Does the Peugeot 307 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Peugeot 307 records 22.97 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 22.11 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.86, 95% interval +0.71 to +1.02). It ranks 273 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Peugeot 307 is “a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm”, recorded 12,726 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 12,726 | 3.38 |
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 11,691 | 3.11 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 9,334 | 2.48 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 7,131 | 1.90 |
| Warning device shows system malfunction | 6,639 | 1.77 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 376,029 (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 307 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
17.8% of Peugeot 307 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 4,450 miles later (77,082 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 77,082 (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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