2012 Peugeot 308: MOT pass rate and reliability

66.3% of 2012 Peugeot 308s pass the MOT first time, measured across 10,043 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 96,341 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Peugeot 308s (70.5%, 131,248 tests): -4.2 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): -4.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Peugeot 308 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Peugeot 308:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2007 55.7% 856 104,876
2008 57.6% 7,899 105,295
2009 58.9% 11,136 103,719
2010 61.6% 12,127 100,335
2011 65% 9,512 97,637
2012 66.3% 10,043 96,341
2013 66.3% 10,334 90,732
2014 69% 12,156 85,444
2015 74.4% 13,991 81,475
2016 76.1% 14,719 73,006
2017 79.6% 9,290 65,037
2018 82% 8,517 54,859
2019 87.3% 7,066 45,072
2020 90.1% 3,123 35,054
2021 89.9% 473 48,863

What this means if you are buying a 2012 308

The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 4.2 points less often than the Peugeot 308 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2012 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 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 above average and into the range where cambelts and water pumps are due if they have not already been done, so ask for the service history rather than take the mileage on trust. On a 2012 Peugeot 308 the average at test was 96,341 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 2020 at 90.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2007 at 55.7%. That 34.4 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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