447
185,741
195,329
203,361

What a 307 fails on

Where the failure items land when a 307 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 equipment33.5%
Suspension20.1%
Brakes12.4%
Body, chassis, structure10.1%
Tyres6.4%
Steering5.5%
Visibility5.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.3%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.2% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a 307, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 25.6% of advisories25.6%Brakes: 22.7% of advisories22.7%Tyres: 18.6% of advisories18.6%Non-component advisories: 8.6% of advisories8.6%Noise, emissions and leaks: 6.6% of advisories6.6%Body, chassis, structure: 6.0% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension25.6%
Brakes22.7%
Tyres18.6%
Non-component advisories8.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks6.6%
Body, chassis, structure6.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid 307?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested 307 fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

40%50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Petrol: 50.0% of 14,195 tests50.0%Petrol14,195 testsDiesel: 48.2% of 7,427 tests48.2%Diesel7,427 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol14,19550.0%
Diesel7,42748.2%

What mileage is normal for a 307?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) 307; 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 307 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k171920Vehicle age (years)Age 17: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 73,750–118,750)Age 18: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–123,750)Age 19: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–123,750)Age 20: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–126,250)101k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1773,75093,750118,750
1873,75096,250123,750
1973,75096,250123,750
2076,250101,250126,250

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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.