Pass rate
79.7%
Around average — 8.2 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 47,390 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £28–£85
2018 Citroen Berlingo MOT pass rate
- 2018
- Van
- typical 70,163 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
28.5% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
2.3 pts down across model years — 7.9% in 2001, 5.6% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 91.4% pass
- Avoid 2000 69.2% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 22.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 74.9%
- Typical mileage
- 70k mi
The 2018 Citroen Berlingo MOT pass rate is 79.7% of its MOT tests — 8.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 28.5% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.3× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 28.5% of everything recorded on the 2018 Citroen Berlingo, against 12.2% nationally — 16.3 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 87.9%; this one manages 79.7% — 8.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 69% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2018 Citroen Berlingo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 8.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 74.9%. The median 2018 Citroen Berlingo in this dataset had covered 70,163 mi.
96% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 79.4% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.4% of the time, April–September 79.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.55% of tests.
- 47,390 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.7% overall pass rate, 74.9% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen Berlingo, the average is 76.0% — best year 2023 (91.4%), worst 2000 (69.2%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 47,390
- Typical mileage (median)
- 70,163 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen Berlingo
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Berlingo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 68% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (96% of tests).
Where the Citroen Berlingo is most common
Across all Berlingo model years on record (2000–2023): 278,586 Citroen Berlingo cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 696,795 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 6,658 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 6,658 | 79.8% |
| 2 | Sheffield (S) | 5,636 | 78.5% |
| 3 | Bristol (BS) | 5,353 | 73.1% |
| 4 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 5,097 | 75.6% |
| 5 | Portsmouth (PO) | 4,878 | 73.0% |
| 6 | Peterborough (PE) | 4,822 | 77.4% |
| 7 | Cardiff (CF) | 4,645 | 73.5% |
| 8 | Glasgow (G) | 4,364 | 74.2% |
| 9 | Manchester (M) | 4,272 | 78.1% |
| 10 | Ashford (TN) | 4,259 | 77.4% |
| 11 | Swansea (SA) | 4,176 | 75.3% |
| 12 | Nottingham (NG) | 4,158 | 74.9% |
| 13 | Plymouth (PL) | 4,101 | 71.9% |
| 14 | Maidstone (ME) | 3,809 | 80.6% |
| 15 | Exeter (EX) | 3,783 | 71.4% |
| 16 | Chelmsford (CM) | 3,776 | 81.0% |
| 17 | Brighton (BN) | 3,762 | 72.2% |
| 18 | Doncaster (DN) | 3,731 | 76.6% |
| 19 | Gloucester (GL) | 3,712 | 73.6% |
| 20 | Norwich (NR) | 3,640 | 75.9% |
The twenty areas with the most Citroen Berlingo cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the Berlingo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 9,665 | 80.8% |
| Scotland | 5,741 | 73.7% |
| North West | 5,520 | 79.2% |
| South West | 5,170 | 79.6% |
| East of England | 4,979 | 81.6% |
| Yorkshire | 4,212 | 80.0% |
| West Midlands | 3,245 | 81.0% |
| London | 2,477 | 84.5% |
| Wales | 2,193 | 80.3% |
| East Midlands | 2,130 | 80.7% |
| North East | 2,056 | 78.1% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2018 Berlingo
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2018 Berlingo
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 8.6% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 4.5% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2018 Berlingo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £28–£85 — and 69% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £28–£85
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 69%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 47,390 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Berlingo, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.2% to 91.4% — a spread of 22.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 69.2% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 70.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2002 70.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2003 70.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2004 70.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 70.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 71.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 70.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 71.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 71.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 72.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 74.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 74.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 75.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 77.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 78.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 79.7%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 83.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 84.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2021 83.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 83.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2023 91.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2018 Citroen Berlingo with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2018 vans with a similar record
- Peugeot Partner 80.4%
- Nissan NV200 78.9%
- Renault Trafic 78.8%
- Vauxhall Vivaro 78.7%
- Renault Kangoo 78.7%
- Fiat Doblo 80.8%
Closest pass rates among 2018 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2018 Citroen Berlingo 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 78,083 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 22,485 | 28.50% | 12.21% | +16.29 |
| Tyres | 15,003 | 19.00% | 19.76% | −0.76 |
| Brakes | 12,980 | 16.40% | 20.89% | −4.49 |
| Suspension | 6,620 | 8.40% | 20.98% | −12.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 6,307 | 8.00% | 5.57% | +2.43 |
| Visibility | 5,885 | 7.40% | 4.97% | +2.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4,340 | 5.50% | 5.52% | −0.02 |
| Non-component advisories | 2,501 | 3.20% | 4.18% | −0.98 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1,211 | 1.50% | 0.82% | +0.68 |
| Steering | 751 | 1.00% | 2.57% | −1.57 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.6% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 5.0% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.7% | £5–25 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.5% | £80–200 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 3.4% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.6% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.5% | £80–250 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.5% | £3–12 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.2% | £5–25 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 19.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–110 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.7% | £40–150 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 5.9% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.2% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 4,689 | 86.9% | 19,912 mi |
| 30-60k | 13,607 | 81.4% | 46,239 mi |
| 60-90k | 14,772 | 78.9% | 74,349 mi |
| 90-120k | 8,948 | 76.7% | 103,101 mi |
| 120k+ | 5,355 | 76.2% | 149,255 mi |
Source: 47,390 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2018 Berlingo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 Citroen Berlingo?
79.7% of the 47,390 2018 Citroen Berlingo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 74.9%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 Citroen Berlingo?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.55%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (5.04%), position lamp not working (4.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 Citroen Berlingo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.9% of the time, falling to 76.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 Citroen Berlingo in this dataset had covered 70,163 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2018 Citroen Berlingo?
Diesel: 79.4% pass rate across 45,565 tests. Petrol: 87.2% pass rate across 1,589 tests. Electric: 78.4% pass rate across 236 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2018 Citroen Berlingo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.