Peugeot Partner years to avoid

Based on 149,715 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 2003, 2010 to 2011, and 2013 to 2020. The worst is the 2019, which fails its MOT 95% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Peugeot Partner 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 Partner 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 Partner
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2003	1,376	42.7%	19% worse
2004	1,630	41.0%	about average
2005	2,011	40.4%	about average
2006	2,613	37.9%	about average
2007	2,870	39.1%	about average
2008	3,275	38.1%	about average
2009	4,298	38.0%	about average
2010	5,653	37.9%	18% worse
2011	7,581	36.3%	20% worse
2012	12,406	29.2%	about average
2013	10,122	32.9%	29% worse
2014	14,731	28.9%	27% worse
2015	13,676	25.1%	28% worse
2016	13,722	26.2%	55% worse
2017	14,450	23.5%	64% worse
2018	14,891	21.5%	80% worse
2019 Worst	13,893	20.0%	95% worse
2020	10,517	15.5%	69% worse

How this is worked out

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