72.3%
Peugeot Boxer
Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate and common problems
The Peugeot Boxer passed 72.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, in line with the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Boxer 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 Boxer runs 5.6 points ahead of the Peugeot average. It is 5th of the 24 Peugeot models in the data. The average Boxer arrived at its test 14.7 years old with 60,208 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.
Boxer MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Peugeot Boxer cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82.9% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 67.7%, a drop of 15.2 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 5,131 | 82.9% | 10.6 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 14,292 | 78.5% | 6.2 pts above |
| 11 years and over | 34,429 | 67.7% | 4.6 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Boxer failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Peugeot Boxer cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 48.4% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Boxer MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Peugeot Boxer cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 31.1% of everything testers recorded against failed Peugeot Boxer cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Boxer
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim too low, stop lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and headlamp aim too high. 11.3% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 6% of failure items.
3
Brakes
Recorded most often: service brake performance excessively binding and rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements. 5.8% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.9% of failure items.
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Peugeot Boxer MOT FAQs
What is the Peugeot Boxer MOT pass rate?
72.3% of Peugeot Boxer cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 54,810 tests. That is in line with the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 307th of 575 models.
What does a Peugeot Boxer most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Peugeot Boxer cars failing their 2025 MOT was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, on 6% of failure items. Next were wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.9%) and service brake performance excessively binding (3.1%).
Which area causes the most Peugeot Boxer MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 29.3%, followed by brakes at 19.1%.
Do older Peugeot Boxer cars fail their MOT more often?
Peugeot Boxer cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 82.9% of MOT tests in 2025, against 67.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Peugeot Boxer has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Peugeot Boxer 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 Boxer'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.