MOT fail rates

Citroen C4 Grand Picasso MOT fail rate by age

How often the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 88,311 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 22 September 2026

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=14,436)28.1%

All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%

Median mileage at test50,741

All cars, median mileage44,951

313 of 340 model groups with enough tests fail less often at 6 years.

What stands out

At 3 years the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso fails 14.9% of MOTs (4,176 tests), 2.8 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 16 years it fails 52.2% (1,178 tests), 9.6 points above the 42.6% average.
The gap is widest at 12 years: 14.8 points above all cars.
Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Anti-roll bar link worn, at 3 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

Solid line: this model. Dashed line: all cars at the same age.

Citroen C4 Grand Picasso: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
Age	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars	Difference	Median mileage
3 years	14.9%	4,176	12.1%	+2.8 pts	22,938 miles
4 years	18.0%	6,431	13.4%	+4.6 pts	33,124 miles
5 years	23.1%	12,527	15.3%	+7.8 pts	41,829 miles
6 years	28.1%	14,436	17.8%	+10.3 pts	50,741 miles
7 years	31.9%	14,244	20.6%	+11.2 pts	59,890 miles
8 years	34.8%	11,176	23.8%	+11.0 pts	67,733 miles
9 years	37.7%	4,223	27.1%	+10.5 pts	74,820 miles
10 years	44.0%	1,654	30.3%	+13.7 pts	86,045 miles
11 years	44.6%	2,637	33.3%	+11.3 pts	91,946 miles
12 years	50.8%	3,907	36.0%	+14.8 pts	97,952 miles
13 years	50.2%	5,147	38.3%	+12.0 pts	102,022 miles
14 years	52.6%	4,049	40.3%	+12.4 pts	104,370 miles
15 years	52.7%	2,526	41.6%	+11.1 pts	106,739 miles
16 years	52.2%	1,178	42.6%	+9.6 pts	107,031 miles

Most common fail items at 6 years

Split into structural or mechanical items and wear items. Wear items (tyres, brake pads, wipers, bulbs) say more about upkeep than about the design.

Structural and mechanical

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Anti-roll bar link worn Major	3
Driveshaft CV boot split Major	2.9

Out of 14,436 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail item	Per 100 MOTs
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous	5.4
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous	3.7
Dipped headlight not working Major	3
Headlamp aim: too low Major	3
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major	2.6
Tyre with cords exposed Dangerous	2.3
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid Major	2.2
Tyre condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Major	1.9

Out of 14,436 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

Model	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
Citroen C3	20.2%	54,331	17.8%
Citroen C1	17.0%	40,127	17.8%
Citroen C4	26.2%	26,517	17.8%

MOT fail rate by first-use year

Each year has its own page: the fail rate for cars first used that year at each MOT from 2022 to 2025 with at least 1,000 tests, the most common faults at that age, and the car tax and ULEZ rules for that year.

First-use year data updated 28 September 2026.

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First used	Age at test	MOT fail rate	Tests (n)	All cars
2009	15 years in 2024	54.2%	1,123	41.6%
2010	14 years in 2024	55.9%	1,221	40.3%
2011	13 years in 2024	45.8%	1,094	38.3%
2016	9 years in 2025	37.6%	3,475	27.1%
2017	8 years in 2025	35.1%	6,996	23.8%
2018	7 years in 2025	30.7%	3,210	20.6%
2020	5 years in 2025	15.3%	1,614	15.3%
2021	4 years in 2025	16.5%	1,011	13.4%

More on the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso

Read this with care. A fail rate is not a measure of build quality. How far cars are driven, how they are used and how well owners maintain them all change it, and wear items such as tyres and brake pads are common fails. Compare a model only with cars of the same age. Methodology and limits.

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Source

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data, class 4 normal MOT tests, 2022 to 2025. MOT data updated 22 September 2026.

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