Peugeot 407 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Peugeot 407 in Great Britain in 2025 — 6,649 tests. Figures cover every 407 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the 407 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
52.9%
19.4 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
6,649
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
12.8%
of 407 first tests; national 7.3%

How many Peugeot 407 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 12,178 Peugeot 407 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 5,896 taxed and 6,282 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 407 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
5,896
48.4% of the 12,178 407 cars taxed or on SORN; 86 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
6,282
declared off the road by their keepers — 51.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed 407 cars peaked at 54,920 at the end of 2014 and has since fallen by 49,024 (89.3%) to 5,896 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 1,865 at the end of 2014 to 6,282 at the end of 2025, up 236.8%. 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 407 cars, year by year

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

020k40k60k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed 407 cars, year 2014: 55kTaxed 407 cars, year 2015: 50kTaxed 407 cars, year 2016: 45kTaxed 407 cars, year 2017: 38kTaxed 407 cars, year 2018: 32kTaxed 407 cars, year 2019: 26kTaxed 407 cars, year 2020: 21kTaxed 407 cars, year 2021: 16kTaxed 407 cars, year 2022: 13kTaxed 407 cars, year 2023: 10kTaxed 407 cars, year 2024: 8kTaxed 407 cars, year 2025: 6k6k
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YearTaxed 407 cars
201454,920
201549,984
201644,616
201738,072
201831,650
201925,646
202020,871
202116,494
202213,283
202310,394
20247,919
20255,896

407 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.

02k4k6k8k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)407 cars on SORN, year 2014: 2k407 cars on SORN, year 2015: 3k407 cars on SORN, year 2016: 4k407 cars on SORN, year 2017: 5k407 cars on SORN, year 2018: 5k407 cars on SORN, year 2019: 6k407 cars on SORN, year 2020: 6k407 cars on SORN, year 2021: 6k407 cars on SORN, year 2022: 6k407 cars on SORN, year 2023: 7k407 cars on SORN, year 2024: 6k407 cars on SORN, year 2025: 6k6k
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Year407 cars on SORN
20141,865
20152,734
20163,830
20174,775
20185,391
20195,961
20206,397
20216,419
20226,404
20236,507
20246,362
20256,282

Which model years survive

Taxed 407 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 5,896 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 407 cars
20111472.5%
201087614.9%
200989415.2%
200879113.4%
20071,16019.7%
20061,12119.0%
200570111.9%
20042053.5%
All other build years (five years, each under 1%)10.0%

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 407 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 407 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, 407 vs all cars, 2025.

Peugeot 407All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Peugeot 407, vehicle age 15: 53.6%Peugeot 407, vehicle age 16: 53.2%Peugeot 407, vehicle age 17: 51.9%Peugeot 407, vehicle age 18: 53.8%Peugeot 407, vehicle age 19: 53.2%Peugeot 407, vehicle age 20: 50.6%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 407 50.6%
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Age (years)407 tests407 pass rateAll cars
1592253.6%59.3%
1698653.2%58.3%
1790451.9%57.2%
181,31353.8%57.4%
191,32553.2%57.0%
2080550.6%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The 407's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the 407 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

407 behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 15: -5.7 points vs the average car15Age 16: -5.1 points vs the average carAge 17: -5.3 points vs the average car17Age 18: -3.6 points vs the average carAge 19: -3.8 points vs the average car19Age 20: -7.0 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
15-5.7
16-5.1
17-5.3
18-3.6
19-3.8
20-7.0

The 407 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the 407 fleet still in use.

05001k1k2kAge 15: 92215Age 16: 986Age 17: 90417Age 18: 1kAge 19: 1k19Age 20: 80520Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
15922
16986
17904
181,313
191,325
20805

What a 407 fails on

Where the failure items land when a 407 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%
Brakes17.3%
Suspension16.1%
Body, chassis, structure11.5%
Tyres8.7%
Visibility7.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.0%
Steering3.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.0% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a 407, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Suspension: 25.3% of advisories25.3%Brakes: 25.1% of advisories25.1%Tyres: 23.9% of advisories23.9%Noise, emissions and leaks: 9.3% of advisories9.3%Non-component advisories: 4.7% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 3.6% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksNon-component advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension25.3%
Brakes25.1%
Tyres23.9%
Noise, emissions and leaks9.3%
Non-component advisories4.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3.6%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid 407?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested 407 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: 52.6% of 6,059 tests52.6%Diesel6,059 testsPetrol: 56.0% of 589 tests56.0%Petrol589 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel6,05952.6%
Petrol58956.0%

What mileage is normal for a 407?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) 407; 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 407 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k15171920Vehicle age (years)Age 15: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 91,250–143,750)Age 16: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 93,750–146,250)Age 17: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 93,750–146,250)Age 18: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 93,750–148,750)Age 19: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 96,250–151,250)Age 20: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 96,250–158,750)126k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
1591,250116,250143,750
1693,750121,250146,250
1793,750121,250146,250
1893,750118,750148,750
1996,250123,750151,250
2096,250126,250158,750

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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.