Peugeot 308 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Peugeot 308 in Great Britain in 2025 — 126,132 tests. Figures cover every 308 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the 308 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
64.4%
7.9 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
126,132
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.8%
of 308 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
83,750
middle half: 63,750–106,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Peugeot 308 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 145,952 Peugeot 308 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 135,687 taxed and 10,265 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 308 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
135,687
93.0% of the 145,952 308 cars taxed or on SORN; 405 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
10,265
declared off the road by their keepers — 7.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed 308 cars peaked at 169,341 at the end of 2019 and has since fallen by 33,654 (19.9%) to 135,687 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 616 at the end of 2014 to 10,265 at the end of 2025, up 1566.4%. 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 308 cars, year by year

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

050k100k150k200k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed 308 cars, year 2014: 131kTaxed 308 cars, year 2015: 143kTaxed 308 cars, year 2016: 157kTaxed 308 cars, year 2017: 163kTaxed 308 cars, year 2018: 168kTaxed 308 cars, year 2019: 169kTaxed 308 cars, year 2020: 166kTaxed 308 cars, year 2021: 161kTaxed 308 cars, year 2022: 157kTaxed 308 cars, year 2023: 152kTaxed 308 cars, year 2024: 144kTaxed 308 cars, year 2025: 136k136k
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YearTaxed 308 cars
2014130,961
2015143,247
2016157,041
2017163,061
2018168,159
2019169,341
2020166,268
2021161,259
2022156,940
2023151,889
2024144,336
2025135,687

308 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.

05k10k15k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)308 cars on SORN, year 2014: 616308 cars on SORN, year 2015: 1k308 cars on SORN, year 2016: 2k308 cars on SORN, year 2017: 2k308 cars on SORN, year 2018: 3k308 cars on SORN, year 2019: 4k308 cars on SORN, year 2020: 5k308 cars on SORN, year 2021: 6k308 cars on SORN, year 2022: 7k308 cars on SORN, year 2023: 8k308 cars on SORN, year 2024: 9k308 cars on SORN, year 2025: 10k10k
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Year308 cars on SORN
2014616
20151,142
20161,536
20172,237
20183,033
20194,149
20205,364
20216,025
20226,510
20237,500
20248,938
202510,265

Which model years survive

Taxed 308 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 135,687 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. 1 taxed 308 car has no recorded year of manufacture and is not in the table, so the rows add up to 135,686. 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 308 cars
20252,6732.0%
20243,7832.8%
20234,8153.5%
20223,7982.8%
20211,9511.4%
20203,9072.9%
20197,0355.2%
20188,1206.0%
20178,9066.6%
201614,11410.4%
201513,58310.0%
201411,7268.6%
201310,2267.5%
20129,4727.0%
20118,2036.0%
20109,6927.1%
20097,9995.9%
20085,2033.8%
All other build years (three years, each under 1%)4800.4%

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 308, 308 GT PHEV 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 308 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, 308 vs all cars, 2025.

Peugeot 308All cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Peugeot 308, vehicle age 3: 88.1%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 4: 83.4%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 5: 84.5%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 6: 81%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 7: 76.7%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 8: 72%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 9: 69%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 10: 67.4%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 11: 61.9%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 12: 55%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 13: 55.5%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 14: 57.1%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 15: 52.5%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 16: 49.9%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 17: 49.6%Peugeot 308, vehicle age 18: 46%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 308 46%
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Age (years)308 tests308 pass rateAll cars
33,84488.1%88.5%
41,63683.4%87.2%
53,81484.5%86.0%
67,14781.0%83.5%
78,42276.7%80.9%
89,05372.0%78.2%
914,28469.0%74.9%
1013,60167.4%71.9%
1111,60661.9%68.6%
129,73955.0%65.8%
139,15655.5%63.5%
148,36057.1%61.2%
1510,16952.5%59.3%
168,74349.9%58.3%
175,76649.6%57.2%
1858346.0%57.4%

Better or worse than the average car?

