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Peugeot 406 MOT pass rate by year

How the Peugeot 406's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1995 to 2004, across the DVSA record.

What is the Peugeot 406 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Peugeot 406 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 406 averages 32.7% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199564.6%35.4%1,723
199664.5%35.5%139,493
199765.2%34.8%255,913
199866.4%33.6%307,928
199967.4%32.6%320,413
200067.8%32.2%338,602
200168.3%31.7%323,304
200268.7%31.3%255,920
200369.3%30.7%171,458
200468.4%31.6%35,798

Does age change how often a Peugeot 406 fails?

Older Peugeot 406s fail more often, as expected. The 1995 cars fail 35.4% of tests against 31.6% for the 2004. Across every year the model averages 32.7%. The 1996 is the weakest year at 35.5%, and the 2003 the strongest at 30.7%.

More on the Peugeot 406

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

See also
Peugeot 406: 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