Model Reports 4 min read Updated 18 Oct 2026

Peugeot Boxer 2007: reliability & common MOT faults

In 2025, 70 in every 100 first MOTs on a 2007 Peugeot Boxer were passes. Most common reason for a fail: Headlight aim.

Summary

The 2007 Peugeot Boxer follows the pattern of the model years either side.

At a glance

How 2,199 first tests went in 2025.

Passed first time
70 in every 100
Did not pass first time
30 in every 100669 failed first-attempt tests
The typical car
18 yearsabout 46,910 miles
First tests counted
2,199

What failed most often

  1. Headlight aim9 in every 100 failed tests
  2. Handbrake efficiency below minimum (roller test)8 in every 100 failed tests
  3. Windscreen washers8 in every 100 failed tests

How we count this. Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Only Class 4 cars on their first MOT of the year are counted. A car that fails and is fixed at the test station still counts as a fail in the first-attempt rate. These are raw results, not adjusted for age, mileage, or peer mix. The MOT does not test engine or gearbox internals.

Note:

These are patterns across 2007 Peugeot Boxer vehicles in 2025, not a prediction that any one car will have them. Faults are grouped by part of the car. They come from MOT defect codes, not manufacturer bulletins, recalls or a diagnosis of any one car.

Lamps and electrical

Four faults. The strongest is the outline marker light (front): 26 times as often as on similar cars.

Figures below are measured across the 668 of 669 failed first attempts (99.9%) that recorded an odometer reading in 2025. Mileage is needed to compare like with like.

We only list faults with at least 20 failures and a rate of about 2.0 times that of similar cars, which keeps one-off results out of the list.

Outline marker light (front)

Failed on 21 first tests26 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

End-outline marker lamps are inspected only on vehicles first used after a set date that are wider than a set width, excluding side mirrors. White lamps must be visible from the front and red from the rear, and a lamp showing red light to the front or white light to the rear is Major. A lamp that does not light up with the position lamps is also Major.

Outline marker light (rear)

Failed on 22 first tests18 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

End-outline marker lamps are inspected only on vehicles first used after a set date that are wider than a set width, excluding side mirrors. White lamps must be visible from the front and red from the rear, and a lamp showing red light to the front or white light to the rear is Major. A lamp that does not light up with the position lamps is also Major.

Rear fog light

Failed on 29 first tests3.3 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

A missing obligatory rear fog lamp, one that is not working, or one that does not emit a steady red light is graded Major. A rear fog lamp adversely affected by the operation of any other lamp is Major too. The manual allows it to go out when main beam is switched on or when dipped beam headlamps are switched off.

Number plate lights

Failed on 32 first tests2.1 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

Registration plate lamps must light up the rear registration plate and operate at the same time as the position lamps. A missing or inoperative lamp is Major when the plate has only one lamp or all its lamps are not working, and Minor when the plate has several lamps or light sources and not all have failed. A lamp throwing direct white light to the rear is also Minor.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Suspension

Two faults. The strongest is the suspension mounting area (front): 7.4 times as often as on similar cars.

Suspension mounting area (front)

Failed on 38 first tests7.4 times as often as similar carsLikely evidence

What it means

The load bearing structure within a set distance of a sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting is a prescribed area. Major applies when its strength or continuity is significantly reduced or it is inadequately repaired. Dangerous applies when it is so weakened that control of the vehicle is likely to be adversely affected.

Wheel bearings (front)

Failed on 20 first tests3.0 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

Excessive play in a wheel bearing, or a bearing that is excessively rough, is Major. Play so excessive that the bearing is likely to break up or directional control is impaired is Dangerous, and so is a bearing so rough that it is likely to overheat or break up.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

Brakes

One fault: brake performance (roller test, front), 2.8 times as often as on similar cars.

Brake performance (roller test, front)

Failed on 46 first tests2.8 times as often as similar carsPossible evidence

What it means

A wheel with no recorded braking effort on the roller test is graded Dangerous. Inadequate effort, a brake grabbing severely, abnormal lag and excessive fluctuation in effort are each Major. So is significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied, which indicates a binding brake.

Also noted as an advisory

Testers also noted it as an advisory, worn but not yet failing, on 29 first tests, 2.1 times as often as on similar cars.

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage. Advisories count notes recorded on failed first tests only.

Advisories

Other things testers noted as worn or close to failing, more often than on similar cars.

An advisory is a note from the tester about something that has not failed yet. It is an early warning, not a fail. Advisories for the faults above are shown with those faults.

Individual direction indicators (front)

Noted on 20 first tests3.1 times as often as similar carsElevated evidence

Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Counts cover advisories recorded on failed first tests only, compared with cars of the same age and mileage.

MOT pass rates

How first tests ended, and how the pass rates are counted.

Passed first time
70in every 100
Passed on the first test.
Fixed at the station
6in every 100
Failed, then fixed at the test station the same day.
Failed
24in every 100
Did not pass, and were not fixed at the test station.

First-attempt pass 69.6% of 2,199 first tests (2025): only cars that passed first time count. Official-style pass 75.9%: cars fixed at the test station also count as a pass. The 6 fixed and the 24 not fixed make the 30 in every 100 that did not pass first time.

Same model, other years

Passed first time in every 100, all tested in 2025.

406080100199520002007201020152020Older carsNewer cars
4060801002000200720102020Older carsNewer cars

Newer cars are younger, so look for a jump rather than the climb. A year earlier (2024), when these cars were a year younger, 68 in every 100 passed first time.

