Pass rate
84.8%
Around average — 6.4 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,227 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £17–£47
2021 Citroen C4 Sense + MOT pass rate
- 2021
- 2 trims combined
- typical 29,725 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
29.9% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 88.3% pass
- Avoid 2021 84.8% pass · this year
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 3.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.4%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2021 Citroen C4 Sense + MOT pass rate is 84.8% of its MOT tests — 6.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Citroen C4 Sense + does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 3.2× the national share
Visibility accounts for 15.9% of everything recorded on the 2021 Citroen C4 Sense +, against 5.0% nationally — 10.9 points above. Tyres are still the single largest share at 29.9%, but at 19.8% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 84.8% — 6.4 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 62% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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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Every Citroen C4 Sense + first registered in 2021 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2021 Citroen C4 Sense + compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, 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 82.4%. The median 2021 Citroen C4 Sense + in this dataset had covered 29,725 mi.
92% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 84.5% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.0% of the time, April–September 84.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 4.74% of tests.
- 3,227 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.8% overall pass rate, 82.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen C4 Sense +, the average is 86.1% — best year 2022 (88.3%), worst 2021 (84.8%).
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
- 3,227
- Typical mileage (median)
- 29,725 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen C4 Sense +
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the C4 Sense + MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 66% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (92% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the C4 Sense +
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 534 | 83.9% |
| South East | 420 | 84.3% |
| North West | 418 | 84.4% |
| Yorkshire | 357 | 84.9% |
| West Midlands | 281 | 84.3% |
| East of England | 243 | 84.8% |
| North East | 226 | 87.2% |
| Wales | 217 | 85.3% |
| South West | 213 | 86.4% |
| East Midlands | 194 | 86.1% |
| London | 123 | 81.3% |
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 2021 C4 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 2021 C4 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 wipers and washers 4.7% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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.
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Check the suspension joints 2.1% of tests
“linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the brakes 1.5% 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.
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 2021 C4 Sense + through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £17–£47 — and 62% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £17–£47
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 62%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,227 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 C4 Sense +, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2021 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 84.8% to 88.3% — a spread of 3.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 84.8%wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 88.3% wipers does not clear the…
- 2023 87.4% headlamp aim too low
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 2021 Citroen C4 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 85.2%
- Tesla Model 3 Performance 85.3%
- Ford Galaxy 84.1%
- Vauxhall Combo 84.0%
- Toyota Hilux 85.6%
- BMW X5 XDRIVE45E 85.9%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Citroen C4 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 3,189 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 959 | 29.90% | 19.76% | +10.14 |
| Brakes | 835 | 26.00% | 20.89% | +5.11 |
| Visibility | 510 | 15.90% | 4.97% | +10.93 |
| Suspension | 460 | 14.30% | 20.98% | −6.68 |
| Non-component advisories | 215 | 6.70% | 4.18% | +2.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 77 | 2.40% | 12.21% | −9.81 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 77 | 2.40% | 5.57% | −3.17 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 21 | 0.70% | 5.52% | −4.82 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 19 | 0.60% | 0.82% | −0.22 |
| Road Wheels | 16 | 0.50% | 0.75% | −0.25 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.7% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.9% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 2.2% | £8–22 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 2.1% | £5–15 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.5% | £80–250 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.5% | £18–45 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 1.2% | £5–15 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £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 | 19.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.2% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.9% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 6.6% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 1,634 | 87.8% | 19,576 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,400 | 82.6% | 41,753 mi |
| 60-90k | 190 | 74.2% | 67,465 mi |
| 90-120k | 3 | 100.0% | 106,993 mi |
Source: 3,227 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.
2021 C4 Sense + MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Citroen C4 Sense +?
84.8% of the 3,227 2021 Citroen C4 Sense + tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 82.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Citroen C4 Sense +?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.74%), wipers blade defective (2.88%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.20%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Citroen C4 Sense + MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Citroen C4 Sense + in this dataset had covered 29,725 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2021 Citroen C4 Sense +?
Petrol: 84.5% pass rate across 2,964 tests. Diesel: 87.5% pass rate across 263 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2021 Citroen C4 Sense + MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.