Citroen C5 MOT pass rate by year
How the Citroen C5's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2001 to 2023, across the DVSA record.
What is the Citroen C5 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Citroen C5 model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Citroen C5 averages 27.5% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 69.9% | 30.1% | 113,200 |
| 2002 | 70.5% | 29.5% | 194,628 |
| 2003 | 71.5% | 28.5% | 133,238 |
| 2004 | 70.9% | 29.1% | 90,918 |
| 2005 | 70.2% | 29.8% | 56,490 |
| 2006 | 70.4% | 29.6% | 49,613 |
| 2007 | 69.8% | 30.2% | 31,765 |
| 2008 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 64,223 |
| 2009 | 71.5% | 28.5% | 74,673 |
| 2010 | 73.9% | 26.1% | 36,429 |
| 2011 | 76.6% | 23.4% | 13,769 |
| 2012 | 77.4% | 22.6% | 6,818 |
| 2013 | 76.9% | 23.1% | 5,450 |
| 2014 | 78.9% | 21.1% | 3,035 |
| 2015 | 80.3% | 19.7% | 2,128 |
| 2016 | 80.1% | 19.9% | 1,029 |
| 2019 | 84.5% | 15.5% | 36,843 |
| 2020 | 85.7% | 14.3% | 22,561 |
| 2021 | 88.9% | 11.1% | 12,066 |
| 2022 | 91.1% | 8.9% | 7,219 |
| 2023 | 90.2% | 9.8% | 3,775 |
Does age change how often a Citroen C5 fails?
Older Citroen C5s fail more often, as expected. The 2001 cars fail 30.1% of tests against 9.8% for the 2023. Across every year the model averages 27.5%. The 2007 is the weakest year at 30.2%, and the 2022 the strongest at 8.9%.
More on the Citroen C5
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Citroen C5: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Citroen models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain