Pass rate
87.4%
Above average — 7.4 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 103 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£64
2023 Citroen C4 Sense + MOT pass rate
- 2023
- 2 trims combined
- typical 27,525 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
40.0% 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
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 3.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 86.3%
- Typical mileage
- 28k mi
The 2023 Citroen C4 Sense + MOT pass rate is 87.4% of its MOT tests — 7.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 40.0% 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
Tyres: 2.0× the national share
Tyres make up 40.0% of everything recorded on the 2023 Citroen C4 Sense +, against 19.8% nationally — 20.2 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 94.8%; this one manages 87.4% — 7.4 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 103 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2023 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2023 Citroen C4 Sense + compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 7.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 86.3%. The median 2023 Citroen C4 Sense + in this dataset had covered 27,525 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.0% of the time, April–September 83.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp aim too low", noted on 2.91% of tests.
- 103 recorded tests behind this page.
- 87.4% overall pass rate, 86.3% 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
- 103
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,525 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
Headlight Alignment
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the C4 Sense + MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 78% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the C4 Sense +
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 19 | 84.2% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 93.8% |
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 2023 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 2023 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 lights 2.9% of tests
“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.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.9% of tests
“washers not working”
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 windscreen 1.9% 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.
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 2023 C4 Sense + through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£64 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£64
- Cheapest common item: washers not working
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 103 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 2023 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model Y 92.9%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 Citroen C4 Sense + 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 9 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 65 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 | 26 | 40.00% | 19.76% | +20.24 |
| Brakes | 15 | 23.10% | 20.89% | +2.21 |
| Visibility | 10 | 15.40% | 4.97% | +10.43 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 7.70% | 12.21% | −4.51 |
| Suspension | 3 | 4.60% | 20.98% | −16.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 3.10% | 5.57% | −2.47 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 3.10% | 4.18% | −1.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 1 | 1.50% | 0.82% | +0.68 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.9% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.9% | £30–80 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £5–15 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £5–15 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.97% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Rectified | 0.97% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.97% | £18–45 |
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 | 19.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £45–110 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 1.9% | £30–75 |
| Non-component advisories Items removed from drivers view prior to test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 0.97% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 60 | 88.3% | 18,044 mi |
| 30-60k | 43 | 86.0% | 38,563 mi |
Source: 103 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.
2023 C4 Sense + MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Citroen C4 Sense +?
87.4% of the 103 2023 Citroen C4 Sense + tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 86.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Citroen C4 Sense +?
The three most recorded items are headlamp aim too low (2.91%), headlamp aim too high (1.94%), washers not working (1.94%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Citroen C4 Sense + MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 88.3% of the time, falling to 86.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Citroen C4 Sense + in this dataset had covered 27,525 mi.
Does the season affect the 2023 Citroen C4 Sense + MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.