80.7%
Peugeot Rifter
Peugeot Rifter MOT pass rate and common problems
The Peugeot Rifter passed 80.7% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 8.4 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.
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How the Rifter 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 Rifter runs 14 points ahead of the Peugeot average. It is 2nd of the 24 Peugeot models in the data. The average Rifter arrived at its test 4.8 years old with 31,068 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.
Rifter MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Peugeot Rifter cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 79.7% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years it rose to 81.3%, 1.6 percentage points higher.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 6,978 | 79.7% | 7.4 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,537 | 81.3% | 9 pts above |
| 11 years and over (small sample) | 1 | 100% | 27.7 pts above |
Older examples test at least as well as newer ones here, which usually says more about how the surviving cars have been kept than about age itself. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Rifter failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Peugeot Rifter cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Visibility and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 56.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Rifter MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Peugeot Rifter cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 63.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Peugeot Rifter cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Rifter
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 28.2% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp not working on dipped beam, headlamp aim too high, headlamp aim too low and individual direction indicators incorrect colour. 15.7% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords. 10.9% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 5.2% of failure items.
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Peugeot Rifter MOT FAQs
What is the Peugeot Rifter MOT pass rate?
80.7% of Peugeot Rifter cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 9,757 tests. That is 8.4 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 189th of 575 models.
What does a Peugeot Rifter most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Peugeot Rifter cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 24.5% of failure items. Next were headlamp not working on dipped beam (6.3%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.3%).
Which area causes the most Peugeot Rifter MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was visibility at 30.9%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 25.3%.
Do older Peugeot Rifter cars fail their MOT more often?
Peugeot Rifter cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 79.7% of MOT tests in 2025, against 81.3% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Peugeot Rifter has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Peugeot Rifter 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 Rifter'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.