Peugeot 807

What fails its inspection

Great Britain's MOT record for the 2007 2.0 diesel. 140 of 364 tests failed, 38%.

Better than 0% of 2007 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 935 models with enough tests behind them to say.

The defects inspectors cite

• Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
• Parking brake inoperative on one side
• The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
• A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
• A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
• A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened

Where it stands out against its peers

• Brakes: failed more often than 95% of 2007 cars — 56% of its 140 failed tests, where an ordinary 2007 car has 34%.

Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.

NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

• Suspension — 59% of its failures
  • The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
  • A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
  • A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
• Brakes — 56% of its failures
  • Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
  • Parking brake inoperative on one side
  • Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
• Tyres and wheels — 16% of its failures
• Exhaust and emissions — 12% of its failures
• Lights and electrics — 49% 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 — 35% of its failures
  • The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired

When it starts failing

At 160–180k miles this one fails 32% of its inspections, against the 30% an ordinary car of the same age fails.

305 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.

Half of these have more than 120k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.

Specification