Peugeot Expert MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Peugeot Expert in Great Britain in 2025 — 56,421 tests. Figures cover every Expert first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Expert is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Expert ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
67.6%
4.7 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
56,421
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.9%
of Expert first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
91,250
middle half: 63,750–126,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Expert ages

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

Peugeot ExpertAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 3: 79.1%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 4: 83.8%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 5: 84%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 6: 79.1%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 7: 71.5%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 8: 71.1%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 9: 58.7%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 10: 64.5%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 11: 62.4%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 12: 55.5%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 13: 53.5%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 14: 52.3%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 15: 51.6%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 16: 50.9%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 17: 51.6%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 18: 49.8%Peugeot Expert, vehicle age 19: 52.7%Peugeot Expert, 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 Expert 47.7%
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Age (years)Expert testsExpert pass rateAll cars
35,50979.1%88.5%
44,69083.8%87.2%
53,63984.0%86.0%
66,12579.1%83.5%
74,75471.5%80.9%
84,07971.1%78.2%
93,91258.7%74.9%
104,64464.5%71.9%
113,25262.4%68.6%
121,87055.5%65.8%
132,19753.5%63.5%
142,17352.3%61.2%
151,72651.6%59.3%
161,46950.9%58.3%
171,87351.6%57.2%
181,63349.8%57.4%
1990752.7%57.0%
2067947.7%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Expert behind
-18-9+0+9+18Age 3: -9.4 points vs the average car3Age 4: -3.4 points vs the average carAge 5: -2.0 points vs the average car5Age 6: -4.4 points vs the average carAge 7: -9.4 points vs the average car7Age 8: -7.1 points vs the average carAge 9: -16.2 points vs the average car9Age 10: -7.4 points vs the average carAge 11: -6.2 points vs the average car11Age 12: -10.3 points vs the average carAge 13: -10.0 points vs the average car13Age 14: -8.9 points vs the average carAge 15: -7.7 points vs the average car15Age 16: -7.4 points vs the average carAge 17: -5.6 points vs the average car17Age 18: -7.6 points vs the average carAge 19: -4.3 points vs the average car19Age 20: -9.9 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-9.4
4-3.4
5-2.0
6-4.4
7-9.4
8-7.1
9-16.2
10-7.4
11-6.2
12-10.3
13-10.0
14-8.9
15-7.7
16-7.4
17-5.6
18-7.6
19-4.3
20-9.9

The Expert fleet on the road, by age

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

01k3k5k7kAge 3: 5k3Age 4: 4kAge 5: 3k5Age 6: 6kAge 7: 4k7Age 8: 4kAge 9: 3k9Age 10: 4kAge 11: 3k11Age 12: 1kAge 13: 2k13Age 14: 2kAge 15: 1k15Age 16: 1kAge 17: 1k17Age 18: 1kAge 19: 90719Age 20: 67920Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
35,509
44,690
53,639
66,125
74,754
84,079
93,912
104,644
113,252
121,870
132,197
142,173
151,726
161,469
171,873
181,633
19907
20679

What an Expert fails on

Where the failure items land when an Expert 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 equipment33.0%
Body, chassis, structure15.1%
Suspension14.9%
Brakes13.3%
Visibility8.6%
Tyres6.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.3%
Steering2.1%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.9% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 28.6% of advisories28.6%Tyres: 24.4% of advisories24.4%Suspension: 16.0% of advisories16.0%Noise, emissions and leaks: 11.5% of advisories11.5%Body, chassis, structure: 6.5% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.6% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes28.6%
Tyres24.4%
Suspension16.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks11.5%
Body, chassis, structure6.5%
Non-component advisories4.6%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Expert?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Expert 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: 66.3% of 53,885 tests66.3%Diesel53,885 testsElectric: 95.5% of 2,518 tests95.5%Electric2,518 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel53,88566.3%
Electric2,51895.5%

What mileage is normal for an Expert?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Expert; 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 Expert (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k200k35791113151719Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 21,250–53,750)Age 4: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 28,750–66,250)Age 5: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 36,250–76,250)Age 6: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 43,750–91,250)Age 7: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 61,250–111,250)Age 8: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 63,750–116,250)Age 9: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 66,250–123,750)Age 10: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 63,750–126,250)Age 11: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 73,750–141,250)Age 12: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 93,750–166,250)Age 13: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 86,250–173,750)Age 14: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 91,250–168,750)Age 15: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 98,750–178,750)Age 16: typical 136,250 miles (middle half 101,250–176,250)Age 17: typical 141,250 miles (middle half 108,750–178,750)Age 18: typical 141,250 miles (middle half 108,750–181,250)Age 19: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 96,250–161,250)126k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
321,25033,75053,750
428,75046,25066,250
536,25053,75076,250
643,75063,75091,250
761,25086,250111,250
863,75088,750116,250
966,25091,250123,750
1063,75091,250126,250
1173,750106,250141,250
1293,750126,250166,250
1386,250123,750173,750
1491,250128,750168,750
1598,750133,750178,750
16101,250136,250176,250
17108,750141,250178,750
18108,750141,250181,250
1996,250126,250161,250

What fails at each age

The Expert'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.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesVisibilityTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment30.6%
3-5 yrsBrakes22.1%
3-5 yrsVisibility18.7%
3-5 yrsTyres14.0%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.4%
3-5 yrsEverything else9.2%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment28.6%
6-9 yrsBrakes17.0%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure16.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension12.1%
6-9 yrsTyres9.3%
6-9 yrsEverything else16.9%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.6%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure20.2%
10-13 yrsSuspension15.0%
10-13 yrsBrakes13.0%
10-13 yrsVisibility6.5%
10-13 yrsEverything else15.7%
14+ yrsSuspension24.0%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.8%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure18.0%
14+ yrsBrakes14.1%
14+ yrsVisibility6.1%
14+ yrsEverything else15.0%

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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. “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.