10,979 tests in 2025
Peugeot E-208 reliability and MOT pass rate
83.4% passed first time. The 16.6% fail rate is 6.0 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 4 years old with 23,159 miles.
Electric versions only, by DVSA’s fuel record for each test. Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions are on the Peugeot 208 page.
Pass rate
83.4%
22.6% of all cars failed; 16.6% of these did.
Fixed on the day
3.5%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
23,159 mi
4 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 10,864 | 16.7% |
| 6-9 years | 2 | — |
| 10-13 years | 0 | — |
| 14+ years | 0 | — |
What the E-208 fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres574 dangerous42.9%
- Suspension5 dangerous39.4%
- Visibility3 dangerous26.7%
- Brakes56 dangerous8.6%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3.4%
- Road Wheels12 dangerous1.1%
- Body, chassis, structure0.7%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems0.6%
Is the E-208 getting worse?
The fail rate rose 6.4 points to 15.8% from 2023 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 994 | 3 | 9.4% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 3,856 | — | 12.2% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 7,002 | — | 15.8% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical E-208 at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a E-208 in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively453 tests
- 2Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt429 tests
- 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords346 tests
- 4Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm182 tests
- 5Ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt182 tests
- 6Condition: has ply or cords exposed172 tests
- 7Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure62 tests
- 8Linkage ball joints: ball joint excessively worn52 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical E-208 collects 1.92 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1,927 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened787 tests
- 3Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords652 tests
- 4Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure488 tests
- 5Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure340 tests
- 6Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm307 tests
- 7Condition: badly distorted195 tests
- 8Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt180 tests
Questions
What is the Peugeot E-208 MOT pass rate?
83.4% of the 10,979 Peugeot E-208 first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 16.6% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 3.5% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Peugeot E-208 usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 453 failed tests, followed by "Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt" and "Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords". By section, tyres appears in 42.9% of failures, suspension appears in 39.4% of failures, visibility appears in 26.7% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 16.7%; at 3-5 years it was 16.7%. The median Peugeot E-208 tested in 2025 was 4 years old with 23,159 miles.
Is the Peugeot E-208 getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 6.4 points to 15.8% from 2023 to 2025, against a falling rate across all cars.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every E-208 trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other Peugeot models
Checking a particular E-208?
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