Pass rate
65.4%
Below average — 7.0 pts behind the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 211 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £59–£163
2005 Citroen C15 MOT pass rate
- 2005
- typical 88,651 mi
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Most common fault
Brakes
21.3% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
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
- 55.6%
- Typical mileage
- 89k mi
The 2005 Citroen C15 MOT pass rate is 65.4% of its MOT tests — 7.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.5× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 14.0% of everything recorded on the 2005 Citroen C15, against 5.6% nationally — 8.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 21.3%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 72.4%; this one manages 65.4% — 7.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% 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 2005 Citroen C15 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 7.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 55.6%. The median 2005 Citroen C15 in this dataset had covered 88,651 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 64.2% of the time, April–September 66.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 10.90% of tests.
- 211 recorded tests behind this page.
- 65.4% overall pass rate, 55.6% 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
- 211
- Typical mileage (median)
- 88,651 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
Body Panel 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 54% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the C15
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 41 | 56.1% |
| South West | 40 | 62.5% |
| West Midlands | 27 | 70.4% |
| East of England | 24 | 79.2% |
| Yorkshire | 22 | 63.6% |
| East Midlands | 15 | 66.7% |
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 2005 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 2005 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 7.1% 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 6.6% of tests
“headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect”
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 2005 C15 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £59–£163 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £59–£163
- Cheapest common item: side repeaters not working
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 211 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 2005 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Chevrolet Matiz 65.9%
- Ford Galaxy 67.0%
- Ford Ka 67.3%
- Kia Sportage 67.3%
- Vauxhall Meriva 67.6%
- Suzuki Alto 67.7%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 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 677 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 146 | 21.30% | 20.89% | +0.41 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 141 | 20.60% | 12.21% | +8.39 |
| Suspension | 103 | 15.10% | 20.98% | −5.88 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 96 | 14.00% | 5.57% | +8.43 |
| Tyres | 63 | 9.20% | 19.76% | −10.56 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 46 | 6.70% | 5.52% | +1.18 |
| Visibility | 34 | 5.00% | 4.97% | +0.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 23 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 16 | 2.30% | 0.82% | +1.48 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 9 | 1.30% | 1.76% | −0.46 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 10.9% | £80–250 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 7.1% | £180–450 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 7.1% | £60–150 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.6% | £30–80 |
| Service brake imbalance across an axle Brakes | Major | 6.6% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.7% | £30–80 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.7% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 5.2% | £80–250 |
| Headlamp insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.3% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.3% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 20.9% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.8% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 9.5% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 8.1% | £80–180 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Advisory | 7.1% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 35 | 65.7% | 47,426 mi |
| 60-90k | 79 | 62.0% | 76,377 mi |
| 90-120k | 60 | 68.3% | 104,788 mi |
| 120k+ | 37 | 67.6% | 142,528 mi |
Source: 211 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.
2005 C15 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 Citroen C15?
65.4% of the 211 2005 Citroen C15 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 55.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 Citroen C15?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (10.90%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (7.11%), service brake performance efficiency below requirements (7.11%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 Citroen C15 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 65.7% of the time, falling to 67.6% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 Citroen C15 in this dataset had covered 88,651 mi.
Does the season affect the 2005 Citroen C15 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 64.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 66.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.