Indicator incorrect colour on the Citroen C3

Indicator incorrect colour on the Citroen C3 is recorded on 33,301 tests — 4.7% of all its MOT tests, against 1.3% across every car in the data. That is 3.6× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	1.3% of tests record it — this model is 3.6× that share
The 243 models compared	13 of 243, highest first
The model's own record	710,132 tests · every year of the C3 →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Citroen C3 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 2002, 2.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2017, 0.2%. The share has fallen 2.1 points over that time. Worst year 2006 at 3.1%; best 2017 at 0.2%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2002	264	11,532	2.3%
2003	869	32,151	2.7%
2004	1,183	39,690	3.0%
2005	1,379	49,137	2.8%
2006	1,765	56,205	3.1%
2007	1,945	63,648	3.1%
2008	1,286	58,860	2.2%
2009	2,291	114,450	2.0%
2010	4,896	221,589	2.2%
2011	4,628	183,993	2.5%
2012	4,821	175,227	2.8%
2013	3,065	155,451	2.0%
2014	1,492	155,892	1.0%
2015	1,765	133,914	1.3%
2016	988	94,938	1.0%
2017	348	161,856	0.2%

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 £3–£12 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

Indicator incorrect colour: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Citroen C3 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Citroen model →