75.9%
Peugeot Traveller
Peugeot Traveller MOT pass rate and common problems
The Peugeot Traveller passed 75.9% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 3.6 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Traveller 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 Traveller runs 9.1 points ahead of the Peugeot average. It is 3rd of the 24 Peugeot models in the data. The average Traveller arrived at its test 5.7 years old with 54,631 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.
Traveller MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Peugeot Traveller cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 80.2% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 74%, a drop of 6.2 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 772 | 80.2% | 7.9 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,036 | 74% | 1.7 pts above |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Traveller failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Peugeot Traveller cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and tyres together account for 49.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Traveller MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Peugeot Traveller cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 60.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Peugeot Traveller cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Traveller
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has ply or cords exposed, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 18.6% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, headlamp aim too low and stop lamp not working. 15.1% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 13% of failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 7.3% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Traveller has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Peugeot Traveller buying guide.
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Peugeot Traveller MOT FAQs
What is the Peugeot Traveller MOT pass rate?
75.9% of Peugeot Traveller cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 2,079 tests. That is 3.6 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 253rd of 575 models.
What does a Peugeot Traveller most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Peugeot Traveller cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 13% of failure items. Next were registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (8.3%) and joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (7.3%).
Which area causes the most Peugeot Traveller MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 26.7%, followed by tyres at 22.5%.
Do older Peugeot Traveller cars fail their MOT more often?
Peugeot Traveller cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 80.2% of MOT tests in 2025, against 74% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Peugeot Traveller has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Peugeot Traveller 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 Traveller'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.