Pass rate
65.8%
Below average — 6.4 pts behind the 72.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 158 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £71–£191
2004 Citroen C15 MOT pass rate
- 2004
- typical 88,603 mi
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Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
23.2% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2003 74.0% pass
- Avoid 2000 64.3% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 9.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 56.5%
- Typical mileage
- 89k mi
The 2004 Citroen C15 MOT pass rate is 65.8% of its MOT tests — 6.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.2% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.9× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 23.2% of everything recorded on the 2004 Citroen C15, against 12.2% nationally — 11.0 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, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.2%; this one manages 65.8% — 6.4 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 15% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 2004 Citroen C15 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.2%, so this figure is 6.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 56.5%. The median 2004 Citroen C15 in this dataset had covered 88,603 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.7% of the time, April–September 57.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength", noted on 12.66% of tests.
- 158 recorded tests behind this page.
- 65.8% overall pass rate, 56.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen C15, the average is 66.9% — best year 2003 (74.0%), worst 2000 (64.3%).
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
- 158
- Typical mileage (median)
- 88,603 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen C15
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Corrosion Welding Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the C15 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 32% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the C15
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 38 | 63.2% |
| South West | 29 | 58.6% |
| East of England | 21 | 57.1% |
| West Midlands | 18 | 77.8% |
| Wales | 15 | 53.3% |
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 2004 C15
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 2004 C15
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 corrosion 12.7% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the lights 5.7% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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.
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 2004 C15 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £71–£191 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £71–£191
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 30%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 158 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 C15, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2000 to 2006. Across them the pass rate runs from 64.3% to 74.0% — a spread of 9.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 64.3% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 65.5% component mounting prescribed…
- 2002 70.6% component mounting prescribed…
- 2003 74.0% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 65.8%component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 65.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 64.9% component mounting prescribed…
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 2004 Citroen C15 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 2004 cars with a similar record
- Kia Sorento 65.6%
- Ford Galaxy 66.2%
- Vauxhall Combo 66.3%
- Renault Modus 66.3%
- Ford Ka 66.7%
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.8%
Closest pass rates among 2004 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2004 Citroen C15 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 534 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 | 125 | 23.20% | 12.21% | +10.99 |
| Brakes | 101 | 18.70% | 20.89% | −2.19 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 87 | 16.10% | 5.57% | +10.53 |
| Suspension | 84 | 15.60% | 20.98% | −5.38 |
| Tyres | 40 | 7.40% | 19.76% | −12.36 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 36 | 6.70% | 5.52% | +1.18 |
| Visibility | 20 | 3.70% | 4.97% | −1.27 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 19 | 3.50% | 0.82% | +2.68 |
| Steering | 15 | 2.80% | 2.57% | +0.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 1.30% | 4.18% | −2.88 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 12.7% | £180–450 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 10.1% | £80–250 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 8.2% | £45–110 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 6.3% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.7% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.7% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.1% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.1% | £5–25 |
| Prescribed areas prescribed area strength or continuity significantly reduced Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 5.1% | £40–120 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 5.1% | £5–20 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 19.6% | £200–700 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 11.4% | £80–180 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.5% | £45–95 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 9.5% | £180–450 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 5 | 40.0% | 21,602 mi |
| 30-60k | 23 | 73.9% | 40,496 mi |
| 60-90k | 53 | 75.5% | 75,085 mi |
| 90-120k | 50 | 60.0% | 106,297 mi |
| 120k+ | 27 | 55.6% | 167,566 mi |
Source: 158 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.
2004 C15 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2004 Citroen C15?
65.8% of the 158 2004 Citroen C15 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.2% for cars first used in 2004. First-attempt pass rate: 56.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2004 Citroen C15?
The three most recorded items are component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (12.66%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (10.13%), service brake imbalance across an axle (8.23%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2004 Citroen C15 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 40.0% of the time, falling to 55.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2004 Citroen C15 in this dataset had covered 88,603 mi.
Does the season affect the 2004 Citroen C15 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 57.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.