At a glance
How 1,691 first tests went in 2025.
- Passed first time
- 72 in every 100
- Did not pass first time
- 28 in every 100475 failed first-attempt tests
- The typical car
- 16 yearsabout 43,450 miles
- First tests counted
- 1,691
What failed most often
- Handbrake efficiency below minimum (roller test)13 in every 100 failed tests
- Headlight aim11 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.
These are patterns across 2009 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.
Noise, emissions and leaks
Two faults. The strongest is the diesel engine warning light: 4.3 times as often as on similar cars.
Figures below are measured across the 475 failed first attempts in 2025 that had a mileage recorded, which allows a like-for-like comparison.
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.
Diesel engine warning light
What it means
An engine malfunction indicator lamp that is illuminated to show a malfunction is graded Major on a diesel, but only on the diesels the test covers, which depends on the vehicle type and when it was first used. DVSA lists it under exhaust emissions for compression ignition engines, and the detail line for the row also names an inoperative lamp.
Diesel emissions test (compression-ignition rules for vehicles from 01/07/2008)
Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.
Lamps and electrical
Four faults. The strongest is the rear fog light: 3.8 times as often as on similar cars.
Rear fog light
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.
Side repeater indicators
What it means
Sequential or dynamic direction indicators are not a reason to fail. Where a side repeater is required, it is allowed to be part of the front direction indicator if it has a marked wraparound lens, or an amber light coming through the front lens when viewed from a set distance to the side of the rear bumper. A lens defect with no effect on the emitted light is Minor, and one that adversely affects the light is Major.
Individual direction indicators (rear)
What it means
Direction indicators must be amber, though vehicles first used before a set date may have white at the front and red at the rear when the indicators are combined with stop or position lamps, and sequential or dynamic ones are not a reason to fail. A lamp that is missing, inoperative or has more than half of a multiple light source not functioning is graded Major. A flashing rate outside the permitted range is graded Minor.
Number plate lights
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.
Brakes
Two faults. The strongest is the brake performance (roller test, front): 3.1 times as often as on similar cars.
Brake performance (roller test, front)
Handbrake efficiency below minimum (roller test)
What it means
A parking brake with efficiency below the minimum requirement is Major, and graded Dangerous where efficiency is less than half of the required value. On a roller brake tester, the requirement counts as met if more than half of the wheels of a brake system lock. The check applies only to vehicles whose parking brake was not already tested as the secondary brake.
Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.
Body and structure
One fault: exhaust system, 2.5 times as often as on similar cars.
Exhaust system
What it means
Exhaust fumes causing a danger to health of persons on board are graded Dangerous, and so is a silencer likely to become detached. Fumes entering the cabin are Major. One or more missing or defective mountings does not necessarily make the exhaust insecure, since testers assess the overall security of the system.
Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. Compared with cars of the same age and mileage.
Suspension
One fault: suspension mounting area (rear), 2.0 times as often as on similar cars.
Suspension mounting area (rear)
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.
Data: UK MOT open data, 2025. 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
- 72in 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
- 22in every 100
- Did not pass, and were not fixed at the test station.
First-attempt pass 71.9% of 1,691 first tests (2025): only cars that passed first time count. Official-style pass 77.8%: cars fixed at the test station also count as a pass. The 6 fixed and the 22 not fixed make the 28 in every 100 that did not pass first time.
Same model, other years
Passed first time in every 100, all tested in 2025.
Newer cars are younger, so look for a jump rather than the climb. A year earlier (2024), when these cars were a year younger, 71 in every 100 passed first time.
| Year | Passed first time | First tests |
|---|---|---|
| 1995 | 51 in every 100 | 709 |
| 1996 | 52 in every 100 | 635 |
| 1997 | 55 in every 100 | 851 |
| 1998 | 54 in every 100 | 1,014 |
| 1999 | 57 in every 100 | 1,094 |
| 2000 | 58 in every 100 | 1,178 |
| 2001 | 57 in every 100 | 1,121 |
| 2002 | 58 in every 100 | 1,393 |
| 2003 | 65 in every 100 | 1,819 |
| 2004 | 62 in every 100 | 2,181 |
| 2005 | 63 in every 100 | 2,240 |
| 2006 | 66 in every 100 | 2,399 |
| 2007 | 70 in every 100 | 2,199 |
| 2008 | 72 in every 100 | 2,081 |
| 2009 This car | 72 in every 100 | 1,691 |
| 2010 | 79 in every 100 | 1,896 |
| 2011 | 77 in every 100 | 2,018 |
| 2012 | 76 in every 100 | 2,168 |
| 2013 | 77 in every 100 | 2,328 |
| 2014 | 75 in every 100 | 2,572 |
| 2015 | 77 in every 100 | 2,996 |
| 2016 | 78 in every 100 | 3,149 |
| 2017 | 79 in every 100 | 3,057 |
| 2018 | 81 in every 100 | 2,142 |
| 2019 | 82 in every 100 | 2,009 |
| 2020 | 84 in every 100 | 1,593 |
| 2021 | 81 in every 100 | 1,776 |
| 2022 | 87 in every 100 | 800 |
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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.
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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