MOT comparison

Peugeot 208 Mk1 vs Ford Fiesta Mk7

How the Peugeot 208 Mk1 (2012–2019) and the Ford Fiesta Mk7 (2008–2017) do at their MOTs, compared at the same mileage so a high-mileage car is never measured against a low-mileage one.

Peugeot 208 Mk1

1,617,387

MOT tests compared · built 2012–2019

Passes more often in 14 of 14 mileage bands

Ford Fiesta Mk7

10,445,534

MOT tests compared · built 2008–2017

Passes more often in 0 of 14 mileage bands

MOT pass rate by mileage

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

Peugeot 208 Mk1 Ford Fiesta Mk7

Under 10,000 miles 95.4% vs 93.8%

44,879 and 212,571 MOTs

10,000–20,000 miles 91.5% vs 89.7%

175,453 and 911,786 MOTs

20,000–30,000 miles 85.9% vs 84.3%

253,514 and 1,380,240 MOTs

30,000–40,000 miles 79.9% vs 78.7%

255,925 and 1,430,492 MOTs

40,000–50,000 miles 74.9% vs 73.4%

226,303 and 1,319,222 MOTs

50,000–60,000 miles 69.9% vs 68.5%

189,998 and 1,161,330 MOTs

60,000–70,000 miles 65.9% vs 64.2%

150,114 and 984,874 MOTs

70,000–80,000 miles 62.5% vs 60.3%

111,694 and 807,494 MOTs

80,000–90,000 miles 59.5% vs 57.2%

77,731 and 640,655 MOTs

90,000–100,000 miles 57.7% vs 54.7%

51,282 and 489,250 MOTs

100,000–125,000 miles 56.5% vs 52.2%

58,700 and 705,051 MOTs

125,000–150,000 miles 56.1% vs 50.2%

16,354 and 275,977 MOTs

150,000–175,000 miles 55.5% vs 49.6%

4,255 and 95,190 MOTs

175,000–200,000 miles 55.8% vs 50.1%

1,185 and 31,402 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

Peugeot 208 Mk1 fails more often on

Front drive shaft

Fails about 16 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 4.3% of MOTs against 0.41%.

In 12 of 14 mileage bands
Registration plate

Fails about 5 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 2.6% of MOTs against 0.71%.

In 11 of 14 mileage bands · Number Plates
Engine management light

Fails about 5 times as often as the Ford Fiesta Mk7: 3.6% of MOTs against 0.89%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Dashboard Warning Lights

Ford Fiesta Mk7 fails more often on

Stop lamp

Fails about 3 times as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk1: 3.8% of MOTs against 1.3%.

In 12 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals
Front position lamp

Fails about 5 times as often as the Peugeot 208 Mk1: 4.3% of MOTs against 0.82%.

In 10 of 14 mileage bands · Lights & Signals

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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.