Pass rate
93.8%
Above average — 1.8 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,005 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£93
2022 Citroen C3 Sense MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 22,511 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
39.6% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 93.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 92.7% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 1.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.4%
- Typical mileage
- 23k mi
The 2022 Citroen C3 Sense MOT pass rate is 93.8% of its MOT tests — 1.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 39.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Citroen C3 Sense does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.9× the national share
Brakes make up 39.6% of everything recorded on the 2022 Citroen C3 Sense, against 20.9% nationally — 18.7 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 14% 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 2022 Citroen C3 Sense compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 1.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.4%. The median 2022 Citroen C3 Sense in this dataset had covered 22,511 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.8% of the time, April–September 93.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 1.59% of tests.
- 1,005 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.8% overall pass rate, 93.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen C3 Sense, the average is 93.4% — best year 2022 (93.8%), worst 2021 (92.7%).
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
- 1,005
- Typical mileage (median)
- 22,511 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen C3 Sense
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the C3 Sense MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 82% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the C3 Sense
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 145 | 93.8% |
| Yorkshire | 145 | 92.4% |
| West Midlands | 137 | 96.4% |
| North West | 133 | 91.7% |
| North East | 100 | 96.0% |
| South West | 89 | 97.8% |
| East of England | 71 | 93.0% |
| Scotland | 69 | 89.9% |
| Wales | 52 | 100.0% |
| East Midlands | 49 | 87.8% |
| London | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2022 C3 Sense
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 2022 C3 Sense
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 brakes 1.4% 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.
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Check the windscreen 0.7% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the wipers and washers 0.5% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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.
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 2022 C3 Sense through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£93 — and 14% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£93
- Cheapest common item: side repeaters lens defective
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 14%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,005 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 C3 Sense, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2021 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.7% to 93.8% — a spread of 1.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 92.7% position lamp not working
- 2022 93.8%has a cut in excess of 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 2022 Citroen C3 Sense 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen T-Roc 93.8%
- Nissan Micra 93.8%
- Kia Rio 93.8%
- Volkswagen Golf 93.7%
- Ford Fiesta 93.9%
- Nissan Leaf 93.9%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Citroen C3 Sense 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 599 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 | 238 | 39.60% | 20.89% | +18.71 |
| Tyres | 197 | 32.80% | 19.76% | +13.04 |
| Non-component advisories | 45 | 7.50% | 4.18% | +3.32 |
| Suspension | 38 | 6.30% | 20.98% | −14.68 |
| Visibility | 28 | 4.70% | 4.97% | −0.27 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 23 | 3.80% | 12.21% | −8.41 |
| Road Wheels | 11 | 1.80% | 0.75% | +1.05 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 9 | 1.50% | 5.57% | −4.07 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 1.00% | 1.76% | −0.76 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 4 | 0.70% | 5.52% | −4.82 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.70% | £80–200 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Major | 0.60% | £45–110 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.50% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.40% | £30–80 |
| Side repeaters lens defective which has no effect on emitted light Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.40% | £3–15 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.30% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 0.30% | £80–250 |
| Obviously under inflated Tyres | Minor | 0.30% | £45–95 |
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 | 8.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.1% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 2.2% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 750 | 94.8% | 18,990 mi |
| 30-60k | 238 | 90.8% | 39,290 mi |
| 60-90k | 17 | 94.1% | 70,268 mi |
Source: 1,005 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.
2022 C3 Sense MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Citroen C3 Sense?
93.8% of the 1,005 2022 Citroen C3 Sense tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 93.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Citroen C3 Sense?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.59%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.39%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (0.70%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Citroen C3 Sense MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.8% of the time, falling to 94.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Citroen C3 Sense in this dataset had covered 22,511 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 Citroen C3 Sense MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.