Citroen C3 You MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Citroen C3 You MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Citroen C3 You passed on its first attempt in 97.4%, and its overall record sits +16.4 percentage points above the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Citroen C3 You in the 2023–2025 data: 78 tests across 1 model years (2022–2022). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Citroen C3 You MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Citroen C3 You, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Citroen C3 You's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Citroen C3 You DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Citroen C3 You, each with how many of the model's 78 tests it was noted on.

• "Driver's view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction" (Major) — noted on about 1 Citroen C3 You tests, 1.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp aim too low" (Rectified) — noted on about 1 Citroen C3 You tests, 1.3% of the model's MOT record.
• "Position lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 1 Citroen C3 You tests, 1.3% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Citroen C3 You Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Citroen C3 You model year on record is 2022 (97.4% across 78 tests), and the weakest is 2022 (97.4%). Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Citroen C3 You Owners

These checks follow this Citroen C3 You's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Citroen C3 You.

• the windscreen — “driver's view of the road through the swept area of the windscreen significantly affected by an obstruction”

  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.

• the lights — “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.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Citroen C3 You. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Frequently Asked Questions: Citroen C3 You MOT & Reliability