Does the Peugeot 308 fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Peugeot 308 records 0.45 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.43 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) (+0.02, 95% interval +0.00 to +0.03). It ranks 195 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on road wheels · check a Peugeot 308 by registration
What exactly fails on road wheels?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Peugeot 308 is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 3,268 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 3,268 | 0.38 |
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 222 | 0.03 |
| A wheel with more than one loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 159 | 0.02 |
| Any fracture or welding defect on a wheel | 157 | 0.02 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 855,385 (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 308 gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
1.0% of Peugeot 308 MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 7,169 miles later (4,782 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 4,782 (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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