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Citroen Dispatch MOT fail rate by age

How often the Citroen Dispatch fails its MOT at each age, compared with all cars of the same age, and what it fails on. From 189,276 DVSA MOT tests taken 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

At 6 years, the most tested age

MOT fail rate at age 6 (n=16,983)31.1%
All cars at 6 years (n=10,382,720)17.8%
Median mileage at test74,028
All cars, median mileage44,951

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

What stands out

  • At 3 years the Citroen Dispatch fails 27.9% of MOTs (15,402 tests), 15.9 points above the 12.1% for all cars that age. At 21 years it fails 50.8% (1,295 tests), 8.8 points above the 42.1% average.
  • The gap is widest at 9 years: 21.2 points above all cars.
  • Its most common structural or mechanical fail item at 6 years: Driveshaft CV boot split, at 3.5 per 100 MOTs.

MOT fail rate by age

3 years 21 years 55.9%

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

Citroen Dispatch: share of MOT tests that failed, by age, against all cars. Ages with fewer than 1,000 tests are not shown.
AgeMOT fail rateTests (n)All carsDifferenceMedian mileage
3 years27.9%15,40212.1%+15.9 pts42,696 miles
4 years28.5%15,58513.4%+15.2 pts53,354 miles
5 years27.2%16,48215.3%+11.9 pts64,249 miles
6 years31.1%16,98317.8%+13.3 pts74,028 miles
7 years36.9%16,77420.6%+16.3 pts83,205 miles
8 years42.3%15,75323.8%+18.6 pts91,610 miles
9 years48.4%13,92227.1%+21.2 pts98,930 miles
10 years48.3%11,95430.3%+18.0 pts106,332 miles
11 years50.3%10,01333.3%+17.1 pts114,279 miles
12 years48.8%9,04436.0%+12.8 pts122,266 miles
13 years49.4%8,04438.3%+11.1 pts128,160 miles
14 years49.5%8,19240.3%+9.3 pts133,183 miles
15 years49.2%8,02141.6%+7.6 pts137,350 miles
16 years50.4%6,86242.6%+7.8 pts135,946 miles
17 years49.6%5,81543.1%+6.5 pts134,960 miles
18 years49.6%4,24043.3%+6.4 pts126,700 miles
19 years50.1%2,89343.2%+6.9 pts110,612 miles
20 years49.1%2,00242.8%+6.3 pts102,704 miles
21 years50.8%1,29542.1%+8.8 pts94,124 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 itemPer 100 MOTs
Driveshaft CV boot split Major3.5
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction Major1.7

Out of 16,983 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Wear and upkeep

Fail itemPer 100 MOTs
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Major5.4
Side/position light not working Major4.5
Dipped headlight not working Major4.1
Brake light not working Major3.9
Brake pads under 1.5 mm Dangerous3.7
Tyre tread below 1.6 mm Dangerous3.6
Wipers not clearing screen Major3.1
Headlamp aim: too low Major2

Out of 16,983 MOTs. A test with two faults counts twice.

Other models at 6 years

ModelMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
Citroen C320.2%54,33117.8%
Citroen C117.0%40,12717.8%
Citroen C426.2%26,51717.8%

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 .

Latest MOT age with at least 1,000 tests for each first-use year.
First usedAge at testMOT fail rateTests (n)All cars
200617 years in 202348.4%1,31143.1%
200718 years in 202547.3%1,30843.3%
200817 years in 202549.2%1,55343.1%
200916 years in 202549.6%1,34242.6%
201015 years in 202548.5%1,80941.6%
201114 years in 202549.1%1,74440.3%
201213 years in 202548.4%1,64638.3%
201312 years in 202546.5%2,35936.0%
201411 years in 202549.0%3,16433.3%
201510 years in 202549.0%3,99430.3%
20169 years in 202547.2%3,56327.1%
20178 years in 202532.6%4,27123.8%
20187 years in 202530.3%4,24420.6%
20196 years in 202529.7%4,11117.8%
20205 years in 202524.5%2,96015.3%
20214 years in 202529.5%3,20013.4%

More on the Citroen Dispatch

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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