Citroen C3 MOT pass rate and common failures

66% of Citroen C3 MOTs passed first time, below the 71% for all cars at the same ages.

66%passed first time (cars its age: 71%)
1.9mCitroen C3 MOTs counted since May 2018
4,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Citroen C3s against every car first registered the same year, at the same ages. Newer cars have only had their first few MOTs, so they look better. Years with fewer than 5,000 MOTs are left out.

Share of MOTs passed first time, by year first registered. All cars: every car first registered that year, at the same ages.
Registered	C3	All cars	MOTs
2023	91%	88%	7k
2022	91%	88%	26k
2021	90%	86%	37k
2020	88%	86%	49k
2019	85%	85%	116k
2018	83%	83%	150k
2017	80%	83%	141k
2016	76%	80%	87k
2015	73%	78%	108k
2014	70%	74%	122k
2013	66%	71%	119k
2012	60%	68%	133k
2011	58%	65%	139k
2010	55%	63%	169k
2009	52%	61%	93k
2008	53%	59%	54k
2007	53%	58%	65k
2006	54%	56%	62k
2005	50%	55%	61k
2004	48%	54%	55k
2003	46%	55%	48k
2002	46%	55%	19k

Compare two years of the C3, age for age.

First-time pass rate by age

Share of MOTs at each age that passed first time. Ages with fewer than 10,000 Citroen C3 MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 2.13.9
Drive shaft CV boot splitOther cars its age: 1.33.3
Coil spring fractured or brokenOther cars its age: 2.43.3
Headlamp not working on dipped beamOther cars its age: 1.52.9
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.62.8
Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 2.32.8
Wiper does not clear the windscreenOther cars its age: 2.32.7
Suspension ball joint excessively wornOther cars its age: 1.32.4

Out of every 100 Citroen C3 MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Exhaust mounting defectiveAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.76.3
Brake disc wornAdvisory. Other cars its age: 2.03.5
Direction indicator slightly discolouredAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.82.9
Exhaust system insecureFail. Other cars its age: 0.32.0
Direction indicator wrong colourFail. Other cars its age: 0.51.7
Windscreen washer not workingFail. Other cars its age: 0.71.4

Out of every 100 Citroen C3 MOTs. Only items noted well above other cars of the same ages.

Miles a year

Typical miles a year between one MOT and the next: 5,500 at 3 years old, 2,500 at 20. Rounded to the nearest 1,000.

Counted from DVSA records of 286,058,652 MOTs, 20 May 2018 to 18 October 2026. A test and its retests count as one MOT, and a fail put right at the test counts as a first-time fail, as the DVSA counts it. About Citroen C3s in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Citroen C3's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.