Does the Peugeot 406 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Peugeot 406 records 34.58 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 25.04 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+9.54, 95% interval +8.95 to +10.12). It ranks 68 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 406 is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 2,256 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 2,256 | 5.86 |
| 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. | 1,586 | 4.12 |
| Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake | 1,167 | 3.03 |
| Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded | 1,106 | 2.87 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 742 | 1.93 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 38,499 (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 406 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
22.4% of Peugeot 406 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 3,351 miles later (8,628 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 8,628 (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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