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Common Peugeot 307 MOT failures

Based on 728,204 Peugeot 307 tests on record carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Real DVSA defect codes

Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Peugeot 307

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 552,273 tests (75.8%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 296,461 tests (40.7%)
Brakes 274,071 tests (37.6%)
Body, structure and attachments 124,918 tests (17.2%)
Nuisance (emissions and noise) 98,281 tests (13.5%)
Steering 83,818 tests (11.5%)
Registration plates and vehicle identification 37,630 tests (5.2%)
Visibility 24,923 tests (3.4%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 728,204 classifiable tests for Peugeot 307.

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What Peugeot 307 failures look like

728,204 Peugeot 307 tests on record carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 552,273 tests (75.8%), with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 296,461 tests (40.7%) and with brakes on 274,071 tests (37.6%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 232,552 of the 728,204 tests: 42,740 failures and 189,812 advisories or minors.

  • Suspension arm pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.3.4, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 187,881 of the 728,204 tests: 58,891 failures and 128,990 advisories or minors.

  • Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened

    MOT inspection manual reference 1.1.14, in brakes

    Recorded on 152,544 of the 728,204 tests: 9,676 failures and 142,868 advisories or minors.

Where there is enough data to compare: Peugeot 207 (2,123,625 tests), Peugeot 208 (1,805,536 tests), Peugeot Partner (1,602,698 tests), Peugeot 308 (1,537,353 tests), every Peugeot model (17,145,394 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.