MOT comparison

Ford Fiesta Mk8 vs Peugeot 208 Mk2

How the Ford Fiesta Mk8 (2017–2023) and the Peugeot 208 Mk2 (2019–2026) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Ford Fiesta Mk8

1,255,411

MOT tests compared · built 2017–2023

Passes more often in 6 of 8 mileage bands

Peugeot 208 Mk2

138,705

MOT tests compared · built 2019–2026

Passes more often in 0 of 8 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

Share of MOTs passed first time, at the mileage recorded at the test.

Ford Fiesta Mk8 Peugeot 208 Mk2

Under 10,000 miles 93.0% vs 93.5%

94,362 and 14,583 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 90.9% vs 88.8%

280,731 and 39,839 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 87.8% vs 84.1%

300,651 and 37,137 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 85.0% vs 80.4%

233,601 and 23,822 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 82.4% vs 78.9%

159,340 and 12,795 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 80.4% vs 78.1%

98,803 and 6,303 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 77.9% vs 76.9%

56,848 and 2,863 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 75.8% vs 76.7%

31,075 and 1,363 MOTs

Parts that fail more often

Only differences that hold across at least half of the mileage bands we could compare, and that are far too large to be chance, are listed. How we decide

Ford Fiesta Mk8 fails more often on

Headlamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk2: 2.8% of MOTs against 0.98%.

In 8 of 8 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Windscreen washer

Fails about twice as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk2: 1.7% of MOTs against 0.66%.

In 7 of 8 mileage bands · Driver's View
Supplementary restraint system (SRS)

Fails over 20 times as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk2: 0.93% of MOTs against 0.00%.

In 5 of 8 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

Peugeot 208 Mk2 fails more often on

Windscreen wiper

Fails about 9 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk8: 4.5% of MOTs against 0.60%.

In 8 of 8 mileage bands · Driver's View
Front ball joint

Fails over 20 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk8: 3.0% of MOTs against 0.14%.

In 7 of 8 mileage bands · Suspension & Joints

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These are differences in real MOT results, not engineering verdicts. Owner mix differs between models (some are more often taxis, first cars or rural cars), which is why every figure compares cars at the same mileage. How we compare cars.

MOT records: DVSA MOT history, which contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. See this the other way round.