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Peugeot Boxer — MOT statistics 2024

The Peugeot Boxer failed 27.2% of 52,288 first MOT attempts in 2024 ("first-time", excluding retests). Adjusted for the age of the fleet, its initial-failure ratio is 82.8 (100 = expected for its age profile). This van fails its MOT about 17% less often than expected for its age.

MOT risk index 82.8, 95% CI 81.6–83.9 (100 = national average) 100 82.8 0 200
Index
82.8
100 = age-normal
Raw fail rate
27.2%
n = 52,288
Dangerous /100
6
national ≈11
Diesel − petrol
-19.3 pp
fail-rate gap
Rank
286 of 761
lower index = better

Age-adjusted peer: Fiat Ducato (index 75.5) — the two published results are 7.3 index points apart.

Peugeot Boxer common problems: what actually fails the MOT

Suspension is well below the reference at 13.9 per 100 tests, against 28.5 per 100 tests across UK vans and pickups of the same ages.

higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests

Peugeot Boxer common problems: what actually fails the MOT — 2024 UK MOT data

family vs national — matched to UK vans and pickups of the same ages — top component groups, per 100 tests. Legend: This family · National avg. Combined labels: family / national average. A gap here reflects how these vehicles are driven, used and maintained as well as how they were built — an MOT defect is a test outcome, not a breakdown.

Component-group comparison table

Each ratio carries a 95% interval. With 6 groups compared here, roughly one apparent difference in twenty is chance alone.

GroupThis familyCases behind itUK, same agesFamily / national
Lamps & electrical23.070,16336.40.63×0.63–0.64
Suspension13.942,42828.50.49×0.48–0.49
Brakes13.741,74523.40.58×0.58–0.59
Visibility10.130,91816.40.62×0.61–0.62
Body & structure9.829,89117.30.57×0.56–0.57
Tyres3.39,9408.30.40×0.38–0.40
Named defects — items per 100 initial tests, this family vs UK national average; this model measured on 305,582 tests, 2019-2024, national column 2024
What failedper 100 tests (this family)per 100 tests (UK average)ratio family / UKWhat to check
Strength or continuity of the load bearing…The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired7.411.126.63×Look underneath for rust or cracks around subframe and suspension mountings
Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the…Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced3.080.397.96×Look underneath for rust or cracks around subframe and suspension mountings
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake…Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake2.311.032.24×Feel for brake judder and pulling on the test drive
Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the…Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen2.912.221.31×Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view
Lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a…A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning2.672.091.28×Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure
Rear registration plate lamp or light source…A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources3.312.831.17×Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure
Windscreen washers not working or not providing…Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen1.911.621.18×Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view
Aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down…The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements2.552.570.99×Try every light and switch — lamps are a top failure
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously…Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view2.292.360.97×Check wipers, washers and windscreen chips in the driver's view
Suspension pin, bush or joint excessively wornA suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn2.204.870.45×Listen for knocks over bumps — worn joints show up on the test

Named defects ranked by how much more often they appear than the national average — not by raw rate.

Peugeot Boxer MOT advisories: what gets flagged

Suspension is highest at 27.1 per 100 tests; Lamps & electrical are lowest at 4.1 per 100 tests — the gap is 23.0 per 100 tests.

higher bar = flagged more oftenadvisory items per 100 initial tests

Peugeot Boxer MOT advisories: what gets flagged — 2024 UK MOT data
Advisory rates table
GroupAdvisories per 100
Suspension27.1
Brakes23.6
Tyres17.4
Body & structure8.5
Emissions & leaks5.3
Lamps & electrical4.1

Advisories are wear the tester noted but didn't fail — what will need money soon.

Tyres, brakes and suspension: Peugeot Boxer against cars of the same age

AgePartPeugeot BoxerSame age, petrol and dieselDifference
3 yearsTyres1.544.17-2.63
3 yearsBrakes2.521.770.75
3 yearsSuspension0.830.630.20
4 yearsTyres1.934.54-2.61
4 yearsBrakes3.332.430.90
4 yearsSuspension1.161.21-0.05
5 yearsTyres1.815.06-3.25
5 yearsBrakes3.993.090.90
5 yearsSuspension2.152.19-0.04
6 yearsTyres1.865.54-3.68
6 yearsBrakes4.63.810.79
6 yearsSuspension2.533.72-1.19
7 yearsTyres2.085.95-3.87
7 yearsBrakes4.844.550.29
7 yearsSuspension3.835.68-1.85
8 yearsTyres2.086.31-4.23
8 yearsBrakes4.915.38-0.47
8 yearsSuspension4.147.78-3.64

Failing items per 100 initial tests, 2019-2024. The comparison group is every petrol or diesel car tested at the same age, so weight and drivetrain show up rather than fleet age.

If a van like this fails, does it fail again?

A failure rate does not say whether a failure is a one-off or the start of something. This follows the same vehicles into their next ordinary MOT a year later — retests after a repair are excluded, because they follow a failure by definition. 2019-2024.

After this year's testFails next yearVehicles followed
It failed29.3%21,124
It passed22.2%165,790

A failed test raises next year's chance of failing again by 7.1 percentage points. The failure most likely to come back is visibility — 29.1% of those vehicles fail again next year. Some of this is the vehicle and some is the owner: a car that was let go once tends to be let go again. One caveat: a car that fails may be sold or scrapped rather than tested again, so these figures describe the vehicles that came back.

Adjusted for how much these are actually driven

The headline index adjusts for the fleet's age. Wear, though, follows mileage: a three-year-old taxi and a three-year-old garage queen sit in the same age band. These two rows compare every van with vehicles of the same age, and then with vehicles of the same age and the same annual mileage, 2019-2024, on 298,344 tests. Both stand on the six-year corpus so they are measured on identical data — compare them with each other, not with the headline index above, which is measured on 2024 alone.

Standardised forIndexReading
Age only80.7fails less often than expected
Age and annual mileage97.5fails less often than vehicles driven as much
Share doing under 3,000 miles a year47.5%a large low-use population — on a van base this usually means motorhome and camper conversions

Split by how much each van is driven. This is a split by annual mileage, not by body type — the MOT record does not say whether a van is a conversion. Within each band the index compares with vehicles of the same age driven as much.

Miles a yearTestsFailed first timeIndex within band
under 3,000141,66923.3%99.7
3,000–6,00081,34228.2%88.7
6,000–9,00021,79833.4%101.7
9,000–12,00015,35635.6%107.1
12,000–16,00013,93132.5%105.5
16,000 and over24,24828.3%103.6

Mileage matters here: matching on how much these are driven moves the figure by 16.8 points — this fleet is driven less than the vehicles it is measured against, so the age-only view flatters it — but it does not change which side of normal the van sits on. One limit to keep in mind: mileage is partly a result of how often a car breaks down — one that spends weeks in the workshop covers fewer miles — so the mileage-matched figure can understate a real weakness. Tests with no usable odometer reading are left out of it.

