Peugeot Expert 2007: reliability & common MOT faults
Elevated MOT failure patterns for the 2007 Peugeot Expert include Component mounting prescribed areas (~5.8× peers) and Prescribed areas (~5.7× peers). Based on UK DVSA open data for test year 2025 (763 failed first-attempt tests), compared with similar age and mileage peers. Available test years: 2024, 2025.
Common faults
These are MOT failure patterns that show up more often on this registration year than on similar cars of the same class, age band, and mileage in the same test year (leave-one-out peer comparison; whole model family excluded).
Statistical patterns from MOT defect codes — not manufacturer TSBs, recalls, or a diagnosis of any individual car. Fail and advisory patterns are kept separate.
Based on 763 failed first-attempt tests in test year 2025.
Component mounting prescribed areas
This failure pattern appears about 5.8× more often than on similar peer cars — recorded on 23 failed first-attempt tests; 3.0% of failed tests for this model year.
Any · 23 failures · ×5.8 vs similar cars · 3.0% of failed first tests · Possible elevated fault
Prescribed areas
This failure pattern appears about 5.7× more often than on similar peer cars — recorded on 33 failed first-attempt tests; 4.3% of failed tests for this model year.
Any · 33 failures · ×5.7 vs similar cars · 4.3% of failed first tests · Likely common fault pattern
No patterns met the strongest callout thresholds on this page; showing the highest-lift rows that still cleared the display floors.
| # | Fault pattern | Location | Failures | vs similar cars | Share of fails | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Component mounting prescribed areas
Suspension > Component mounting prescribed areas
|
Any | 23 | ×5.8 | 3.0% | Possible elevated fault |
| 2 |
Prescribed areas
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems > Seat belts > Prescribed areas
|
Any | 33 | ×5.7 | 4.3% | Likely common fault pattern |
| 3 |
Prescribed areas (front)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems > Seat belts > Prescribed areas
|
Front | 25 | ×5.5 | 3.3% | Possible elevated fault |
| 4 |
Component mounting prescribed areas (front)
Suspension > Component mounting prescribed areas
|
Front | 37 | ×4.5 | 4.8% | Likely common fault pattern |
| 5 |
Drive shafts — Joints
Body, chassis, structure > Transmission > Drive shafts > Joints
|
Any | 23 | ×4.3 | 3.0% | Possible elevated fault |
| 6 |
Individual direction indicators (rear)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment > Direction indicators > Flashing type > Individual direction indicators
|
Rear | 57 | ×3.7 | 7.5% | Likely common fault pattern |
| 7 |
Rear fog lamp (rear)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment > Front and rear fog lamps > Rear fog lamp > Rear fog lamp
|
Rear | 27 | ×3.5 | 3.5% | Possible elevated fault |
| 8 |
Drive shafts — Joints (front)
Body, chassis, structure > Transmission > Drive shafts > Joints
|
Front | 153 | ×2.7 | 20.1% | Possible elevated fault |
| 9 |
Rear fog lamp
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment > Front and rear fog lamps > Rear fog lamp > Rear fog lamp
|
Any | 33 | ×2.7 | 4.3% | Possible elevated fault |
| 10 |
Component mounting prescribed areas (rear)
Suspension > Component mounting prescribed areas
|
Rear | 86 | ×2.5 | 11.3% | Possible elevated fault |
Only patterns that clear minimum sample and elevation thresholds are shown (at least 20 failures and 2.0× peer lift).
Advisories
Advisory items recorded on failed first-attempt tests that appear elevated versus peers. Advisories are not a fail rate — they flag issues noted at the test, often before they become failures.
| # | Advisory pattern | Location | Notes | vs similar cars | Share | Confidence |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Component mounting prescribed areas (front)
Suspension > Component mounting prescribed areas
|
Front | 55 | ×10.8 | 7.2% | Likely common fault pattern |
| 2 |
Other components
Steering > Power steering > Other components
|
Any | 27 | ×7.5 | 3.5% | Elevated vs peers |
| 3 |
Stop lamp
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment > Stop lamp
|
Any | 28 | ×3.8 | 3.7% | Elevated vs peers |
| 4 |
Seat belts — Condition (front)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems > Seat belts > Condition
|
Front | 30 | ×2.8 | 3.9% | Elevated vs peers |
| 5 |
Individual direction indicators (rear)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment > Direction indicators > Flashing type > Individual direction indicators
|
Rear | 28 | ×2.7 | 3.7% | Likely common fault pattern |
| 6 |
Integral vehicle structure condition
Body, chassis, structure > Integral vehicle structure > Integral vehicle structure condition
|
Any | 21 | ×2.1 | 2.8% | Elevated vs peers |
| 7 |
Exhaust system (rear)
Body, chassis, structure > Exhaust system
|
Rear | 43 | ×2.0 | 5.6% | Elevated vs peers |
| 8 |
Ball joint (front)
Suspension > Suspension arms > Ball joint
|
Front | 43 | ×2.0 | 5.6% | Elevated vs peers |
FAQs
About this data
Universe. UK class 4 cars only; normal MOT tests (not retests); results pass, PRS, or fail; one first test per vehicle per calendar year.
PRS policy. PRS means the vehicle failed items that were fixed at the test station and then passed the same day. We count PRS as a first-attempt fail in headline rates so same-day repairs do not hide problems.
Peer baseline. We compare this model year with other class 4 cars of similar age and mileage in the same test year, excluding the whole model family so the car is not compared with itself (leave-one-out peer baseline).
Data years. Test years covered: 2024, 2025.
Limitations.
- MOT tests do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronic modules — so this is not a full reliability score.
- Common faults are inferred from MOT defect statistics, not manufacturer TSBs or recalls.
- Matching on age and mileage reduces but does not remove every usage or maintenance difference between cars.
- Pass rates and star scores appear only when those data marts are available; this page never invents them.
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