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2007 Citroen Relay: MOT fail rate and common problems

DVSA MOT tests 2022–2025 · 1,101 MOT tests · Updated

47.1% of 2007 Citroen Relay vans failed their MOT at 15 years (2022), against 42.4% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 15 years in 2022 (1,101 MOT tests) [1].

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Fail rate at 15 years (2022)
47.1%
vs 42.4% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 15 years in 2022
1,101 MOT tests
Gap to all class 4, same age and year
+4.7 pts
at 15 years
1,101 MOT tests
MOT tests of 2007 vans
1,101
tested 2022, 1 age with 1,000+ tests
1,101 MOT tests

No neighbouring first-use year of the Citroen Relay has 1,000 MOT tests at the same ages, so this year is compared only with all class 4 vehicles the same age.

Every Citroen Relay year against all class 4 vehicles the same age

Citroen Relay first-use years against all class 4 vehicles the same ageEach first-use year of the Citroen Relay as percentage points above or below all class 4 vehicles the same age, averaged over the ages it was tested at, with 95% intervals. 2007: +4.7 pts. 2007: +4.7 pts (+1.8 to +7.7) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 15, 1,101 MOT tests2007+4.72014: +6.3 pts (+4.8 to +7.7) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 8–11, 4,315 MOT tests20142015: +5.3 pts (+4.1 to +6.6) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 7–10, 5,542 MOT tests20152016: +6.0 pts (+4.8 to +7.2) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 6–9, 5,512 MOT tests20162017: +10.1 pts (+8.8 to +11.3) against all class 4 vehicles the same age, ages 5–8, 4,763 MOT tests2017 −11.30+11.3 pts
Percentage points above (right) or below (left) all class 4 vehicles the same age, tested in the same year, 2022 to 2025, each year averaged over the ages it was tested at. Lines show the 95% range.

2007 Citroen Relay fail rate at each MOT

2007 Citroen Relay vans had one MOT age with at least 1,000 tests in the data: 15 years, in 2022.

Test yearAgeFail rate95% rangeMOT testsAll class 4, same age and yearGap
202215 years47.1%44.2%–50.1%1,10142.4%+4.7 pts

All class 4: every class 4 vehicle (cars and light vans) tested at that age in the same test year.

What fails on a Citroen Relay at 15 years

All Citroen Relay MOTs at 15 years, vans first used 2007–2010 (3,367 MOT tests; DVSA item counts are not split by first-use year). The most common fail items: handbrake too weak (6.7 per 100 MOT tests), registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (5.6 per 100 MOT tests, a wear item) and component mounting prescribed areas: prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.0 per 100 MOT tests).

Item rates are not compared with all class 4 vehicles here: most of those are cars, and vans wear differently.

Vehicle tax and ULEZ for a 2007 van

A vehicle first registered in the UK in 2007 was issued a 56 (January–February), 07 (March–August) or 57 (September–December) plate, unless it was registered in Northern Ireland (no age identifier) or has since moved to a private plate. An imported one is plated when first registered here, so its plate can be newer than its first-use year. 07 plates

Vans are taxed as light goods vehicles, at the light goods vehicle rate rather than by CO2 band; the tax class on the V5C logbook decides. [2]

For the London ULEZ, a diesel van needs Euro 6 (usually registered from September 2016, from September 2015 for the smallest vans) and a petrol one Euro 4 (usually from 2006 or 2007). The Euro standard decides, not the year alone. [3] ULEZ checker

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Questions people ask

What is the MOT fail rate of a 2007 Citroen Relay?

47.1% at 15 years (tested 2022), from 1,101 MOT tests, against 42.4% for all class 4 vehicles tested at 15 years in 2022.

At what ages were 2007 Citroen Relay vans MOT tested in the data?

1 age with at least 1,000 MOT tests: 15 years, tested 2022, 1,101 MOT tests in all.

What fails most on a Citroen Relay at 15 years?

6.7 in 100 MOT tests failed on handbrake too weak, the most common fail item. From 3,367 MOT tests of Citroen Relay vans first used 2007–2010, not only 2007.

Sources

  1. Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2022 to 2025. DVSA MOT data, Open Government Licence v3.0, 1,101 MOT tests. Accessed 7 Oct 2026.
  2. GOV.UK, Vehicle tax rates. Rules, not drawn from the MOT data.
  3. Transport for London, Ultra Low Emission Zone. Rules, not drawn from the MOT data.

Vans tested at 15 years are compared with every class 4 vehicle tested at 15 years in the same test year. These rates are not adjusted for mileage. Breakdowns and non-MOT faults are not in this data. How we compare