Peugeot Boxer years to avoid: the early ones

Based on 49,585 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 1998. The worst is the 1998, which fails its MOT 22% more often than other cars of the same age. The 2010 is the strongest, failing 53% less often than average.

Found a Peugeot Boxer 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 Boxer 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 Boxer
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
1997	1,047	35.0%	about average
1998 Worst	1,184	37.9%	22% worse
1999	1,285	32.3%	about average
2000	1,358	33.8%	about average
2001	1,339	33.2%	about average
2002	1,576	32.0%	about average
2003	2,069	26.7%	26% better
2004	2,418	28.3%	23% better
2005	2,543	27.6%	24% better
2006	2,723	26.0%	28% better
2007	2,479	24.1%	32% better
2008	2,338	21.3%	39% better
2009	1,925	20.5%	39% better
2010	2,039	15.1%	53% better
2011	2,153	14.9%	51% better
2012	2,389	16.5%	41% better
2013	2,566	15.7%	39% better
2014	2,689	15.8%	31% better
2015	3,082	14.8%	24% better
2016	3,185	13.2%	22% better
2017	3,348	14.0%	about average
2018	1,994	9.6%	20% better
2019	1,856	9.4%	about average

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Peugeot Boxer, 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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