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Peugeot 405 MOT pass rate by year

How the Peugeot 405's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1988 to 1997, across the DVSA record.

What is the Peugeot 405 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Peugeot 405 model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Peugeot 405 averages 36.0% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
198862.5%37.5%1,974
198962.3%37.7%5,693
199062.4%37.6%8,245
199162.3%37.7%14,751
199262.9%37.1%36,859
199363.3%36.7%75,350
199464.2%35.8%95,647
199564.7%35.3%99,976
199664.9%35.1%46,941
199765.8%34.2%7,701

Does age change how often a Peugeot 405 fails?

Older Peugeot 405s fail more often, as expected. The 1988 cars fail 37.5% of tests against 34.2% for the 1997. Across every year the model averages 36.0%. The 1989 is the weakest year at 37.7%, and the 1997 the strongest at 34.2%.

More on the Peugeot 405

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Peugeot 405: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them
All Peugeot models compared by MOT failure rate
MOT failure rates across Britain

Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain