1999 Peugeot 306: MOT pass rate and reliability

61.5% of 1999 Peugeot 306s pass the MOT first time, measured across 736 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 110,840 miles.

How the 1999 compares

  • Against all Peugeot 306s (63.7%, 4,117 tests): -2.2 points
  • Against all 1999 cars (68.6%): -7.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Peugeot 306 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 1999 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Peugeot 306:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1996 67% 200 104,982
1997 63.8% 348 105,204
1998 64.5% 504 109,878
1999 61.5% 736 110,840
2000 63.2% 1,084 110,295
2001 64.6% 833 112,014

What this means if you are buying a 1999 306

The 1999 is a weaker year for this model, passing 2.2 points less often than the Peugeot 306 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 1999 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 27-year-old car fails on

A 1999 car is 27 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 1999 Peugeot 306 the average at test was 110,840 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 1996 at 67%, and the weakest in our data is 1999 at 61.5%. That 5.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 1999 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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