56.2%
Peugeot Bipper
Peugeot Bipper MOT pass rate and common problems
The Peugeot Bipper passed 56.2% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 16.1 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was coil spring fractured or broken.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Bipper compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
66.8%
Peugeot average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Bipper runs 10.6 points behind the Peugeot average. It is 20th of the 24 Peugeot models in the data. The average Bipper arrived at its test 12.3 years old with 110,314 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Bipper MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Peugeot Bipper cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 59.3% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 54.5%, a drop of 4.8 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 1 | 100% | 27.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,846 | 59.3% | 13 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 11,477 | 54.5% | 17.8 pts below |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Bipper failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Peugeot Bipper cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 55.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Bipper MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Peugeot Bipper cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 40.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Peugeot Bipper cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Bipper
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush. 13.9% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, stop lamp not working and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 13.7% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 7.4% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 3% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Bipper has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Peugeot Bipper buying guide.
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Peugeot Bipper MOT FAQs
What is the Peugeot Bipper MOT pass rate?
56.2% of Peugeot Bipper cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 17,324 tests. That is 16.1 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 524th of 575 models.
What does a Peugeot Bipper most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Peugeot Bipper cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 7.8% of failure items. Next were shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (6.2%) and position lamp not working (4.8%).
Which area causes the most Peugeot Bipper MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 28.7%, followed by suspension at 26.9%.
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, against 54.5% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Peugeot Bipper has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Peugeot Bipper that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Peugeot Bipper's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.