Peugeot 106
Registered from 1992 to 2003.
About this model
The Peugeot 106 is a supermini car produced by French automaker Peugeot between 1991 and 2003. Launched in September 1991, it was Peugeot's entry level offering throughout its production life, and was initially sold only as a three-door hatchback, with a five-door hatchback joining the range in August 1992. Production ended in July 2003.
From the Wikipedia article Peugeot 106, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2002 1.1 petrol. 443 of 1,473 tests failed, 30%.
Better than 26% of 2002 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 558 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 43% | 191 |
| Body and structure | 42% | 188 |
| Brakes | 36% | 161 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 31% | 139 |
| Suspension | 22% | 97 |
| Visibility | 21% | 94 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 36% of its failures
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Exhaust and emissions — 31% of its failures
- Exhaust system leaking or insecure
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Suspension — 22% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 43% of its failures
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 42% of its failures
- Visibility — 21% of its failures
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
When it starts failing
At 120–140k miles this one fails 36% of its inspections, against the 29% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 26% | 18% | 190 | |
| 40–60k miles | 28% | 22% | 363 | |
| 60–80k miles | 29% | 25% | 347 | |
| 80–100k miles | 32% | 27% | 292 | |
| 100–120k miles | 36% | 28% | 163 | |
| 120–140k miles | 36% | 29% | 70 |
1,425 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 60k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.