Peugeot 308 years to avoid

Based on 140,760 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2007 to 2010 and 2013 to 2018. The worst is the 2007, which fails its MOT 29% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Peugeot 308 you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every 308 model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Peugeot 308
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2007 Worst	1,202	45.6%	29% worse
2008	10,261	41.8%	20% worse
2009	13,579	40.3%	21% worse
2010	13,904	37.6%	17% worse
2011	10,393	32.6%	about average
2012	10,814	31.0%	about average
2013	10,772	32.1%	26% worse
2014	12,438	26.9%	18% worse
2015	14,415	22.9%	17% worse
2016	14,903	21.7%	28% worse
2017	9,298	17.4%	22% worse
2018	8,627	15.5%	29% worse
2019	6,983	11.0%	about average
2020	3,171	7.9%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Peugeot 308, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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