Does the Peugeot 4007 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Peugeot 4007 records 22.68 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 16.56 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+6.12, 95% interval +5.23 to +7.02). It ranks 106 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 4007 is “Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded”, recorded 758 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 758 | 6.98 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 363 | 3.34 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 254 | 2.34 |
| Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn | 191 | 1.76 |
| Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. | 106 | 0.98 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 10,867 (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 4007 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
15.5% of Peugeot 4007 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 6,146 miles later (3,159 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 3,159 (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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