2021 Peugeot 2008 GT Puretech S/S 1.2L Petrol · M28 RDD

The 2021 Peugeot 2008 GT PureTech currently holds a valid MOT issued on 1 December 2025 at 62,193 miles, but the maintenance trend is clearly worsening. The most recent test passed with two active advisories: an offside rear tyre showing cracking or perishing and a rear brake disc worn, pitted, or scored. These are not new issues. They are the direct consequence of faults that were present at the failed test just ten days earlier on 21 November 2025, where the tester also flagged excessively worn lower suspension arm ball joints on both front corners. The car went in with four defects and came out with two advisories, suggesting the ball joints were addressed but the tyre and brake disc were left to deteriorate further. That pattern points to reactive, minimal-cost repairs rather than a thorough mechanical refresh. The mileage profile reinforces that concern. At roughly 12,439 miles per year, this is a high-mileage example for a five-year-old vehicle. The MOT record shows a gap of over ten months between the April 2024 pass at 45,479 miles and the November 2024 failure at 55,748 miles, during which the car covered 10,269 miles. That is a rapid accumulation rate, and the defects recorded in late 2024 and late 2025 align with the kind of wear you would expect from sustained high-mileage use on suspension and braking components. The record is not sparse; it is detailed enough to show a vehicle that has been driven hard and maintained just enough to pass. A buyer should treat the front suspension as the primary structural concern. The nearside front lower arm ball joint was flagged with slight play in November 2024 and then with excessive wear one year later in November 2025. That progression indicates a component that degraded from advisory to failure standard within twelve months and 6,331 miles. Even though it was rectified for the December pass, the underlying question is whether the offside arm received equal attention or was simply left until it failed. Both front corners should be inspected for uneven tyre wear, clunking under load, and correct alignment, as repeated ball joint replacement on a high-mileage car often masks deeper geometry issues. The rear braking system also warrants close inspection. The rear brake disc advisory has appeared in consecutive tests, and the offside rear tyre has been flagged for damage and a puncture repair within the same ten-day window. A worn, pitted disc suggests the caliper may be dragging or the pad material is contaminated, while a repaired and perishing tyre on the same corner raises the question of whether the wheel has suffered impact damage. A buyer should check the rear disc thickness, caliper slide pin operation, and tyre sidewall integrity before committing, as these are not consumable oversights but symptoms of a car that has been run hard and patched rather than properly serviced.