2012 Peugeot 208: MOT pass rate and common faults

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 57.4% to 59.0% (±0.9 points).

• 2012 Peugeot 20858.2%
• All vehicles first used in 201263.5%

That is 5.3 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2012 (63.5%). These cars were about 13 years old at the test.

Failure areas compared with all 2012 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2012, failures are more common in body, chassis, structure (3.3×), noise, emissions, leaks (3.2×) and steering (1.4×), and less common in suspension (0.7×), brakes (0.8×), tyres (0.9×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.9×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2012.

1. Lights and electrics15.9 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 15.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
2. Body, chassis, structure15.0 in 100 tests3.3× compared with 4.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
3. Noise, emissions, leaks12.3 in 100 tests3.2× compared with 3.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
4. Suspension10.1 in 100 tests0.7× compared with 14.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
5. Brakes6.8 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 8.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
6. Tyres6.2 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 7.0 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
7. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors4.5 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 4.9 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
8. Steering4.0 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 2.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2012
9. Seat belts and airbags1.7 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2012
10. Wheels0.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2012

All vehicles first used in 2012: the 197 models in our data, 1,653,623 tests (96.5% of all 1,714,195 tests on vehicles first used in 2012). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2012 Peugeot 208

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

Other Peugeot 208 years

• 2013 Peugeot 20859.6%
• 2014 Peugeot 20862.4%
• 2015 Peugeot 20868.3%
• 2016 Peugeot 20870.3%
• 2017 Peugeot 20870.6%
• 2018 Peugeot 20873.1%
• 2019 Peugeot 20877.5%
• 2020 Peugeot 20881.0%
• 2021 Peugeot 20882.6%
• 2022 Peugeot 20887.5%

Other cars first used in 2012

• 2012 Ford Fiesta58.5%
• 2012 Vauxhall Corsa57.4%
• 2012 Ford Focus61.7%
• 2012 Volkswagen Golf66.9%
• 2012 MINI Hatch71.2%