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Citroen Xsara MOT pass rate by year

How the Citroen Xsara's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1997 to 2010, across the DVSA record.

What is the Citroen Xsara MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Citroen Xsara 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 Xsara averages 30.9% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199765.7%34.3%14,240
199865.0%35.0%132,333
199965.0%35.0%136,296
200065.8%34.2%322,546
200167.4%32.6%829,798
200268.6%31.4%853,330
200370.2%29.8%668,186
200469.7%30.3%644,036
200569.6%30.4%493,421
200671.8%28.2%448,909
200771.9%28.1%295,951
200871.9%28.1%125,566
200973.2%26.8%70,656
201074.0%26.0%30,388

Does age change how often a Citroen Xsara fails?

Older Citroen Xsaras fail more often, as expected. The 1997 cars fail 34.3% of tests against 26.0% for the 2010. Across every year the model averages 30.9%. The 1998 is the weakest year at 35.0%, and the 2010 the strongest at 26.0%.

More on the Citroen Xsara

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Citroen Xsara: 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