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Citroen Dispatch CV boot replacement: MOT fails on these items more often than other cars of the same age

At MOT, the Citroen Dispatch fails on items fixed by CV boot replacement at least 5.0 times as often as cars of the same ages and fuel. From 189,276 MOT tests at 19 ages (3 to 21 years), DVSA data 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated

Citroen Dispatch, at least, per 100 MOTs (n=189,276)8.30
Cars of the same ages and fuel, per 100 MOTs1.63
Times as often≥ 5.0
Ages compared19

What this shows

These are MOT fail items that CV boot replacement fixes, as testers found them on the day of the test. Repairs done between MOTs never show up in MOT data, and mileage is not taken into account, so this is not how often owners pay for the repair.

By age

Fail items fixed by CV boot replacement, per 100 MOT tests, against cars of the same age and the same fuel mix. The model figure is a floor: DVSA data lists each model’s 25 most recorded items per age, and an item outside that list is counted as zero. The comparison figure is a ceiling: an item too rare to be listed for a fuel is counted at its highest possible value.

Citroen Dispatch: ages with at least 1,000 tests.
AgeCitroen Dispatch per 100Same age and fuel per 100Tests (n)
3 years0.670.2215,402
4 years0.900.2615,585
5 years1.300.3816,482
6 years3.010.6116,983
7 years7.090.9516,774
8 years10.81.3215,753
9 years15.21.6113,922
10 years15.41.8911,954
11 years15.32.1410,013
12 years13.82.429,044
13 years13.42.698,044
14 years12.03.028,192
15 years11.23.258,021
16 years9.793.606,862
17 years9.473.865,815
18 years8.473.914,240
19 years9.203.942,893
20 years9.293.812,002
21 years8.573.571,295

How we decide: a page exists only when the main generation’s rate, weighted to its own mix of ages and fuels, is at least 1.5 times the rate of cars of the same ages and fuel, from at least 50,000 tests at 3 or more ages, with at least 100 expected items.

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.

What garages charge

Prices are national. They are not specific to the Citroen Dispatch.

No public source records the price of this whole job, and the time it takes varies from car to car, so we do not publish a single figure. Garages charge by the hour, so ask for a quote that lists labour time and parts. The rates below are what UK garages charge per hour.

Local garage labour, per hour (65 shops)£78
Local garage, middle half£70 to £96
Main dealer labour, per hour (62 shops)£156
Main dealer, middle half£144 to £174

Median hourly rate charged for car repairs, from 1,058 local garage and 953 main dealer price quotes collected by the ONS, September 2025 to August 2026. The same shops are priced each month, so the number of shops is the real sample.

CV boot replacement: garage rates and all models

MOT defects this repair fixes

More on the Citroen Dispatch

Other models that fail on these items more often

ModelTimes as oftenTests (n)
Citroen C3 Aircrossat least 11.9110,010
Vauxhall Crosslandat least 11.6229,410
Peugeot 2008at least 9.6496,383
Dacia Sanderoat least 7.5415,804
DS DS3at least 7.5425,461
Citroen C4 Cactusat least 7.182,843
Mercedes-Benz Citanat least 6.080,122
Peugeot 208at least 5.6809,087
DS DS4first used before 2021at least 5.158,336
Ford Tourneoat least 4.355,404

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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, and the MOT inspection manual published on GOV.UK. Prices: ONS consumer price inflation price quotes, September 2025 to August 2026, UK.

MOT data updated . Prices updated .

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