56.2%
Peugeot Bipper pass rate
Used Peugeot Bipper buying guide
In 2025, Peugeot Bipper cars passed 56.2% of 17,324 initial MOT tests, 16.1 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Peugeot Bipper MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−16.1
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Bipper sits 524th of 575 models in the data. Peugeot as a brand averaged 66.8%, so this model runs 10.6 points behind its own brand. Peugeot Bipper cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 59.3% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 54.5%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Peugeot Bipper MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Bipper compares with similar cars.
Bipper fuel types
Diesel made up 98.7% of Peugeot Bipper MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the Bipper fails its MOT
Where Peugeot Bipper cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were coil spring fractured or broken (7.8%), shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (6.2%) and position lamp not working (4.8%). See every common Bipper MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Peugeot Bipper that failed, not a claim that every Bipper has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Bipper?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 28.7% of Bipper failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 26.9% of Bipper failure items.
3
Tyres
Check tread depth across the full width of every tyre (the legal minimum is 1.6mm), and look for cuts, bulges and uneven wear. 10.6% of Bipper failure items.
4
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 9% of Bipper failure items.
5
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 8.2% of Bipper failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Peugeot Bipper failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Peugeot models
The most-tested Peugeot models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Bipper.
Used Peugeot Bipper FAQs
Is the Peugeot Bipper reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 56.2% first-time pass rate for the Peugeot Bipper across 17,324 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Peugeot Bipper cars fail their MOT more often?
Peugeot Bipper cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 59.3% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 54.5%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Peugeot Bipper?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and tyres. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Peugeot Bipper's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.