Peugeot 307
Registered from 2001 to 2010.
About this model
The Peugeot 307 is a small family car produced by the French automaker PSA Peugeot Citroën under their Peugeot marque, from 2001 to 2008 in Europe, and was the successor to the Peugeot 306, which was discontinued in 2002 after being in production for nine years. Using the PSA PF2 platform, it was awarded the European Car of the Year title for 2002, and continued to be offered in China and certain South American markets through 2014, despite the September 2007 French launch of the 308, which is built on the same platform.
From the Wikipedia article Peugeot 307, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2007 1.6 petrol. 1,822 of 5,946 tests failed, 31%.
Better than 18% of 2007 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 935 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Lights and electrics | 50% | 915 |
| Suspension | 46% | 840 |
| Brakes | 28% | 511 |
| Body and structure | 27% | 485 |
| Tyres and wheels | 21% | 378 |
| Steering | 21% | 374 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Suspension — 46% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Brakes — 28% of its failures
- Tyres and wheels — 21% of its failures
- Steering — 21% of its failures
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Lights and electrics — 50% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 27% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 160–180k miles this one fails 36% of its inspections, against the 30% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 18% | 16% | 182 | |
| 40–60k miles | 26% | 21% | 771 | |
| 60–80k miles | 29% | 24% | 1,322 | |
| 80–100k miles | 31% | 27% | 1,479 | |
| 100–120k miles | 34% | 29% | 1,127 | |
| 120–140k miles | 35% | 30% | 637 | |
| 140–160k miles | 34% | 30% | 256 | |
| 160–180k miles | 36% | 30% | 121 |
5,895 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 80k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.