Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 13.6 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 4,135 individual Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 90.3% first-time pass rate means roughly 10 in every 100 Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss tested had covered 24,686 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss sits 13.6 points above the national average, ranked 647 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss

1. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 5.5% of tests (2.89x the national rate for this defect)
2. A tyre seriously damaged, 2% of tests
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 1% of tests
4. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 0.8% of tests
5. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.8% of tests
6. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 0.4% of tests
7. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.3% of tests
8. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 0.3% of tests
9. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.3% of tests
10. A shock absorber damaged to the extent that it does not function or showing signs of severe leakage, 0.3% of tests

From 4,131 DVSA-tracked Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.03% of these flagged Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 5.11% nationally.

Most common MOT advisories on a Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss before it actually fails on it.

1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 16.7% of tests, also fails
2. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 11.7% of tests
3. A tyre seriously damaged, 7.9% of tests, also fails
4. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 4.1% of tests, also fails
5. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 3.4% of tests, also fails
6. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 1.5% of tests, also fails
7. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 0.8% of tests
8. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.4% of tests
9. A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting, 0.4% of tests
10. Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users, 0.4% of tests

From 4,131 DVSA-tracked Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss tests, 2024.

Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss pass rate by model year

From its 2020 to its 2021 model year, the Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss's first-time pass rate has risen 5 points, from 87.2% to 92.2%, the usual pattern: a newer model year is a younger car today, so it fails less. First-time pass rate for each Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss year:

• 2020 Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss - 87.2% first-time pass, 1,324 tests
• 2021 Peugeot 208 Allure Premium Puretech Ss - 92.2% first-time pass, 2,643 tests

Other Peugeot models

• Peugeot 208 - 75.2%
• Peugeot Partner - 71.5%
• Peugeot 207 - 59.8%
• Peugeot 308 - 70%
• Peugeot 3008 - 74.7%
• Peugeot 107 - 69.7%
• Peugeot 2008 - 76.4%
• Peugeot 108 - 85.6%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Volkswagen T-Cross - 90.3%
• Ford Fiesta Trend - 90.3%
• MG Zs Exclusive Vti-Tech - 90.3%
• Fiat Roller Team - 90.3%
• Nissan Juke Acenta Dig-T - 90.3%
• BMW I8 - 90.3%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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