Pass rate
86.4%
Above average — 4.8 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 66 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £13–£35
2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace MOT pass rate
- 2021
- People carrier
- typical 18,226 mi
Only 66 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
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Most common fault
Tyres
26.0% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 86.6% pass
- Avoid 2010 67.9% pass
Across the 12 years on record, a spread of 18.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.5%
- Typical mileage
- 18k mi
The 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace MOT pass rate is 86.4% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 4.0× the national share
Visibility accounts for 20.0% of everything recorded on the 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace, against 5.0% nationally — 15.0 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 26.0%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, people carriers this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 86.4% — 4.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 75% 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 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.5%. The median 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace in this dataset had covered 18,226 mi.
85% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 87.5% of the time.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 6.06% of tests.
- 66 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.4% overall pass rate, 84.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen Berlingo Multispace, the average is 83.7% — best year 2019 (86.6%), worst 2010 (67.9%).
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
- 66
- Typical mileage (median)
- 18,226 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen Berlingo Multispace
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Berlingo Multispace MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (85% of tests).
Where the Citroen Berlingo Multispace is most common
Across all Berlingo Multispace model years on record (2010–2021): 4,802 Citroen Berlingo Multispace cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 11,278 tests. Sheffield (S) has the most, with 198 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 | Sheffield (S) | 198 | 88.8% |
| 2 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 160 | 83.7% |
| 3 | Portsmouth (PO) | 157 | 86.7% |
| 4 | Bristol (BS) | 129 | 82.7% |
| 5 | Plymouth (PL) | 119 | 88.9% |
| 6 | Swansea (SA) | 103 | 87.3% |
| 7 | Brighton (BN) | 98 | 78.9% |
| 8 | Truro (TR) | 85 | 82.1% |
| 9 | Edinburgh (EH) | 80 | 71.5% |
| 10 | Peterborough (PE) | 80 | 89.6% |
| 11 | Leicester (LE) | 75 | 84.1% |
| 12 | Ashford (TN) | 72 | 89.5% |
| 13 | Derby (DE) | 71 | 85.3% |
| 14 | Birmingham (B) | 70 | 82.3% |
| 15 | Exeter (EX) | 69 | 87.2% |
| 16 | Nottingham (NG) | 68 | 86.3% |
| 17 | Glasgow (G) | 67 | 77.7% |
| 18 | Ipswich (IP) | 67 | 82.5% |
| 19 | Gloucester (GL) | 65 | 83.0% |
| 20 | Wrexham (LL) | 63 | 83.6% |
The twenty areas with the most Citroen Berlingo Multispace 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 Multispace
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North East | 17 | 88.2% |
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 2021 Berlingo Multispace
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 2021 Berlingo Multispace
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 wipers and washers 6.1% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the lights 4.5% 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 brakes 1.5% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2021 Berlingo Multispace through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £13–£35 — and 75% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £13–£35
- Cheapest common item: front fog lamps insecure
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep…
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 75%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 66 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 Multispace, side by side
12 model years on record, from 2010 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.9% to 86.6% — a spread of 18.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 67.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2011 76.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2012 74.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2013 80.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2014 78.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 83.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2016 83.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 83.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2018 84.3% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2019 86.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2020 84.1% wipers blade defective
- 2021 86.4%wipers does not clear the…
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 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace 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 2021 people carriers with a similar record
- Volkswagen Caravelle 86.7%
- Ford Tourneo Custom 85.7%
- Peugeot Traveller 85.6%
- Ford Tourneo Connect 87.4%
Closest pass rates among 2021 people carriers with at least 200 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best people carriers and worst people carriers.
The full DVSA record for the 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 50 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 13 | 26.00% | 19.76% | +6.24 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12 | 24.00% | 12.21% | +11.79 |
| Visibility | 10 | 20.00% | 4.97% | +15.03 |
| Brakes | 7 | 14.00% | 20.89% | −6.89 |
| Non-component advisories | 3 | 6.00% | 4.18% | +1.82 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 4.00% | 5.57% | −1.57 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 4.00% | 1.76% | +2.24 |
| Suspension | 1 | 2.00% | 20.98% | −18.98 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 6.1% | £8–22 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.5% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 4.5% | £8–22 |
| Front fog lamps insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.0% | £3–15 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.0% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.0% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Front fog lamps obviously incorrectly positioned Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.5% | £30–80 |
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 | 13.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 4.5% | £45–110 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–120 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 3.0% | £20–80 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 1.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 1.5% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 56 | 87.5% | 17,623 mi |
| 30-60k | 9 | 77.8% | 37,642 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 62,677 mi |
Source: 66 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.
2021 Berlingo Multispace MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace?
86.4% of the 66 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 84.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (6.06%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.55%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.55%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.5% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace in this dataset had covered 18,226 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Citroen Berlingo Multispace?
Diesel: 87.5% pass rate across 56 tests. Petrol: 80.0% pass rate across 10 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.