Citroen MOT failure rates by model
Citroen cars fail 29.1% of MOT tests. Here is every Citroen model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Citroen cars?
Across 31,522,685 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 29.1% of Citroen cars fail. That is 3.4 points above the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Citroen models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Citroen Ax | 37.6% | 350,257 | Brakes |
| Citroen Zx | 36.7% | 468,840 | Brakes |
| Citroen C15 | 36.4% | 153,656 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen C25 | 36.2% | 11,258 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Saxo | 36.0% | 2,459,366 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen C | 35.3% | 5,105 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Bx | 35.0% | 40,319 | Suspension |
| Citroen Synergie | 33.7% | 95,904 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Xm | 33.1% | 25,717 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Hymer | 33.1% | 1,730 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen C8 | 33.0% | 164,914 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Hy | 32.5% | 1,892 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Xantia | 32.4% | 477,655 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen H | 32.2% | 1,387 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Camper | 32.0% | 1,124 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Visa | 31.6% | 1,241 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Motor | 31.2% | 1,409 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Cx | 31.1% | 5,803 | Brakes |
| Citroen Xsara | 30.9% | 5,079,308 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Relay | 30.9% | 1,317,738 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Grand C4 | 30.9% | 150,529 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Dispatch | 30.7% | 1,193,393 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen C2 | 30.4% | 970,979 | Suspension |
| Citroen Picasso | 30.4% | 5,384 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Berlingo | 29.5% | 4,678,916 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen 2cv | 29.2% | 93,361 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Ds3 | 28.4% | 1,172,559 | Suspension |
| Citroen Gsa | 28.2% | 1,278 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Nemo | 27.8% | 285,484 | Suspension |
| Citroen C5 | 27.5% | 965,927 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Dyane | 27.4% | 5,444 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen C4 | 27.0% | 3,590,992 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Ds4 | 26.9% | 166,006 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen C3 | 26.4% | 4,834,460 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen C-Crosser | 25.0% | 50,492 | Suspension |
| Citroen C6 | 24.0% | 12,097 | Suspension |
| Citroen Ds5 | 23.7% | 63,850 | Suspension |
| Citroen C1 | 21.5% | 2,540,897 | Brakes |
| Citroen DS | 21.3% | 8,150 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Spacetourer | 19.1% | 19,592 | Tyres |
| Citroen Unknown | 18.5% | 8,334 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Ami | 17.2% | 1,784 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Sm | 17.0% | 1,407 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen E-C4 | 16.7% | 11,672 | Suspension |
| Citroen E-Berlingo | 16.1% | 2,855 | Tyres |
| Citroen E-Dispatch | 15.9% | 2,014 | Tyres |
| Citroen C-Zero | 15.4% | 1,806 | Tyres |
| Citroen Lomax | 13.0% | 1,015 | Lamps & electrical |
| Citroen Allied | 8.9% | 1,214 | Other |
Which Citroen fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Citroen Ax has the highest failure rate at 37.6%, and the Citroen Allied the lowest at 8.9%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
Compare another make
Failure rates for other makes with a large MOT sample.
| Make |
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain