Citroen Berlingo MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Citroen Berlingo MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Citroen Berlingo passed on its first attempt in 69.3%, and its overall record sits −5.0 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Citroen Berlingo in the 2023–2025 data: 696,815 tests across 24 model years (2000–2023). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Citroen Berlingo MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Citroen Berlingo, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Citroen Berlingo's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Citroen Berlingo DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Citroen Berlingo, each with how many of the model's 696,815 tests it was noted on.

• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 65,006 Citroen Berlingo tests, 9.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Position lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 39,031 Citroen Berlingo tests, 5.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 37,533 Citroen Berlingo tests, 5.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Stop lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 31,842 Citroen Berlingo tests, 4.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 27,046 Citroen Berlingo tests, 3.9% of the model's MOT record.
• "Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt" (Major) — noted on about 24,798 Citroen Berlingo tests, 3.6% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Citroen Berlingo Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Citroen Berlingo model year on record is 2023 (91.4% across 292 tests), and the weakest is 2000 (69.2%). The gap between them is 22.2 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Citroen Berlingo reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.7 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Citroen Berlingo Owners

These checks follow this Citroen Berlingo's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Citroen Berlingo.

• the lights — “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.

• the windscreen — “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.

• the coil springs — “coil spring fractured or broken”

  Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Citroen Berlingo. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Citroen Berlingo MOT & Reliability