YearPassed first timeFirst tests
199551 in every 100709
199652 in every 100635
199755 in every 100851
199854 in every 1001,014
199957 in every 1001,094
200058 in every 1001,178
200157 in every 1001,121
200258 in every 1001,393
200365 in every 1001,819
200462 in every 1002,181
200563 in every 1002,240
200666 in every 1002,399
2007 This car70 in every 1002,199
200872 in every 1002,081
200972 in every 1001,691
201079 in every 1001,896
201177 in every 1002,018
201276 in every 1002,168
201377 in every 1002,328
201475 in every 1002,572
201577 in every 1002,996
201678 in every 1003,149
201779 in every 1003,057
201881 in every 1002,142
201982 in every 1002,009
202084 in every 1001,593
202181 in every 1001,776
202287 in every 100800

If you are buying one

What this year's MOT record means for the decision in front of you.

Mileage matters most on a 2007 Boxer.

Of 2007 Boxer vehicles with under 33,000 miles, 77 in every 100 passed their 2025 MOT first time. With 79,000 miles or more, 53 in every 100 did.

Under 33,000444 tests
77
33,000–42,000422 tests
77
42,000–53,000 Typical car439 tests
72
53,000–79,000449 tests
69
79,000 and over440 tests
53

What to check at your mileage

How often each fault turned up on a failed first test, by the car's mileage. Read it as: what is likely to need looking at on a car like the one in front of you.

Under 33,00042,000–53,00079,000 and over
Headlight aim2.02.14.5
Handbrake efficiency below minimum (roller test)0.53.07.7
Windscreen washers2.02.53.4
Windscreen wipers2.92.72.5

Faults per 100 first tests, by the car's mileage at the test.

When a car fails

29in every 100

of failed cars had one item to fix.

45in every 100

of failed cars had three or more items to fix.

4in every 100

of all first tests had a defect the tester marked dangerous (unsafe to drive away).

Every figure here is a first-attempt MOT rate from DVSA open data for this model line, for cars of this model year tested in 2025. Each mileage band holds a fifth of the tests. MOTs do not test engine or gearbox internals, so this is a pre-purchase checklist, not a full reliability score.

FAQs

Short answers about how to read this model-year guide.

The 2007 Peugeot Boxer follows the pattern of the model years either side. Its main cause of failure was Headlight aim, about 9 in every 100 failed tests. In 2025, 69.6% of 2,199 first MOTs on the 2007 Peugeot Boxer passed first time (PRS: items fixed at the station the same day, counted as a fail). The official-style rate including PRS is 75.9%. Among 669 failed first-attempt MOT tests (test year 2025), Outline marker light (front) appears more often than on similar cars (3.1% of those tests; 21 observed failures; about 26× more often than similar cars). There is no single reliability score here; this is a pre-purchase checklist built from DVSA open data, not a guarantee for any individual car.
Ranked by how often they were actually recorded, the items that most often failed a 2007 Peugeot Boxer at the first attempt were Headlight aim (8.8%), Handbrake efficiency below minimum (roller test) (8.4%) and Windscreen washers (7.6%), each as a share of the year's failed first attempts. That is what goes wrong most often on the car. The common faults table shows a different measure: faults that are unusual compared with similar cars.
Among failed first-attempt tests we highlight patterns that appear more often than on similar cars. Top example: Outline marker light (front) (3.1% of those tests; 21 observed failures; about 26× more often than similar cars). These are statistical signals, not a diagnosis of any individual car.
Outline marker light (front) shows up more often than on similar cars (3.1% of those tests; 21 observed failures; about 26× more often than similar cars). That does not prove a design fault. Age, mileage, and how the car was used still matter. Treat it as a pre-purchase checkpoint, not a manufacturer service bulletin.
Common MOT problem areas for the 2007 Peugeot Boxer include Outline marker light (front), Suspension mounting area (front), Rear fog light. These are the faults that stand out compared with similar cars, not a complete list of what can go wrong on any individual car.
Advisories flag issues noted at the test and are not a fail rate. We show advisory patterns that appear more often than on similar cars among failed first-attempt tests, separate from common failure rows. Use them as early-warning checks, not as a pass/fail score.
This page highlights MOT failure patterns for the 2007 Peugeot Boxer (registration year) using UK DVSA open data for the selected test year. Patterns are compared with cars of a similar age and mileage. It is a buyer checklist from MOT defect statistics, not a full service history or manufacturer service-bulletin list.
No. MOT tests do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronic modules. Patterns here come from MOT defect statistics only and should not be read as engine or gearbox reliability scores.

About this data

How this page is built and what it can (and can't) say.

These figures come from UK MOT open data for this model year. We surface common failure patterns against similar cars, not a full reliability score, and not a pass/fail verdict on any individual vehicle.

2024 2025

What we include

UK Class 4 cars only. Normal MOT tests (not retests); first test per vehicle per calendar year; results pass, PRS, or fail.

Same-day repairs

PRS means the car 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.

How we compare

We compare this model year with other Class 4 cars of similar age and mileage in the same test year. This model family is left out of the peer group so the car is not measured against itself.

What this does not cover

  • MOTs do not cover engine internals, gearboxes, or many electronics; this is not a full reliability score.
  • Common faults come from MOT defect stats, not manufacturer TSBs or recalls.
  • Age and mileage matching reduces, but does not remove, differences in how cars were used and maintained.
  • If the data for a car is too thin to say anything useful, we say so rather than guess.

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