Citroen C4 MOT pass rate and common failures

65% of Citroen C4 MOTs passed first time, below the 73% for all cars at the same ages.

65%passed first time (cars its age: 73%)
1.6mCitroen C4 MOTs counted since May 2018
6,500typical miles a year at 10 years old

First-time pass rate by year registered

Each year's Citroen C4s 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	C4	All cars	MOTs
2022	82%	88%	10k
2021	80%	86%	16k
2020	84%	86%	14k
2019	79%	85%	45k
2018	77%	83%	75k
2017	75%	83%	121k
2016	72%	80%	211k
2015	70%	78%	249k
2014	66%	74%	185k
2013	62%	71%	110k
2012	61%	68%	79k
2011	59%	66%	69k
2010	51%	63%	65k
2009	50%	61%	63k
2008	49%	59%	104k
2007	50%	58%	94k
2006	49%	56%	34k
2005	47%	55%	22k

Compare two years of the C4, 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 C4 MOTs are left out.

Commonest reasons for failure

Drive shaft CV boot splitOther cars its age: 1.14.7
Stop lamp (brake light) not workingOther cars its age: 1.93.7
Tyre tread below the legal limitOther cars its age: 2.53.6
Brake pads less than 1.5mm thickOther cars its age: 1.93.2
Number plate lamp not workingOther cars its age: 1.23.0
Coil spring fractured or brokenOther cars its age: 2.32.7
Position lamp not workingOther cars its age: 2.02.7
Headlamp not working on dipped beamOther cars its age: 1.42.6

Out of every 100 Citroen C4 MOTs, against other cars at the same ages.

Where it comes up more than other cars its age

Drive shaft CV boot splitFail. Other cars its age: 1.14.7
Exhaust mounting defectiveAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.62.2
Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrectFail. Other cars its age: 1.02.1
Headlamp aim too lowFail. Other cars its age: 1.21.9
Headlamp insecureFail. Other cars its age: 0.10.5
Shock absorbers has a reduced damping effectAdvisory. Other cars its age: 0.10.3

Out of every 100 Citroen C4 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: 6,500 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 C4s in general, not a prediction for any one car. Spotted a mistake? Email fuzzyreguk@gmail.com.

Check a Citroen C4's MOT history

Every test and advisory, free, from the registration.