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:
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings  Occurs:228 times
Offside Rear Upper Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a pin/bearing  Occurs:201 times
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter split  Occurs:3,548 times
Offside Front Front wheel bearing rough when rotated  Occurs:523 times
Parking brake lever is impeded in its travel  Occurs:156 times
Nearside Front Front constant velocity joint is insecure  Occurs:215 times
Power steering component leaking  Occurs:1,560 times
Offside Front Coil spring not correctly located  Occurs:270 times
Offside Front constant velocity joint gaiter deteriorated to the extent that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc  Occurs:653 times
Exhaust emissions hydrocarbon content after 2nd fast idle excessive  Occurs:2,579 times
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt  Occurs:427 times
Nearside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp  Occurs:426 times
Nearside Outer Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings  Occurs:195 times
Bonnet retaining device ineffective  Occurs:233 times
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded  Occurs:941 times
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements  Occurs:95,718 times
Offside Side repeater not working  Occurs:1,805 times
Offside Rear rear brake grabbing severely  Occurs:176 times
Nearside Rear Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush  Occurs:550 times
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings  Occurs:396 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage fractured  Occurs:917 times
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault  Occurs:7,774 times
Nearside Rear Upper Tie bar/rod has excessive play in a ball joint  Occurs:3,092 times
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage insecure  Occurs:1,262 times
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort Occurs:48,285 times
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