Peugeot Expert 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

22.7% of 20,925 MOT tests of the Peugeot Expert first registered in 2018 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 94.7 (95% CI 92.0–97.4; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Peugeot Expert fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Peugeot Expert built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	22.7	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	20925
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 92.0–97.4)	94.7	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	20925
Rank among this model's 21 build years	5	of 21	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	20925
Tested in 2024	4933	tests	median 75,440 miles	2024	4933

Built 2018 against Peugeot Expert normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 20.6% vs 19.4%; age 4: 22.6% vs 22.4%; age 5: 22.5% vs 24.9%; age 6: 25.1% vs 29.6%. Axis from 0% to 30%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Peugeot Expert by registration · All Peugeot Expert MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2018 Peugeot Expert fail at each age?

Cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Peugeot Expert built 2018: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	5,478	20.6	19.6–21.7	19.4	106.5
4	5,323	22.6	21.5–23.8	22.4	101.1
5	5,191	22.5	21.4–23.7	24.9	90.2
6	4,933	25.1	23.9–26.3	29.6	84.7

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 20,925 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2018 Peugeot Expert?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 15.7 items per 100 first tests, against 33.9 across all build years of the Peugeot Expert. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Peugeot Expert built 2018 against the Peugeot Expert in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	15.7	33.9	3,306
Visibility	11.6	15.2	2,447
Brakes	7.7	15.7	1,623
Body, chassis, structure	6.2	23.1	1,307
Tyres	5.1	7.6	1,069

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 21,075 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2018 compare with the years around it?

Among the 21 published build years of the Peugeot Expert, 2018 ranks 5 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 86.7. 2019: index 91.2.

Peugeot Expert build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2000	92.6	82.0–103.2	no different (rough estimate)	588
2001	101.4	93.8–109.0	no different (rough estimate)	1,253
2002	100.1	94.8–105.5	no different (rough estimate)	2,512
2003	96.3	92.3–100.2	no different	4,489
2004	100.7	97.4–103.9	no different	7,034
2005	100.4	97.8–103.0	no different	10,768
2006	97.8	95.4–100.1	no different	13,164
2007	100.6	98.6–102.6	no different	18,457
2008	102.1	100.1–104.1	worse	19,292
2009	100.4	98.0–102.7	no different	13,721
2010	102.1	99.7–104.5	no different	14,719
2011	104.6	102.3–106.9	worse	16,783
2012	100.6	98.2–103.0	no different	15,375
2013	110.6	107.7–113.4	worse	12,887
2014	94.9	92.7–97.1	better	21,544
2015	95.9	94.0–97.9	better	30,057
2016	126.3	123.7–128.9	worse	24,779
2017	86.7	84.3–89.0	better	23,894
2018	94.7	92.0–97.4	better	20,925
2019	91.2	88.4–94.1	better	19,573
2020	77.4	73.1–81.7	better	7,696

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 299,510 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Peugeot Expert 2018 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/peugeot-expert/2018/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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