How the Peugeot Boxer compares with cars of its own age and size

Not against the whole fleet — against other light commercials tested at the same age, 2019-2024.

AgePeugeot BoxerSame class, same ageDifferenceTests
3 years12.69%20.02%-7.32 pp14,983
4 years16.55%23.03%-6.48 pp14,545
5 years17.56%25.56%-7.99 pp15,654
6 years18.33%29.06%-10.73 pp16,642
7 years19.35%32.54%-13.19 pp17,133
8 years20.24%35.88%-15.64 pp16,055
9 years20.44%38.71%-18.27 pp14,777
10 years21.91%41.18%-19.27 pp13,673
11 years22.09%43.43%-21.34 pp13,469
12 years24.44%45.25%-20.81 pp13,532
13 years26.62%46.43%-19.81 pp14,058
14 years29.77%47.2%-17.42 pp14,483
15 years31.56%47.74%-16.18 pp14,745
16 years32.12%47.96%-15.84 pp14,712
17 years33.82%47.91%-14.09 pp13,867
18 years35.24%47.89%-12.65 pp12,598
19 years35.97%47.43%-11.47 pp11,260
20 years37.52%46.59%-9.06 pp10,087

Raw first-time failure rates within each age, so fleet age cannot flatter either side. A positive difference means this model fails more often than its own class at that age.

How does the Peugeot Boxer perform as it gets older?

The Boxer at age 14 is well below the reference at 20.0%, against 40.4% for all vehicles of the same age.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

How does the Peugeot Boxer perform as it gets older? — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: van age, years · failure-rate scale 0–47%.

Takeaway: a 10-year-old Boxer has roughly a 24% chance of failing its MOT.

Data table
AgePeugeot BoxerAll vehiclesGap
315.0%12.4%+2.5 pp
415.0%13.1%+1.9 pp
516.2%15.1%+1.0 pp
614.0%17.5%-3.5 pp
719.7%20.2%-0.5 pp
819.4%23.3%-4.0 pp
922.3%26.5%-4.3 pp
1023.8%30.1%-6.3 pp
1122.3%33.2%-10.9 pp
1221.9%35.7%-13.8 pp
1321.3%38.2%-16.9 pp
1420.0%40.4%-20.4 pp
1528.3%41.6%-13.3 pp
1626.5%43.1%-16.6 pp
1731.2%43.1%-11.9 pp
1833.4%43.9%-10.5 pp
1935.2%43.5%-8.3 pp
2038.0%41.0%-3.1 pp

Is a Peugeot Boxer ULEZ compliant?

The share of classifiable 2024 Peugeot Boxer MOT tests likely ULEZ compliant by first-registration date is 29.9%.

Based on 47,477 classifiable initial MOT tests. This describes the tested fleet, not a specific car. MOT data do not record Euro class, so likely compliance is inferred from fuel and first-registration date. For the only authoritative answer, check the registration with TfL's official ULEZ checker.

higher = larger share likely compliantinferred from fuel and first-registration date; not a recorded Euro class

Age-band estimate from classifiable initial MOT tests
Vehicle age at testLikely ULEZ-compliant shareTests
Under 3 yearsSuppressed — sample below publication threshold
Check a registration with TfL
n = 487
3–5 years100.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 4,820
6–7 years100.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 4,892
8 years100.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 2,996
9 years34.1%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 2,926
10–14 years0.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 11,287
15–17 years0.1%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 6,355
18 years0.1%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 2,567
19 years0.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 2,454
20+ years0.0%
Check a registration with TfL
n = 8,693

Peugeot Boxer petrol vs diesel: which ages best

Petrol is highest at 46.0%; Diesel is lowest at 26.6% — the gap is 19.3 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Peugeot Boxer petrol vs diesel: which ages best — 2024 UK MOT data
Fuel split table
FuelTests% failingGap vs best
Diesel50,76326.6%+0.0 pp
Petrol1,47746.0%+19.3 pp

Chart sample sizes: n=51k · n=1,477.

How dangerous are Peugeot Boxer MOT failures?

Major defects stand out at 59.6 per 100 tests, against 52.8 per 100 tests nationally.

higher bar = fails more oftenrate per 100 tests

How dangerous are Peugeot Boxer MOT failures? — 2024 UK MOT data
Severity table
SeverityThis family /100National /100Family / national
Minor14.0914.220.99×
Major59.6252.751.13×
Dangerous6.1811.150.55×

Chart values: Minor 14.1 · Major 59.6 · Dangerous 6.2.

Per 100 tests on this family. National average: Minor 14.2 · Major 52.8 · Dangerous 11.2 per 100.

Does the month of a Peugeot Boxer MOT matter?

Jan is highest at 29.1%; Aug is lowest at 25.6% — the gap is 3.5 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Does the month of a Peugeot Boxer MOT matter? — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart scale: 24%–33%.

bars: Peugeot Boxer · dashed: all class-4 cars

Month-by-month table
MonthPeugeot BoxerAll vehiclesGap
Jan29.13%31.12%-2.0 pp
Feb27.74%29.99%-2.3 pp
Mar27.14%28.26%-1.1 pp
Apr27.87%29.78%-1.9 pp
May27.2%28.79%-1.6 pp
Jun26.73%28.15%-1.4 pp
Jul26.6%29.33%-2.7 pp
Aug25.62%29.2%-3.6 pp
Sep25.81%28.19%-2.4 pp
Oct26.57%30.34%-3.8 pp
Nov27.15%30.58%-3.4 pp
Dec27.14%29.33%-2.2 pp

Takeaway: the spread between best and worst month is 3.5 percentage points — noticeable seasonality. Seasonality partly reflects registration-date clustering, not weather.

Before reading the shape: most of it is not about cars. Britain changes its registration plates twice a year, and 18.9% of these cars were first registered in March with another17.1% in September — 36% in two months against the 17% an even spread would give. An MOT falls due three years after first registration, so the buying calendar becomes the testing calendar. That shapes how many cars are tested each month — not how often they fail: the busiest months here are not the worst ones, so read the failure line on its own and the volume behind it separately.

Peugeot Boxer average mileage by age

At age 8, the middle half of Boxers runs from 19,559 miles to 91,610 miles, against 36,218 miles as the median.

further right = more milesmedian is the typical car; band is p25–p75

Bars: Peugeot Boxer · dashed: all class-4 cars — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: van age, years · odometer scale 0–103k mi.

