2017 Peugeot 208 1.6L Petrol · SB67 UPL

The 2017 Peugeot 208 was last presented for MOT on 14 August 2025, just over twelve months ago, and returned a pass with no defects or advisories recorded. Prior to that clean result, however, the car failed its test on 29 July 2025 a fortnight earlier for reasons not documented in the supplied record. The remaining entries going back to late 2022 are uniformly clean passes with no advisories, leaving a generally tidy paperwork trail interrupted only by that single un-explained failure. With no advisory history available to chart wear progression, the trend cannot be definitively called stable, but the most recent outcome is favourable. Against an age of roughly nine years, the recorded 46,877 miles equates to around 5,200 miles annually, a notably low usage rate for the class. The mileage progression between the December 2024 test and the July/August 2025 tests shows only modest accumulation, consistent with a lightly driven vehicle rather than high annual use. Lightly used cars of this age frequently sit with fluid-degradation issues, seized brake components and perishing rubber, even when annual mileage is low, so the low reading should not be read as a guarantee of mechanical freshness. The MOT data alone does not provide evidence of regular servicing, only that the car has been put forward for testing and, on four of five occasions, passed. Because the failure on 29 July 2025 was listed with no recorded defects, the specific cause cannot be identified from the paperwork. A prospective buyer should request the retest documentation and any rectification receipts, then physically verify the repaired system is holding up under normal use. Given the low annual mileage, particular attention should be paid to brake calipers for binding or seizing, brake discs for surface corrosion, suspension bushes and coil springs for cracking or sagging from standing periods, and the exhaust and underbody for corrosion. Tyres should also be checked for age-related cracking regardless of tread depth, and a thorough test drive is advisable to confirm clutch bite, steering response and any warning light activity that an MOT would not necessarily capture.