Peugeot Partner 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

36.0% of 76,405 MOT tests of the Peugeot Partner first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 88.6 (95% CI 87.5–89.6; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 Peugeot Partner fails less often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Peugeot Partner built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	36.0	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	76405
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 87.5–89.6)	88.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	76405
Rank among this model's 23 build years	1	of 23	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	76405
Tested in 2024	11559	tests	median 101,916 miles	2024	11559

Built 2012 against Peugeot Partner normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 32.4% vs 38.5%; age 8: 34.7% vs 38.4%; age 9: 35.3% vs 39.9%; age 10: 36.3% vs 40.9%; age 11: 38.2% vs 43%; age 12: 39.6% vs 43.5%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Peugeot Partner by registration · All Peugeot Partner 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 2012 Peugeot Partner fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 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 Partner built 2012: 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)
7	13,758	32.4	31.6–33.2	38.5	84.3
8	12,760	34.7	33.9–35.6	38.4	90.5
9	13,227	35.3	34.5–36.1	39.9	88.4
10	12,695	36.3	35.4–37.1	40.9	88.7
11	12,406	38.2	37.4–39.1	43	88.9
12	11,559	39.6	38.7–40.5	43.5	90.9

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 76,405 (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 2012 Peugeot Partner?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 35.9 items per 100 first tests, against 34.5 across all build years of the Peugeot Partner. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Peugeot Partner built 2012 against the Peugeot Partner in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	35.9	34.5	27,392
Suspension	17	14.1	13,008
Visibility	11.3	12.7	8,660
Body, chassis, structure	10.6	10.3	8,122
Brakes	10.1	11.9	7,702

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 76,405 (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 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 23 published build years of the Peugeot Partner, 2012 ranks 1 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 106.9. 2013: index 107.5.

Peugeot Partner build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1998	98.8	85.3–112.3	no different (rough estimate)	390
1999	102.0	92.4–111.6	no different (rough estimate)	807
2000	100.8	93.2–108.4	no different (rough estimate)	1,275
2001	101.5	96.6–106.4	no different (rough estimate)	3,130
2002	101.0	97.8–104.2	no different	7,422
2003	103.1	100.5–105.7	worse	11,706
2004	100.5	98.1–102.9	no different	13,167
2005	100.1	97.9–102.3	no different	15,517
2006	96.3	94.4–98.3	better	19,610
2007	100.0	98.1–101.9	no different	21,064
2008	100.9	99.0–102.8	no different	22,571
2009	102.6	100.9–104.4	worse	28,322
2010	103.5	102.0–105.1	worse	36,554
2011	106.9	105.5–108.3	worse	48,412
2012	88.6	87.5–89.6	better	76,405
2013	107.5	106.2–108.8	worse	62,445
2014	97.5	96.4–98.6	better	90,326
2015	92.1	91.0–93.3	better	83,759
2016	101.1	99.8–102.3	no different	84,760
2017	102.5	101.2–103.9	worse	77,505
2018	110.6	109.0–112.2	worse	59,932
2019	108.3	106.3–110.3	worse	41,426
2020	93.8	91.2–96.5	better	21,512

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 828,017 (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 Partner 2012 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-partner/2012/

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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