Does high mileage mean more Peugeot Boxer MOT failures at the same age?

Within the same age group, split by odometer (2024 MOTs), so this separates wear from age: at ages 15+, 25.3% of those with under 40,000 miles failed first time versus 48.9% of those with over 140,000 miles.Inside this age group, higher mileage goes with more failures.

Does high mileage mean more Peugeot Boxer MOT failures at the same age? — 2024 UK MOT data
Peugeot Boxer: first-time failure by mileage within each age group (2024)
AgeOdometer% failing95% intervalTests
3–5<40k miles12.9%11.8–14.1%3,257
3–540-70k miles19.3%16.7–22.2%782
3–570-100k miles21.3%17.6–25.5%413 (rough estimate)
3–5100-140k miles22.8%18.1–28.1%268 (rough estimate)
3–5140k+ miles23%15.8–32.2%100 (rough estimate)
6–9<40k miles12.3%11.5–13.2%5,628
6–940-70k miles21%19.1–23%1,644
6–970-100k miles28%25.6–30.5%1,269
6–9100-140k miles27.2%24.8–29.8%1,191
6–9140k+ miles34.5%31.7–37.4%1,065
10–14<40k miles14.5%13.7–15.4%6,022
10–1440-70k miles20.3%18.7–22.1%2,228
10–1470-100k miles32.5%29.4–35.7%865
10–14100-140k miles38.6%35.6–41.7%967
10–14140k+ miles41.4%38.6–44.2%1,174
15+<40k miles25.3%24.3–26.4%6,380
15+40-70k miles34%33–35%9,010
15+70-100k miles44.9%42.9–46.8%2,552
15+100-140k miles47.2%44.4–50%1,205
15+140k+ miles48.9%45.7–52.1%910

line: median · band: middle half of the fleet (p25–p75)

Mileage by age (p25 / median / p75)
Agep25Medianp75Tests
39,17823,76654,1301,664
48,35915,46648,9981,418
510,78219,16356,4501,738
613,31824,12567,0541,838
719,34347,01597,8193,054
819,55936,21891,6102,996
922,23538,04991,8022,926
1023,63338,19796,7562,524
1124,19637,21189,2192,408
1226,14837,08376,7032,311
1327,17338,25460,9292,092
1427,51938,18855,2661,952
1530,95642,22880,8081,818
1632,48344,03371,9682,191
1733,88645,16066,7742,346
1833,75545,22161,8082,567
1937,15248,17862,9892,454
20+41,07153,20169,2168,708

A typical 8-year-old Boxer has ~36,218 miles on the clock. Much more — ask why; much less — check for gaps in the MOT history. This typical figure blends two different lives: working vans that cover many miles and motorhome conversions that cover very few, so judge a camper against other campers and a working van against other working vans.

Where in Britain the Peugeot Boxer fails its MOT most

Kirkcaldy area is highest at 39.6%; Sutton area is lowest at 14.7% — the gap is 25.0 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Where in Britain the Peugeot Boxer fails its MOT most — 2024 UK MOT data
Toughest areas% failingvs model overall
Kirkcaldy (KY)39.61%+12.6 pp
Truro (TR)36.62%+9.7 pp
Bristol (BS)36%+9.0 pp
Plymouth (PL)35.88%+8.9 pp
Brighton (BN)35.42%+8.5 pp
Easiest areas% failingvs model overall
Sutton (SM)14.65%-12.3 pp
London N (N)17.33%-9.6 pp
London SW (SW)17.86%-9.1 pp
Bromley (BR)18.3%-8.7 pp
Enfield (EN)18.61%-8.4 pp

Why do areas differ?

For each external factor we correlate the area fail rate with the factor across postcode areas that have ≥800 tests of this family, then compare the bottom vs top fifth (quintile) of the factor. Correlation, not causation — factors travel together (the north is colder and often poorer; urban areas are denser and less salted). Road surface condition is joined now, for the 91 English areas the DfT publishes, and it explains nothing: the correlation with suspension failures is −0.01 and with body and structure failures 0.07. Potholes wreck wheels and tyres between tests, but by the time a car reaches the bay the road it drives on leaves no measurable trace.

In the most coastal fifth of areas this model fails 4.6 pp more often than in the most inland fifth (r=-0.38, n=98 areas with ≥800 tests).

In areas with the highest mot centre density this model fails 4.9 pp more often than in the lowest fifth (r=0.38, n=98 areas with ≥800 tests).

In areas with the highest urban share this model fails 3.4 pp less often than in the lowest fifth (r=-0.29, n=98 areas with ≥800 tests).

Peugeot Boxer Why do areas differ? — 2024 UK MOT data
Values shown in the quintile chart
FactorLow QHigh QGapCorrelation
Distance to coast29.1%24.5%-4.6 ppr=-0.38
MOT centre density24.1%29.0%+4.9 ppr=0.38
Urban share28.1%24.7%-3.4 ppr=-0.29

Factors that only mean something combined

Some conditions are useless on their own and informative multiplied together. Frost days alone say little — Britain barely freezes. Salt tonnage alone says little — it tracks frost. Distance to the sea alone says little. Multiply the first two and divide by the third and you get an index of how hard an area attacks a car's underside, and it lines up with the corrosion defects we actually record. We built five such combinations and tested each against our own data. Three survived; two did not, and the failures are listed here on purpose — a proxy that was never checked is decoration. One survivor only survived on the second attempt: built from a crude stand-in for street parking it failed outright, and rebuilt from the census — terraced streets carrying more cars than they have driveways — it works, and carries information the salt index does not.

Composite area indicators, each tested against a defect rate we measure
CompositeBuilt fromTested againstrVerdict
Underbody corrosionfrost days × salt load ÷ (distance to coast + 1)share of tests with a corrosion defect+0.42holds (116 areas)
Tyre wearrain days × annual miles ÷ age at first tyre advisoryshare of tests failing on tyres+0.45holds (116 areas)
Overnight corrosionterraced housing × cars per household × frost daysshare with a corrosion defect+0.41holds (102 areas) — and adds signal beyond the first index
Deferred maintenancedeprivation × advisory-to-failure conversion ÷ labour ratecars repeating the same advisory−0.26fails (118 areas)
Powertrain stressengine capacity ÷ kerb weightsuspension, brake and emissions failures−0.16fails (22 models)

The deprivation result is the one worth dwelling on. The intuition that poorer areas defer repairs is strong enough that most people treat it as established. We tested it twice — once on raw failure rates (r = 0.04) and again, more fairly, on whether an advisory turns into a failure — and it did not hold any of the three times we tried it — on raw failure rates, on advisory-to-failure conversion, and again with deprivation measured properly inside each nation rather than England alone. We are closing it. What does predict local failure rates is the density of test centres, which is a statement about testing, not about cars.

