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Peugeot 108 - 2017

143.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Peugeot 108, model year 2017. Sample size: 12,337 cars, 25,057 tests and 35,961 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 12,337 cars

The 2017 Peugeot 108 has an overall defect rate of 144 per 100 vehicles, which is 7% higher than the average for cars of the same year. Notably, as mileage increases, the Peugeot 108 shows a rising trend in defects, particularly in the highest mileage category, where the defect rate reaches 380 per 100 vehicles. While tyre wear is a common concern, this model excels in steering and equipment defects, with significantly lower rates compared to the average. However, it struggles in the category of wheels, suspensions, and axles, where its defect rate is notably higher than that of comparable vehicles.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 12,337 cars

Categories

Brakes
▲ 11.2% better
64.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
  • Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
  • Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
  • Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 91.1% better
0.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
  • Steering linkage retaining or locking device missing or ineffective
  • Excessive wear or play in a universal joint or a flexible coupling excessively deteriorated
Visibility
▲ 2.8% better
14.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: defective
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 19.1% better
16.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 100 tests
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • Stop lamp(s): with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning
  • Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 21.9% worse
174.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A wheel: badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting
Body/Structure
▼ 7.1% worse
7.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Bumper: insecure or with damage likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▲ 59.3% better
1.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
  • ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • Audible warning not in accordance with requirements
Other
▲ 4.4% better
8.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 100 tests
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
  • Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
  • Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
  • Emissions levels exceed default limits

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 380 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 7,768
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 5,367
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,028
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,459
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,388
A wheel: badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 922
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 807
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 671
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 579
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 575

Serious faults (Top 10)

A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 579
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 516
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 390
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 386
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 254
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 248
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 245
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 168
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 129
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 123