Peugeot Horizon

What fails its inspection

Great Britain's MOT record for the 2018 1.6 diesel. 272 of 1,665 tests failed, 16%.

Better than 8% of 2018 cars. The typical one fails 10%, across 966 models with enough tests behind them to say.

The defects inspectors cite

• A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
• Audible warning inoperative
• Exhaust system leaking or insecure
• Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
• A tyre seriously damaged
• A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened

Where it stands out against its peers

• Lights and electrics: failed more often than 93% of 2018 cars — 39% of its 272 failed tests, where an ordinary 2018 car has 15%.
• Body and structure: failed more often than 99% of 2018 cars — 34% of its 272 failed tests, where an ordinary 2018 car has 3%.

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.

• Brakes — 19% of its failures
  • A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
• Tyres and wheels — 19% of its failures
  • A tyre seriously damaged
• Suspension — 14% of its failures
  • A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
• Lights and electrics — 39% 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 — 34% of its failures
• Visibility — 15% of its failures
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen

When it starts failing

At 100–120k miles this one fails 26% of its inspections, against the 15% an ordinary car of the same age fails.

1,632 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.

Half of these have under 20k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.

Specification