All external-factor correlations (machine-readable)
Factorrn areasLow-Q fail %High-Q fail %Gap ppLow-Q factorHigh-Q factor
Distance to coast (km)-0.3789829.124.5-4.65.681.6
MOT centre density (per 10k vehicles)0.3779824.129.0+4.95.58.8
Urban share (0–1)-0.2889828.124.7-3.40.40.9
Terrain gradient (% grade)0.1996026.328.5+2.20.53.7
Income deprivation (score)-0.1228125.824.6-1.10.10.2
Road-salt proxy (g/m²-yr)-0.0239827.526.9-0.6227.2702.1
Frost days (days/year)-0.0179827.327.1-0.311.739.6

Deprivation uses England IMD 2019 income score only (Scotland SIMD is a different scale). Salt proxy is a simplified NWSRG-style dry-salt sum from air Tmin; coastalness is distance from the area centroid to the nearest coastline.

Every dot is a postcode area — size = how many were tested there, colour = share failing. These figures are not age-adjusted: coastal and rural areas often run older fleets and salted roads, so higher raw fail rates do not automatically mean a worse local stock of this model.

Map labels: Scotland · N. England · Wales · London · S. West. Colour scale: 19%–35% failing.

Peugeot Boxer survival: which cars are still on the road

By age 19 is well below the reference at 72.1%, against 100.0% at the ages 4–6 reference level.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Peugeot Boxer survival: which cars are still on the road — 2024 UK MOT data

Chart axes: van age, years · survival vs ages 4–6 · scale 0–105%.

Survival vs fail rate by age
AgeTestsSurvival vs ages 4–6Fail %
314,98396%12.69%
414,54593.2%16.55%
515,654100%17.56%
616,642100%18.33%
717,133100%19.35%
816,055100%20.24%
914,77794.6%20.44%
1013,67387.6%21.91%
1113,46986.3%22.09%
1213,53286.7%24.44%
1314,05890%26.62%
1414,48392.8%29.77%
1514,74594.4%31.56%
1614,71294.2%32.12%
1713,86788.8%33.82%
1812,59880.7%35.24%
1911,26072.1%35.97%

By age 19, only about 72% as many cars of this family present for MOT as at ages 4–6 (reference n≈15,613); survivors still fail at 36.0% vs 16.6% at age 4. Older cars that still appear are a selected subset — weaker ones have already left.

How many miles does a Peugeot Boxer last?

100,000+ miles is highest at 13.1%; 200,000+ miles is lowest at 1.1% — the gap is 12.0 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

OdometerTests ≥ thresholdShare of sample
100,000+ miles39,81913.13%
150,000+ miles13,0154.29%
200,000+ miles3,4211.13%

Of 303,285 tests of this family with a usable odometer in 2024, 13.1% had reached 100k miles, 4.3% had reached 150k miles, 1.1% had reached 200k miles. This is a cross-section of cars still presenting for MOT, not a full birth cohort.

How many years is a Peugeot Boxer likely to last?

Bought at age 5 is highest at 13.2 years; Bought at age 15 is lowest at 4.1 years — the gap is 9.1 years.

bigger number = longer remaining lifeyears on the observed survival curve

Age nowTypical mileage (p50)Expected years left
5—at least 13.2
8—at least 10.2
10—at least 9.5
12—at least 7.6
15—at least 4.1

estimateEstimate only — not a warranty: a typical 10-year-old example of this family has at least 9.5 expected years of further MOT-present life. The curve is observed only until age 19, so the true figure is likely higher.

Peugeot Boxer faults that come together

Seatbelts & SRS + Suspension stand out at 5.26×, against 1.00× if the faults were independent.

above 1.0× = more than expectedbelow 1.0× = less

Group AGroup BTogetherLift
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSuspension1,8155.26×
BrakesRoad Wheels625.14× (rough estimate)
Road WheelsSuspension554.92× (rough estimate)
SteeringSuspension1,2374.56×
BrakesIdentification of the vehicle1984.51× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSteering9664.45×
Body, chassis, structureNoise, emissions and leaks1,7164.43×
Identification of the vehicleSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems374.41× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureRoad Wheels394.37× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleSuspension1774.35× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSuspension5,7974.33×
BrakesSuspension7,6564.24×
BrakesSteering1,2294.19×
BrakesNoise, emissions and leaks2,1564.12×
Identification of the vehicleVisibility1814.06× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment3004.05× (rough estimate)
BrakesSpeedometer and speed limiter264.02× (rough estimate)
Road WheelsVisibility494.01× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureBrakes5,7714×
Identification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks473.99× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksSteering3133.98× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureIdentification of the vehicle1293.96× (rough estimate)
Speedometer and speed limiterVisibility263.96× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSpeedometer and speed limiter433.94× (rough estimate)
Identification of the vehicleSteering263.94× (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksSuspension1,8873.89×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentRoad Wheels793.88× (rough estimate)
BrakesSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems1,4153.8×
Noise, emissions and leaksSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems3803.8× (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSteering2093.73× (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems1,0103.66×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentNoise, emissions and leaks3,1603.58×
BrakesTyres2,0133.47×
Noise, emissions and leaksTyres5303.4×
SuspensionTyres1,8183.38×
SteeringTyres2943.37× (rough estimate)
BrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10,8893.31×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSuspension9,8613.24×
Body, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment7,8423.22×
Identification of the vehicleTyres423.21× (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSteering1,5793.19×
Body, chassis, structureTyres1,3713.19×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyres3,0773.14×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems1,9443.09×
TyresVisibility1,8173.09×
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibility10,2833.08×
Noise, emissions and leaksVisibility1,6183.05×
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsTyres3383.05× (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsVisibility1,1423.02×
Body, chassis, structureVisibility4,3352.96×
BrakesVisibility5,8172.94×
SuspensionVisibility5,2252.85×
SteeringVisibility8452.84×
Noise, emissions and leaksRoad Wheels18too few (rough estimate)
Buses and coaches supplementary testsSuspension18too few (rough estimate)
Speedometer and speed limiterSuspension17too few (rough estimate)
Buses and coaches supplementary testsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17too few (rough estimate)
Road WheelsTyres16too few (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureSpeedometer and speed limiter15too few (rough estimate)
Body, chassis, structureBuses and coaches supplementary tests13too few (rough estimate)
BrakesBuses and coaches supplementary tests13too few (rough estimate)
Buses and coaches supplementary testsVisibility13too few (rough estimate)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentSeat belt installation check11too few (rough estimate)
Road WheelsSteering10too few (rough estimate)
Road WheelsSeat belts and supplementary restraint systems10too few (rough estimate)
Speedometer and speed limiterTyres9too few (rough estimate)
Noise, emissions and leaksSpeedometer and speed limiter8too few (rough estimate)
Seat belt installation checkSuspension6too few (rough estimate)
BrakesSeat belt installation check6too few (rough estimate)
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systemsSpeedometer and speed limiter5too few (rough estimate)
Buses and coaches supplementary testsNoise, emissions and leaks5too few (rough estimate)
Seat belt installation checkVisibility5too few (rough estimate)

Defects in «Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems» and «Suspension» appear together 5.26× more often than chance (1,815 co-occurrences in the same test; lift≥1.3, n≥500).

