62.5%
Peugeot Partner
Peugeot Partner MOT pass rate and common problems
The Peugeot Partner passed 62.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 9.8 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Partner 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 Partner runs 4.3 points behind the Peugeot average. It is 14th of the 24 Peugeot models in the data. The average Partner arrived at its test 9.5 years old with 96,850 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.
Partner MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Peugeot Partner cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 75.5% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 54.8%, a drop of 20.8 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 30,471 | 75.5% | 3.2 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 64,857 | 61.4% | 10.9 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 50,073 | 54.8% | 17.5 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 Partner failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Peugeot Partner cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 54.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Partner MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Peugeot Partner cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 46.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Peugeot Partner cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Partner
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, stop lamp not working, registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 23.6% of failure items.
2
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and ball joint excessively worn. 7.2% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 5.7% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 4.1% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Partner has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Peugeot Partner buying guide.
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Peugeot Partner MOT FAQs
What is the Peugeot Partner MOT pass rate?
62.5% of Peugeot Partner cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 150,776 tests. That is 9.8 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 466th of 575 models.
What does a Peugeot Partner most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Peugeot Partner cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 8.8% of failure items. Next were stop lamp not working (6.5%) and joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.7%).
Which area causes the most Peugeot Partner MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 39%, followed by suspension at 15.3%.
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, against 54.8% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Peugeot Partner has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Peugeot Partner 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 Partner'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.