1997 Peugeot Boxer: MOT pass rate and reliability

63.2% of 1997 Peugeot Boxers pass the MOT first time, measured across 994 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 71,508 miles.

How the 1997 compares

  • Against all Peugeot Boxers (74.3%, 98,790 tests): -11.1 points
  • Against all 1997 cars (70.4%): -7.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Peugeot Boxer model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 1997 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Peugeot Boxer:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
1995 61.3% 813 77,229
1996 65.2% 721 73,910
1997 63.2% 994 71,508
1998 63.6% 1,167 67,935
1999 66.2% 1,247 64,758
2000 65.7% 1,308 63,128
2001 63.4% 1,294 59,485
2002 66.2% 1,596 58,220
2003 70% 2,018 58,486
2004 69.4% 2,432 56,886
2005 70.1% 2,596 58,235
2006 71.7% 2,776 59,652
2007 72.7% 2,810 73,710
2008 75.5% 2,606 74,421
2009 75.5% 2,084 73,031
2010 81.8% 2,291 63,357
2011 79% 2,684 74,866
2012 77.2% 3,123 82,584
2013 76.3% 3,821 87,451
2014 71.9% 5,830 97,351
2015 73% 8,500 99,845
2016 74.9% 9,618 95,310
2017 76.1% 10,050 87,854
2018 77.3% 10,007 83,684
2019 76.6% 7,994 72,431
2020 78.2% 4,000 58,303
2021 78.7% 4,252 51,216

What this means if you are buying a 1997 Boxer

The 1997 is a weaker year for this model, passing 11.1 points less often than the Peugeot Boxer average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 1997 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 29-year-old car fails on

A 1997 car is 29 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 a shade above the middle of the range, still ordinary wear rather than a red flag, but worth checking against the service book for the car's age. On a 1997 Peugeot Boxer the average at test was 71,508 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 2010 at 81.8%, and the weakest in our data is 1995 at 61.3%. That 20.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 1997 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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