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Citroen C3 exhaust mounting repair: MOT fails on these items more often than other cars of the same age

At MOT, the Citroen C3 fails on items fixed by exhaust mounting repair at least 5.7 times as often as cars of the same ages and fuel. From 784,141 MOT tests at 20 ages (3 to 22 years), DVSA data 2022 to 2025.

MOT data updated 28 September 2026

Citroen C3, at least, per 100 MOTs (n=784,141)1.81

Cars of the same ages and fuel, per 100 MOTs0.32

Times as often≥ 5.7

Ages compared20

What this shows

These are MOT fail items that exhaust mounting repair 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 exhaust mounting repair, 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 C3: ages with at least 1,000 tests.
Age	Citroen C3 per 100	Same age and fuel per 100	Tests (n)
3 years	0.14	0.010	37,861
4 years	0.58	0.030	45,849
5 years	1.18	0.060	52,924
6 years	1.35	0.089	54,331
7 years	1.89	0.13	52,825
8 years	2.36	0.18	51,445
9 years	2.76	0.23	49,492
10 years	2.93	0.30	56,053
11 years	3.04	0.36	59,724
12 years	2.94	0.44	65,399
13 years	2.69	0.49	61,138
14 years	2.31	0.54	50,271
15 years	1.91	0.57	39,919
16 years	0	0.59	26,944
17 years	0	0.60	22,067
18 years	0	0.59	20,096
19 years	0	0.59	16,848
20 years	0	0.58	11,712
21 years	0	0.55	6,375
22 years	0	0.53	2,868

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 C3.

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.

Exhaust mounting repair: garage rates and all models

MOT defects this repair fixes

Exhaust system mounting defective0.82 per 100, all cars
Exhaust system insecure0.28 per 100, all cars

Other models that fail on these items more often

Model	Times as often	Tests (n)
Vauxhall Crossland	at least 20.4	229,410
DS DS3	at least 9.9	425,461
Citroen Dispatch	at least 9.6	189,276
Peugeot 208	at least 9.6	809,087
Peugeot 2008	at least 9.3	496,383
Peugeot Expert	at least 7.6	218,991
Vauxhall Viva	at least 5.0	154,054
Peugeot 207	at least 4.6	587,825
Chevrolet Spark	at least 2.6	59,796
Skoda Rapid	at least 2.6	89,648

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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 28 September 2026. Prices updated 22 September 2026.

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