All generations and engines together · 73,496 MOT tests in the 2025 data
Middling among city cars per mile driven. Watch brakes and suspension. A fair used buy, provided its MOT history has no repeating brakes advisories.
Owner folklore from forums and the motoring press, with how well each report stands up. Most of it never shows up in an MOT, which is why this section exists at all.
Owners of pre-2009 cars report clutch wear and water pump failures turning up earlier than you'd expect for a car this small and light. Honest John's own data notes Peugeot revised the clutch from 2009 onwards, which suggests they knew about it even without a formal recall. Watch for a heavy, notchy or slipping clutch pedal, and a whining noise or dropping coolant level pointing to the water pump. A clutch is roughly £250-450 fitted, a water pump £150-300.
The 107 has drum brakes at the back, and cars used mainly for short town trips let the rear wheel cylinders seize or weep, especially if the car sits for days between drives. It shows up as a spongy pedal, the car pulling to one side under braking, or a brake-related MOT advisory. This tracks with the measured data for this model, where brakes are the standout MOT fault category, and seized rear cylinders are the specific mechanical culprit owners and Honest John point to. A cylinder rebuild or replacement pair is typically £100-250 fitted.
The electric power steering motor can fail or start whining, sometimes with a dashboard warning light and noticeably heavier steering at parking speeds. Honest John lists this as a repair north of £650, since it's usually a column or motor assembly swap rather than a quick fix. It can strike at any age but is reported more on cars already several years old.
Some owners report the standard exhaust, including the catalytic converter, rusting through within two or three years, well before you'd expect for the car's age. It shows up as a rattle or a change in engine note, and can bite on an emissions or noise-related MOT check. A rear box replacement is usually £150-400, more like £300-600 if the cat itself has gone. There's no manufacturer acknowledgment of it, and plenty of other cars go the distance fine, so opinion is split on how common it really is.
The glass tailgate and rear door seals are a known weak point, letting water into the boot and rear footwells over time. Left unnoticed it causes damp carpets, a musty smell, and can start affecting nearby electrics like window switches or central locking. Resealing or reglueing the affected seal is a modest parts job, though tracing exactly where the water is getting in can take a garage a while and add to the labour bill.
Ranked from this model’s own MOT record, then from what owners report.
Saveable checklistThe physical checks its own defect data says are worth your time, most telling first.
These judge the seller’s upkeep rather than the model, and they are where the haggling money is.
Drawn from the reports above rather than the MOT data. These are the model-specific ones.
Computed from DVSA MOT results, all of Great Britain, 2025. Nothing here is opinion.
Share of tests where each item was recorded. The dark tick is the class average across all tracked models; bars are scaled within each group.
The rows that judge the model rather than its keeper. 73,495 tests in this band.
Tyres, pads and stone chips say more about how the car was driven and maintained than about how it was built.
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