Pass rate
84.8%
Around average — 7.2 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 79 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £42–£98
2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series MOT pass rate
- 2022
- 2 trims combined
- typical 21,652 mi
Only 79 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
59.7% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 97.3% pass
- Avoid 2022 84.8% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 12.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.1%
- Typical mileage
- 22k mi
The 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series MOT pass rate is 84.8% of its MOT tests — 7.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 59.7% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.0× the national share
Tyres make up 59.7% of everything recorded on the 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series, against 19.8% nationally — 39.9 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 92.0%; this one manages 84.8% — 7.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 8% 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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Every Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series first registered in 2022 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 7.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.1%. The median 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series in this dataset had covered 21,652 mi.
86% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Petrol, which passed 83.8% of the time.
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 3.80% of tests.
- 79 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.8% overall pass rate, 82.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series, the average is 90.9% — best year 2023 (97.3%), worst 2022 (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
- 79
- Typical mileage (median)
- 21,652 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series
- 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 C5 Aircross C-Series MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (86% of tests).
What fails a 2022 C5 Aircross C-Series
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 C5 Aircross C-Series
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 2.5% 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.
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Check the tyre tread 1.3% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the wipers and washers 1.3% 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 C5 Aircross C-Series through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £42–£98 — and 8% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £42–£98
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 8%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 79 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 C5 Aircross C-Series, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2022 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 84.8% to 97.3% — a spread of 12.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2022 84.8%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 97.3% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
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 C5 Aircross C-Series 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
- Vauxhall Combo 84.7%
- Volkswagen Tiguan Allspace 85.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqc 85.9%
- BMW X5 XDRIVE45E 85.9%
- Vauxhall Corsa E 86.2%
- BMW 330E 86.9%
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 C5 Aircross C-Series 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 6 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 62 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 | 37 | 59.70% | 19.76% | +39.94 |
| Brakes | 15 | 24.20% | 20.89% | +3.31 |
| Non-component advisories | 5 | 8.10% | 4.18% | +3.92 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 3.20% | 5.57% | −2.37 |
| Visibility | 2 | 3.20% | 4.97% | −1.77 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 1.60% | 5.52% | −3.92 |
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 | 3.8% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a lump, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.3% | £80–250 |
| Obviously under inflated Tyres | Minor | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £60–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £8–22 |
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 | 24.1% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 10.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 8.9% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.1% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.8% | £20–80 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 1.3% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 63 | 87.3% | 19,262 mi |
| 30-60k | 16 | 75.0% | 35,873 mi |
Source: 79 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 C5 Aircross C-Series MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series?
84.8% of the 79 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 82.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.80%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (2.53%), has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.27%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.3% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series in this dataset had covered 21,652 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2022 Citroen C5 Aircross C-Series?
Petrol: 83.8% pass rate across 68 tests. Hybrid: 90.9% pass rate across 11 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.