Peugeot Partner MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Peugeot Partner in Great Britain in 2025 — 150,773 tests. Figures cover every Partner first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Partner is sold and tested both as a car and a van; the figures blend both. How the Partner ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
62.5%
9.8 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
150,773
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.3%
of Partner first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
98,750
middle half: 71,250–131,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Partner ages

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

Peugeot PartnerAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 3: 74.7%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 4: 72.7%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 5: 78.4%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 6: 73.7%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 7: 62%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 8: 60.8%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 9: 59.6%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 10: 61.7%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 11: 58.3%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 12: 53.2%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 13: 59.6%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 14: 52.5%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 15: 51.7%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 16: 51.3%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 17: 50.8%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 18: 51.6%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 19: 54.4%Peugeot Partner, vehicle age 20: 52%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 Partner 52%
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Age (years)Partner testsPartner pass rateAll cars
37,08074.7%88.5%
410,79472.7%87.2%
510,09578.4%86.0%
612,56473.7%83.5%
713,79362.0%80.9%
813,57060.8%78.2%
912,96059.6%74.9%
1012,63861.7%71.9%
1113,27558.3%68.6%
128,92453.2%65.8%
1310,52059.6%63.5%
146,20852.5%61.2%
154,64251.7%59.3%
163,44351.3%58.3%
172,41850.8%57.2%
181,94351.6%57.4%
191,70654.4%57.0%
201,23452.0%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Partner behind
-20-10+0+10+20Age 3: -13.8 points vs the average car3Age 4: -14.5 points vs the average carAge 5: -7.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: -9.8 points vs the average carAge 7: -18.9 points vs the average car7Age 8: -17.4 points vs the average carAge 9: -15.3 points vs the average car9Age 10: -10.2 points vs the average carAge 11: -10.3 points vs the average car11Age 12: -12.6 points vs the average carAge 13: -3.9 points vs the average car13Age 14: -8.7 points vs the average carAge 15: -7.6 points vs the average car15Age 16: -7.0 points vs the average carAge 17: -6.4 points vs the average car17Age 18: -5.8 points vs the average carAge 19: -2.6 points vs the average car19Age 20: -5.6 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-13.8
4-14.5
5-7.6
6-9.8
7-18.9
8-17.4
9-15.3
10-10.2
11-10.3
12-12.6
13-3.9
14-8.7
15-7.6
16-7.0
17-6.4
18-5.8
19-2.6
20-5.6

The Partner fleet on the road, by age

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

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 7k3Age 4: 10kAge 5: 10k5Age 6: 12kAge 7: 13k7Age 8: 13kAge 9: 12k9Age 10: 12kAge 11: 13k11Age 12: 8kAge 13: 10k13Age 14: 6kAge 15: 4k15Age 16: 3kAge 17: 2k17Age 18: 1kAge 19: 1k19Age 20: 1k20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
37,080
410,794
510,095
612,564
713,793
813,570
912,960
1012,638
1113,275
128,924
1310,520
146,208
154,642
163,443
172,418
181,943
191,706
201,234

What a Partner fails on

Where the failure items land when a Partner 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 equipment39.1%
Suspension15.3%
Brakes11.0%
Body, chassis, structure8.6%
Tyres8.0%
Visibility8.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.4%
Steering3.1%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 31.2% of advisories31.2%Brakes: 25.7% of advisories25.7%Suspension: 19.0% of advisories19.0%Noise, emissions and leaks: 7.5% of advisories7.5%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.7% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.4% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres31.2%
Brakes25.7%
Suspension19.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks7.5%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.7%
Non-component advisories4.4%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Partner?

First-time pass rate for the three most-tested Partner 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: 61.6% of 142,952 tests61.6%Diesel142,952 testsPetrol: 76.0% of 5,655 tests76.0%Petrol5,655 testsElectric: 88.2% of 2,138 tests88.2%Electric2,138 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel142,95261.6%
Petrol5,65576.0%
Electric2,13888.2%

What mileage is normal for a Partner?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Partner; 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 Partner (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 26,250–61,250)Age 4: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 41,250–76,250)Age 5: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 41,250–83,750)Age 6: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 53,750–96,250)Age 7: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 58,750–113,750)Age 8: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 66,250–121,250)Age 9: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 66,250–123,750)Age 10: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 71,250–131,250)Age 11: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 81,250–138,750)Age 12: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 88,750–151,250)Age 13: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 71,250–143,750)Age 14: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 96,250–163,750)Age 15: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 91,250–161,250)Age 16: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 86,250–153,750)Age 17: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 81,250–146,250)Age 18: typical 113,750 miles (middle half 86,250–141,250)Age 19: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 93,750–148,750)Age 20: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 86,250–143,750)116k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
326,25041,25061,250
441,25058,75076,250
541,25061,25083,750
653,75073,75096,250
758,75086,250113,750
866,25093,750121,250
966,25093,750123,750
1071,25098,750131,250
1181,250108,750138,750
1288,750118,750151,250
1371,250106,250143,750
1496,250128,750163,750
1591,250126,250161,250
1686,250121,250153,750
1781,250113,750146,250
1886,250113,750141,250
1993,750121,250148,750
2086,250116,250143,750

What fails at each age

The Partner'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 equipmentVisibilityBrakesTyresBody, chassis, structureSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.2%
3-5 yrsVisibility18.7%
3-5 yrsBrakes18.0%
3-5 yrsTyres15.3%
3-5 yrsBody, chassis, structure4.6%
3-5 yrsEverything else14.2%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment36.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension14.6%
6-9 yrsBrakes12.2%
6-9 yrsTyres9.9%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure9.6%
6-9 yrsEverything else17.6%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment33.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension21.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes11.4%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure9.6%
10-13 yrsTyres8.1%
10-13 yrsEverything else15.7%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27.3%
14+ yrsSuspension21.1%
14+ yrsBrakes13.7%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure11.1%
14+ yrsTyres7.6%
14+ yrsEverything else19.2%

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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.