Lift = how many times more often both groups appear on the same test than if independent. A pair is listed from 5 tests with both faults; the lift is shown from 20, and called above chance only when its 95% interval excludes 1 (see rough estimates).

Is low mileage better for a Peugeot Boxer?

Cars driven under 5,000 miles a year is well below the reference at 14.9%, against 36.1% for cars driven 8,000–12,000 miles a year.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

BandFail %Tests
<5k miles/year14.91%93,010
8–12k miles/year36.05%15,317
Gap (low − normal)-21.14 pp—
By fuel and age

Diesel

AgeLow-use fail %nNormal fail %nGap pp
512.287,72223.161,563-10.88 pp
611.638,32525.351,763-13.73 pp
711.888,96126.41,807-14.51 pp
812.759,30430.191,620-17.44 pp
912.929,27132.271,478-19.35 pp
1014.039,08840.071,370-26.04 pp
1114.589,33442.31,331-27.72 pp
1217.369,67143.931,441-26.57 pp
1319.8510,36350.071,476-30.22 pp
1423.5310,92353.261,457-29.73 pp

At matched ages 5–14, cars averaging under 5k miles/year fail at 14.9% vs 36.0% for 8–12k miles/year — 21.1 pp lower (n_low=93,010, n_normal=15,317). In this family low annual use is associated with fewer MOT fails, not more — the ‘garage queen’ penalty is not visible in overall fail rates. Diesel alone: 14.9% low-use vs 36.0% normal (-21.1 pp).

Which Peugeot Boxer engine is best?

petrol over 2.0 is highest at 111.5; diesel over 2.0 is lowest at 98.1 — the gap is 13.4 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

Engine bands against this model's own failure rate at the same ages
FuelCapacityvs own age normRaw fail %Tests
dieselover 2.0 litre98.125.37%206,938
diesel1.8–2.0 litre102.728.11%84,652
petrol1.8–2.0 litre111.345.69%8,320
petrolover 2.0 litre111.534.78%138 (rough estimate)

Splitting this model by fuel alone hides the thing that actually differs. Within the same badge, the petrol 1.8–2.0 runs at 111.3 against this model's own age norm while the diesel over 2.0 runs at 98.1 — a spread of 13.2 points between two cars that share a name.

Read this one with more care than the rest of the page. Age is held constant, but who buys which engine is not: the largest capacity in a range is often a performance or executive variant that is garaged, cherished and lightly driven, while the smallest is frequently a fleet or entry car worked hard from new. The gap below is real in the test records; how much of it is the engine and how much is the owner, this data cannot separate. Bands under 100 tests are not shown; bands under 5,000 tests are rough estimates.

Best year for a Peugeot Boxer, and the years to avoid

Build year 2001 is highest at 106.9; Build year 2010 is lowest at 80.8 — the gap is 26.1 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

build year vs the same model at the same age · 100 = as expected

Peugeot Boxer build year vs the same model at the same age · 100 = as expected — 2024 UK MOT data
Peugeot Boxer by build year, tests 2019–2024. Below 100 is better than the model's own age norm.
Every build year with its confidence interval
Build yearvs own age norm95% CIRaw fail %TestsVerdict
202095.586–105.113.53%2,846no different
201993.186.5–99.714.03%5,510better
201888.483.1–93.614.02%7,723better
2017103.299.6–106.816.67%18,643no different
201699.996.4–103.417.39%18,157no different
2015101.798.3–105.219.03%17,779no different
2014105.8102.2–109.420.72%15,778worse
2013104.9101.3–108.521.32%15,478worse
201296.593–99.920.59%14,450better
20118783.6–90.319.61%12,875better
201080.877.5–8419.45%12,121better
2009103.399.6–106.926.73%11,661no different
200897.894.7–100.926.95%14,214no different
2007101.698.7–104.630.01%15,141no different
2006106.2103.4–10933.28%16,695worse
2005104.6101.8–107.434.48%15,768worse
2004102.599.7–105.335.15%14,563no different
200393.190.2–95.933.11%12,494better
2002100.997.6–104.237.33%9,560no different
2001106.9102.9–110.940.57%6,752worse
2000104.4100.1–108.740.63%5,498worse
1999103.798.7–108.741.89%3,917no different
1998102.996.6–109.143.2%2,412no different

The best build year here is 2010 and the weakest is 2001. Comparing build years sounds simple and is not: within a single year of testing, a car's build year and its age are the same number, so a naive comparison of years is a comparison of ages wearing a disguise. Each year below is measured against the same model at the same age in other cohorts, across six years of testing — 12 of 23 years come out distinguishable from their own model's age norm.

Two limits worth knowing before you act on this. Age, test year and build year are locked together by arithmetic, so the test-year effect is taken from the observed national failure level of each year rather than estimated — it is an adjustment, not a solution.

Peugeot Boxer MOT repair costs

The MOT-failure repair budget per test runs from £80.74 to £153.41, against £54.85 for the test itself.

bigger number = costs morepounds per test, MOT-failing faults only

MOT repairs, budget
£81–153
per test, repairs only
The test itself
£54.85
statutory cap, unchanged since 2010
How the figure is built: chance of failing × typical price of that repair
ComponentFails per 100 testsTypical repairIts priceContribution
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.0 (nat. 18.09)Battery replacement (standard 12V lead-acid)£140£32.20
Suspension13.9 (nat. 15.36)Suspension coil spring (single corner)£180£25.02
Brakes13.7 (nat. 11.25)Front brake pads (parts + labour, typical hatchback)£150£20.55
Tyres3.3 (nat. 8.7)Tyre (single mid-range 16" fitted)£90£2.97

Multiply how often each component fails on this model by what that repair usually costs, and you get the amount an owner should expect to budget per test for MOT-failing faults only — roughly £81 to £153, on top of the test fee itself. It is a budgeting figure, not a quote: the spread between a set of pads and a set of discs is most of the range.