The 308's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the 308 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

308 behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: -0.4 points vs the average car3Age 4: -3.8 points vs the average carAge 5: -1.5 points vs the average car5Age 6: -2.5 points vs the average carAge 7: -4.2 points vs the average car7Age 8: -6.2 points vs the average carAge 9: -5.9 points vs the average car9Age 10: -4.5 points vs the average carAge 11: -6.7 points vs the average car11Age 12: -10.8 points vs the average carAge 13: -8.0 points vs the average car13Age 14: -4.1 points vs the average carAge 15: -6.8 points vs the average car15Age 16: -8.4 points vs the average carAge 17: -7.6 points vs the average car17Age 18: -11.4 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-0.4
4-3.8
5-1.5
6-2.5
7-4.2
8-6.2
9-5.9
10-4.5
11-6.7
12-10.8
13-8.0
14-4.1
15-6.8
16-8.4
17-7.6
18-11.4

The 308 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the 308 fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 3k3Age 4: 1kAge 5: 3k5Age 6: 7kAge 7: 8k7Age 8: 9kAge 9: 14k9Age 10: 13kAge 11: 11k11Age 12: 9kAge 13: 9k13Age 14: 8kAge 15: 10k15Age 16: 8kAge 17: 5k17Age 18: 58318Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
33,844
41,636
53,814
67,147
78,422
89,053
914,284
1013,601
1111,606
129,739
139,156
148,360
1510,169
168,743
175,766
18583

What a 308 fails on

Where the failure items land when a 308 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 equipment24.6%
Suspension20.3%
Brakes14.6%
Tyres12.3%
Body, chassis, structure8.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.0%
Visibility6.0%
Steering4.5%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.7% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a 308, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 31.6% of advisories31.6%Brakes: 28.8% of advisories28.8%Suspension: 19.4% of advisories19.4%Noise, emissions and leaks: 5.8% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.8% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 2.7% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres31.6%
Brakes28.8%
Suspension19.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.8%
Non-component advisories4.8%
Body, chassis, structure2.7%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid 308?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested 308 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%Diesel: 61.0% of 81,985 tests61.0%Diesel81,985 testsPetrol: 70.3% of 43,469 tests70.3%Petrol43,469 testsHybrid electric: 86.8% of 672 tests86.8%Hybrid672 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel81,98561.0%
Petrol43,46970.3%
Hybrid electric67286.8%

What mileage is normal for a 308?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) 308; 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 308 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k35791113151718Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–38,750)Age 4: typical 36,250 miles (middle half 23,750–58,750)Age 5: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 26,250–53,750)Age 6: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–63,750)Age 7: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–73,750)Age 8: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 48,750–86,250)Age 9: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 56,250–96,250)Age 10: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 63,750–106,250)Age 11: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 66,250–111,250)Age 12: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 68,750–116,250)Age 13: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–121,250)Age 14: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 73,750–121,250)Age 15: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 76,250–123,750)Age 16: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 76,250–128,750)Age 17: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–128,750)Age 18: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 78,750–128,750)103k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
318,75026,25038,750
423,75036,25058,750
526,25038,75053,750
633,75046,25063,750
741,25056,25073,750
848,75066,25086,250
956,25073,75096,250
1063,75083,750106,250
1166,25088,750111,250
1268,75091,250116,250
1373,75096,250121,250
1473,75096,250121,250
1576,25098,750123,750
1676,250101,250128,750
1778,750101,250128,750
1878,750103,750128,750

What fails at each age

The 308'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.

TyresLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres39.7%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.1%
3-5 yrsBrakes18.8%
3-5 yrsVisibility3.9%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks3.8%
3-5 yrsEverything else12.7%
6-9 yrsTyres21.3%
6-9 yrsSuspension18.4%
6-9 yrsBrakes15.2%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment14.6%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure8.8%
6-9 yrsEverything else21.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension25.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes15.4%
10-13 yrsTyres13.1%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure9.4%
10-13 yrsEverything else17.8%
14+ yrsSuspension22.5%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.2%
14+ yrsBrakes17.0%
14+ yrsNoise, emissions and leaks9.2%
14+ yrsTyres9.1%
14+ yrsEverything else20.0%

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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.