62.5%
Peugeot Partner pass rate
Used Peugeot Partner buying guide
In 2025, Peugeot Partner cars passed 62.5% of 150,776 initial MOT tests, 9.8 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Peugeot Partner MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−9.8
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Partner sits 466th of 575 models in the data. Peugeot as a brand averaged 66.8%, so this model runs 4.3 points behind its own brand. Peugeot Partner cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 75.5% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 54.8%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Peugeot Partner MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Partner compares with similar cars.
Partner fuel types
Diesel made up 94.8% of Peugeot Partner 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 Partner fails its MOT
Where Peugeot Partner 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 position lamp not working (8.8%), stop lamp not working (6.5%) and joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.7%). See every common Partner MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Peugeot Partner that failed, not a claim that every Partner has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Partner?
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. 39% of Partner failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 15.3% of Partner failure items.
3
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. 11% of Partner failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels. 8.5% of Partner failure items.
5
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. 8% of Partner 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.
Partner vs similar cars
Head-to-head comparisons on the same 2025 DVSA data.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Peugeot Partner 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 Partner.
Used Peugeot Partner FAQs
Is the Peugeot Partner 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 62.5% first-time pass rate for the Peugeot Partner across 150,776 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Peugeot Partner cars fail their MOT more often?
Peugeot Partner cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 75.5% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 54.8%. 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 Partner?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. 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 Partner'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.