Prices are modal quotes from a hand-kept catalogue of published UK garage guides — we do not scrape the booking sites, their terms forbid it, so this list is short and updated by hand with a source and date against each line. Each line prices one typical repair in that group, not a full remedy, and only groups our catalogue actually covers are counted. The contrast worth noticing is the second card: the legal maximum for the test has been £54.85 since 2010, while the repairs it uncovers have followed inflation the whole time.

For scale from a different direction: Warrantywise, which sees used-car warranty claims rather than test failures, puts the average claim at £2,052 across the ten highest-claim models it ranks and £539 for Honda, the lowest-claim make in its index (Warrantywise index 2026, 1.6 million claims, cars aged 3–15). Those sit an order of magnitude above the figures in this table, and the gap is the point: a warranty claim is a gearbox or an engine, which almost never fails an MOT, while the faults that do fail one are corrosion, lamps and tyres, which no warranty pays for. The two numbers answer different questions and neither replaces the other.

Peugeot Boxer running costs for a fleet

Vehicles failing at age 10 stand out at 24.0%, against 16.0% at age 5, tested in the same year.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Fails per 100 at age 5
16
vehicles needing work (rough estimate: 1,738 tests)
At age 10
24
other cars of this model tested at age 10 in 2024
Repairs per 100
£8,074
plus £5,485 in test fees
Off the road
2d
median; 26.7% cleared same day
Failure rate and typical odometer by age
AgeFailsMedian odometerTestsGap vs age 5
314.96%23,7661,664-1.2 pp
415.02%15,4661,418-1.2 pp
516.17%19,1631,738+0.0 pp
614.04%24,1251,838-2.1 pp
719.65%47,0153,054+3.5 pp
819.36%36,2182,996+3.2 pp
922.25%38,0492,926+6.1 pp
1023.77%38,1972,524+7.6 pp
1122.26%37,2112,408+6.1 pp
1221.9%37,0832,311+5.7 pp
1321.27%38,2542,092+5.1 pp
1419.98%38,1881,952+3.8 pp
1528.27%42,2281,818+12.1 pp
1626.47%44,0332,191+10.3 pp
1731.2%45,1602,346+15.0 pp
1833.39%45,2212,567+17.2 pp
1935.21%48,1782,454+19.0 pp

The number a fleet manager needs is not the failure rate, it is the year the car starts costing more. Between cars aged 16 and cars aged 17, both tested in 2024, the failure rate of this model is 4.73 percentage points higher — the steepest one-year step in this cross-section of different cars, and a natural planning point for replacement.

Repair spend uses the same modal prices as the section above, so it inherits the same limits: one typical repair per component group, not a full remedy. Downtime is the gap between the failed test and the passed re-test, which is the window a vehicle is legally off the road.

Peugeot Boxer rust problems: where they corrode

Age-standardised corrosion susceptibility stands out at 1.49×, against 1.00× for the national age-standardised rate.

above 1.0× = rusts more than averagebelow 1.0× = rusts less

How it rusts
1.49×
1.14% of tests record a corrosion defect vs 0.77% typical — age-standardised
Salt Belt exposure
87th
percentile among the models published here, from its tests across 98 postcode areas

This Peugeot Boxer fails on corrosion more often than average once age is held constant, and its owners live in areas that are saltier than most for the models we publish.

Corrosion is the one failure mode that is as much about geography as about the car. We keep the two apart on purpose: a model can look rusty simply because it is popular in Scotland, and a model can look clean simply because it is bought in Surrey. Blending them into a single score would hide which of the two is doing the work.

Exposure is this model's tests weighted by an area corrosion index built from frost days, salt load and distance to the coast — the composite validated at r = 0.42 against corrosion defects we actually record. It is published as a rank, not a raw score, because every mainstream model skews towards low-corrosion areas for the simple reason that most of Britain's cars are in the south. Susceptibility is standardised to the national age profile, so an old fleet does not get labelled a rusty model.

Does a Peugeot Boxer advisory become a failure?

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment are highest at 26.1%; Non-component advisories are lowest at 0.0% — the gap is 26.1 percentage points.

higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability

chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now

Peugeot Boxer chance the same component fails at the next MOT, given an advisory now — 2024 UK MOT data
Peugeot Boxer, advisory → failure conversion by component group, chained tests 2019–2024. Chart labels and rates: Lamps & electrical 26.1% · Body & chassis 17.8% · Suspension 17% · Brakes 16.2% · Seat belts & restraints 5.7% · Tyres 5.7% · Noise, emissions, leaks 5.4% · Steering 4.6%.
Advisory today → failure at the next test, with how long you have
ComponentFails next timeTypical lead timeMiles of warningAdvisories tracked
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment26.1%12 months1,8786,916
Body, chassis, structure17.8%12.1 months1,47713,913
Suspension17.0%12 months1,94934,678
Brakes16.2%12.1 months1,56534,069
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems5.7%12.1 months1,1821,873
Tyres5.7%12.1 months2,23625,482
Noise, emissions and leaks5.3%12.1 months3,20411,579
Steering4.6%12.1 months2,0147,550
Identification of the vehicle3.1%12.2 months2,0882,148
Non-component advisories0.0%——6,351

This is the question an advisory note actually raises, and it needs six years of test history to answer. We followed the same vehicles from one MOT to the next across 2019–2024 and measured how often a component that was merely advised came back as a genuine failure at the next test.

Read it as a budgeting horizon, not a prophecy: the most likely component above turns into a failure for about 26 in 100 cars, and the median gap is 12 months and roughly 1,878 miles. The rest were repaired, sold, scrapped, or simply held. Rows with fewer than 500 tracked advisories are not shown.

What will fail next on a Peugeot Boxer?

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment after a failure at age 12-14 are highest at 25.4%; Brakes after a passed at age 3-5 are lowest at 2.7% — the gap is 22.7 percentage points.

