MOT Check for PEUGEOT 406s

The PEUGEOT 406 makes up 2,131,013 of the overall 41,433,904 PEUGEOT MOT test results. Select your 406 model year below to find the specific problems.

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Some examples of the most common issues are:
Brake pedal has insufficient reserve movement  Occurs:421 times
Nearside Rear Seat belt damaged sufficient to obstruct correct operation of the belt  Occurs:141 times
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint  Occurs:1,234 times
Driver`s seat insecure  Occurs:4,084 times
Exhaust has part of the system excessively deteriorated  Occurs:4,701 times
Offside Front wheel bearing has excessive play  Occurs:1,045 times
Offside Front Lower Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded  Occurs:486 times
brake disc excessively scored  Occurs:146 times
Brake cable has wires broken and is significantly weakened  Occurs:974 times
Nearside Rear Inner Suspension component mounting prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength sill (5.3.6 (a) (i)) Occurs:149 times
Nearside Outer Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings  Occurs:195 times
Nearside Front Macpherson strut upper support bearing is rough in operation  Occurs:384 times
Offside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak  Occurs:1,108 times
Offside Rear Brake pipe leaking  Occurs:208 times
Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp  Occurs:273 times
Nearside Rear rear brake recording little or no effort  Occurs:3,359 times
Offside Rear Trailing arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement  Occurs:219 times
Offside Outer Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:141 times
Offside Front Wheel bolt missing  Occurs:537 times
rear parking brakes imbalanced Occurs:462 times
Centre Statutory seat belt missing  Occurs:307 times
Nearside Side repeater not working  Occurs:2,196 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured  Occurs:917 times
Nearside rear brake recording little or no effort  Occurs:7,844 times
Nearside Front Upper Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:418 times
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