Does the Peugeot 2008 fail the MOT on lamps, reflectors and electrics more than it should?
The Peugeot 2008 records 13.45 lamps, reflectors and electrics failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 5.66 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+7.79, 95% interval +7.70 to +7.89). It ranks 104 of 729 models on lamps, reflectors and electrics (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on lamps, reflectors and electrics?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Peugeot 2008 is “A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”, recorded 32,671 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources | 32,671 | 5.69 |
| A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps | 10,822 | 1.88 |
| A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED | 9,476 | 1.65 |
| The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements | 4,285 | 0.75 |
| A lens defective which has no effect on emitted light | 2,312 | 0.40 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 574,209 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Peugeot 2008 gets a lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory, how often does it fail next time?
26.8% of Peugeot 2008 MOTs with a lamps, reflectors and electrics advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 7,248 miles later (1,025 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,025 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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