higher = more likelypercentage is the observed transition probability

Probability of each component failing at the next test, by age and last result
AgeLast testMost likely next failuresCars tracked
<3passedVisibility 5.7% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4.0% · Brakes 3.2%10,502
<3advisoryVisibility 10.0% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 9.3% · Brakes 4.9%1,076
<3failureVisibility 10.4% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 8.5% · Brakes 4.1%1,289
3-5passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 4.8% · Visibility 4.8% · Brakes 2.7%27,272
3-5advisoryVisibility 10.4% · Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 10.3% · Brakes 7.4%4,357
3-5failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 11.6% · Visibility 9.6% · Brakes 7.8%6,446
6-8passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 6.6% · Visibility 4.0% · Brakes 2.8%25,226
6-8advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 12.6% · Visibility 8.4% · Brakes 6.9%6,202
6-8failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 16.7% · Visibility 10.4% · Brakes 10.1%7,556
9-11passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 8.4% · Visibility 4.3% · Brakes 2.8%19,716
9-11advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 17.1% · Visibility 9.3% · Brakes 7.7%6,113
9-11failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 23.2% · Visibility 11.9% · Brakes 11.9%7,094
12-14passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 11.8% · Visibility 5.5% · Brakes 5.0%17,886
12-14advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 20.5% · Visibility 10.5% · Suspension 10.3%7,452
12-14failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 25.4% · Brakes 13.7% · Suspension 13.3%10,177
15-19passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 12.9% · Suspension 7.6% · Brakes 7.6%20,727
15-19advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 18.7% · Suspension 12.7% · Brakes 12.5%13,430
15-19failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 22.1% · Suspension 15.1% · Brakes 14.1%17,801
20+passedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 15.5% · Body, chassis, structure 10.5% · Brakes 10.5%10,294
20+advisoryLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 20.7% · Suspension 15.7% · Brakes 15.3%10,773
20+failureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 24.1% · Suspension 16.5% · Brakes 16.2%15,115
unknownpassedLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 21.8% · Body, chassis, structure 14.1% · Brakes 14.1%78 (rough estimate)
unknownfailureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 17.0% · Visibility 10.2% · Brakes 10.0%382 (rough estimate)

The same chains, cut differently: given a car's age and how its last test went, which component most often causes trouble at the following one.

The pattern that repeats across every family: a failure at one test roughly doubles the chance of a failure on the same component at the next one, and an advisory sits about half-way between a clean pass and a failure. Age bands in years; probabilities are per car, not per defect item.

Peugeot Boxer ownership: what six years of MOTs show

The ten-day re-test pass rate is highest at 65.1%; The later re-test pass rate is lowest at 8.2% — the gap is 57.0 percentage points.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Fixed same day
26.7%
of failures re-tested
Fails /10k miles
0.692
miles actually driven
Clean streaks
56.13%
3+ tests, nothing noted
Odometer anomaly
1.663%
reading went backwards

Failing is usually a same-week event, not a disaster. Of 54,794 failures followed through to their re-test, 26.7% were repaired and passed the same day and 65.14% within ten days; the median gap is 2 days. 152,231 defect items were cleared in the process.

Per mile driven, not per year. Dividing failures by the miles that actually went onto the odometers between consecutive tests gives 0.692 failures per 10,000 miles, on a median of 1,875 miles a year across 56,948 chains. This is the number to compare between models — an annual rate quietly rewards cars that barely leave the drive.

Two populations hide inside one model. 56.13% of these cars strung together three or more tests with nothing recorded at all, while 22.94% carried the same advisory three times or more — the same fault, noted, ignored, noted again. When you buy used you are buying one of those two histories, and the MOT record shows which.

Odometer anomalies: 1.663% of 57,061 chains show a reading lower than the previous test, with a median drop of 12,097 miles. We call this an anomaly and not fraud on purpose — instrument swaps, imports, unit mix-ups and keying errors all land in the same bucket. Obvious typos (drops under 100 miles or over 90% of the reading) are already excluded.

Peugeot Boxer safety recalls and how to check yours

DVSA recall campaigns stand out at 35.

bigger number = more recorded casescompare like-for-like scope, not sample size alone

recall campaigns launched per year

Peugeot Boxer recall campaigns launched per year — 2024 UK MOT data
Campaigns launched per year for the Peugeot Boxer. Source: DVSA vehicle safety recalls. Chart values: 2012: 0 · 2013: 1 · 2014: 0 · 2015: 1 · 2016: 1 · 2017: 0 · 2018: 1 · 2019: 1 · 2020: 1 · 2021: 1 · 2022: 1 · 2023: 2 · 2024: 1 · 2025: 5 · 2026: 3.
Most recent safety recall campaigns for the Peugeot Boxer
ReferenceLaunchedVehiclesConcern
R/2026/28603/07/20262,441Boxer software – turn signal detection.
R/2026/24829/05/2026183Boxer Smart Tachograph.
R/2026/05030/01/2026651Peugeot Boxer Fuel Pipe Leak
R/2025/39616/09/2025149Peugeot Boxer Wrong Proxy Configuration
R/2025/33918/08/2025758Front Camera Software
All 35 campaigns
ReferenceLaunchedBuild datesVehiclesConcern
R/2026/28603/07/202623/01/2024 – 15/12/20252,441Boxer software – turn signal detection.
R/2026/24829/05/202603/10/2023 – 04/12/2025183Boxer Smart Tachograph.
R/2026/05030/01/202604/02/2025 – 21/07/2025651Peugeot Boxer Fuel Pipe Leak
R/2025/39616/09/202505/12/2024 – 12/02/2025149Peugeot Boxer Wrong Proxy Configuration
R/2025/33918/08/202516/04/2024 – 18/03/2025758Front Camera Software
R/2025/34418/08/202514/03/2018 – 09/04/202416,718Emission recall – On Board Diagnostics
R/2025/18213/05/202520/07/2021 – 27/02/202412Instrument Panel Cluster software
R/2025/01916/01/202518/12/2023 – 25/05/202416Peugeot Boxer Traffic Sign Recognition software via OTA update
R/2024/37225/09/202430/04/2024 – 09/07/202415Peugeot Boxer (X250) Wrong weight values on Manufacturer Plate
R/2023/30430/10/202320/03/2023 – 01/09/20233,122On affected vehicles the hydraulic power steering hose is not according to specification w
R/2023/03330/01/202302/01/2019 – 13/07/202041The chrono tachograph fitted was not to the correct specification and does not meet Regula
R/2022/20813/07/202210/11/2020 – 09/04/202110SOME VEHICLES HAVE BEEN PRODUCED WITHOUT THE REQUIRED EARTHING CONNECTION ON THE PROTECTIV
R/2021/01322/01/202103/01/2019 – 14/11/201920AFFECTED VEHICLES ARE NOT FULLY COMPLIANT TO EUROPEAN REGULATION (165/2014+ EU799/2016) C
R/2020/31128/10/202002/05/2019 – 01/07/20192,978THE FRONT HUB ASSEMBLY FIXING ON TO THE FRONT SUSPENSION DAMPER MAY NOT BE CORRECT TO SPEC
R/2019/38208/11/201905/07/2016 – 17/06/201941,911THE BRAKE PIPE FIXINGS MAY NOT CONFORM TO SPECIFICATION
R/2018/18519/07/201803/05/2018 – 05/06/201847Engine oil gallery sealing plug incorrectly tightened
R/2016/00413/01/201630/09/2014 – 16/06/20158,915INSTRUMENT DISPLAY MAY TURN OFF INTERMITTENTLY
R/2015/05713/03/201505/09/2014 – 12/12/20141,475ENGINE MAY STALL
R/2013/00518/01/201331/05/2012 – 31/05/20121HANDBRAKE MAY NOT PERFORM CORRECTLY
R/2011/09221/07/201118/02/2006 – 10/10/200813,953SPARE WHEEL MAY DETACH
R/2011/09221/07/201118/02/2006 – 21/04/201013,953SPARE WHEEL MAY DETACH
R/2008/08702/06/200824INDICATOR SIDE REPEATERS MAY NOT OPERATE CORRECTLY
R/2008/03614/03/20083,594STEERING MAY BECOME STIFF
R/2008/02307/02/2008382REDUCED BRAKING EFFICIENCY
R/2007/03721/02/200715HANDBRAKE ASSEMBLY MAY BECOME INSECURE
R/2006/06110/04/200616,530BRAKING EFFICIENCY MAY BE AFFECTED
R/2005/02714/02/200510HANDBRAKE MECHANISM MAY NOT BE TO SPECIFICATION
R/2004/14901/09/200412/12/2003 – 31/08/20048,781IMPROVE THE PROTECTION OF FRONT BRAKE HOSES
R/2004/06419/04/20049,490THE ACCELERATOR PEDAL MAY NOT RETURN CORRECTLY
R/2003/18206/03/200419/10/2001 – 29/09/20032,239HANDBRAKE EFFICIENCY MAY BE REDUCED.
R/2003/10229/08/20031,723POSSIBLE CHAFING OF WIRING LOOM
R/2002/06720/08/200208/11/2001 – 31/01/200275HANDBRAKE CONCERN
R/2001/03023/02/20013,210FUEL TANK MOUNTINGS
R/1998/02411/03/199817/12/1996 – 27/01/1997130INCORRECT BRAKE COMPENSATOR
R/1998/02511/03/199803/06/1997 – 20/06/199764FAILURE OF BRAKE SERVO

