Wheel badly distorted on the Citroen C1

Wheel badly distorted on the Citroen C1 is recorded on 24,032 tests — 4.1% of all its MOT tests, against 1.0% across every car in the data. That is 4.1× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	1.0% of tests record it — this model is 4.1× that share
The 283 models compared	4 of 283, highest first
The model's own record	585,817 tests · every year of the C1 →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Citroen C1 tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2005, 2.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2021, 0.5%. The share has fallen 2.2 points over that time. Worst year 2005 at 2.7%; best 2020 at 0.5%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2005	147	5,444	2.7%
2006	1,037	53,355	1.9%
2007	1,779	83,604	2.1%
2008	2,297	116,664	2.0%
2009	2,475	134,904	1.8%
2010	2,695	144,690	1.9%
2011	2,317	151,920	1.5%
2012	2,482	149,088	1.7%
2013	2,309	148,254	1.6%
2014	1,135	140,412	0.8%
2015	1,950	183,045	1.1%
2016	1,723	184,362	0.9%
2017	778	90,399	0.9%
2018	461	68,466	0.7%
2019	234	47,289	0.5%
2020	139	30,747	0.5%
2021	73	13,974	0.5%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £20–£55 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Wheel badly distorted: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Citroen C1 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Citroen model →