DVSA lists 35 safety recall campaigns for the Peugeot Boxer, covering roughly 153,636 vehicles in total. A recall is the manufacturer fixing a fault for free, so an open recall on your car costs nothing to clear.

Counter-intuitive, and measured on our own data: across the 25 families published here, more recalls go with a lower MOT Risk Index (r = −0.52). Heavily recalled models are not worse cars in the test bay — an active manufacturer removes the fault before it becomes an MOT failure.

Check whether a specific car has an outstanding recall — free, by registration — at DVSA's recall service. Source: DVSA vehicle safety recalls (check-vehicle-recalls.service.gov.uk), OGL.

Peugeot Boxer inspection results in other countries

Netherlands APK stands out at 57.0%, against 50.8% nationally.

higher = larger sharecompare shares in percentage points

Same model, different national inspection regimes
CountryTestThis model failsNational averagePositionSample
United KingdomMOT (class 4)27.2%26.01%+1.2 pp52,288
NetherlandsAPK57%50.8%+6.2 pp2,731

The verdict is consistent across every regime where the difference is clear, which is the strongest form this comparison takes: independent inspectorates, different rulebooks, same direction of travel.

The exact faults Netherlands records — APK defect codes, 2024
CodeFaultRecordedType
210Tyre pressure not at the correct value588failure
516Dipped headlight incorrectly aimed308failure
RA1Airbag or seat-belt warning light showing a fault178advisory
RA2Excessive leak of other fluids155advisory
205Tyre with insufficient tread155failure
497Number-plate light not working or missing151failure
391Wipers leave insufficient visibility144failure
AC4Steering or suspension ball joint worn up to 1.0 mm113advisory

Worth dwelling on how mundane the top of that list is: tyre pressure, tread depth, headlight aim. The Dutch APK records 1.468 defects per inspection against a much higher national failure rate than Britain's, and the reason is not that Dutch cars are worse — it is that the two regimes draw the line between "note it" and "fail it" in different places. Codes are the RDW's own; the English wording here is our translation of the Dutch original.

Britain is not the only country that inspects every car every year, and the Peugeot Boxer is on the road in all of them. Each national regime writes its own rules, so the pass rates below are not comparable to each other — what does travel across a border is whether a model sits above or below its own country's average.

One caveat before you read the UK row: these are raw failure rates, because no other country publishes the age detail our index needs. This model's raw UK rate looks worse than the national average while its age-adjusted index is 82.8 — the fleet here is unusually old, and the raw column silently credits that. The index above is the fair comparison; this table is for reading each country against itself.

Rows with fewer than 500 inspections are not published. Sources: RDW open data — Meldingen Keuringsinstantie + Geconstateerde Gebreken + Gekentekende voertuigen (2024), CC0. Not an RDW endorsement.. Adapted; licences and full notice.

Peugeot Boxer MOT: quick answers

Peugeot Boxer MOT Risk Index is well below the reference at 82.8, against 100 for a car with the same age profile.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

What is the Peugeot Boxer first-time MOT pass rate?
72.8% of first attempts passed in 2024 (52,288 tests). This is the first-time figure: retests after repair are excluded. Basis: first-time, excluding retests.
Why does this number differ from other sites?
Other sites often report a pass rate that includes retests or counts all attempts. Our 27.2% figure is the first-time initial failure rate, using 52,288 primary tests as the denominator (first-time, excluding retests). The age-adjusted MOT initial-failure ratio 82.8 is shown separately because raw rates compare fleet age as well as cars.

Compare the Peugeot Boxer with other cars

Volvo XC60 is highest at 83.4; Peugeot 108 is lowest at 81.9 — the gap is 1.5 points.

below 100 is betterabove 100 is worse100 = normal for this model at that age

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Similar risk

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By build year

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By area

Peugeot Boxer MOT failure rate by postcode area

By failure group

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Inspections abroad

Peugeot Boxer in the Netherlands


Data details & how to cite

Scope: class-4 vehicles (cars), initial tests only, outcomes pass / fail / fixed-on-the-spot at the station (PRS counts towards the failure rate — the defect was present at arrival). Index = observed initial failures ÷ failures expected for this fleet's exact age profile, ×100; margin of error is a 95% confidence interval. Covers ALL generations together — a 3-year-old and a 15-year-old are very different cars; a generation split is on the roadmap. Dataset release dataset_release_id=dvsa-2024-v2, frozen baseline; headline claim_id=family-stats:peugeot-boxer:dvsa-2024-v2. Full method: methodology.

Cite: MOT Risk Index (2026). Peugeot Boxer MOT statistics 2024 (data release dvsa-2024-v2; downloadable dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, doi:10.5281/zenodo.22975051). https://motriskindex.co.uk/cars/peugeot-boxer/ · Published 2026-07-30.