Pass rate
93.7%
Above average — 1.1 pts behind the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 127 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £22–£61
2023 Citroen C5 X MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 32,690 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
31.4% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 93.9% pass
- Avoid 2023 93.7% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.4%
- Typical mileage
- 33k mi
The 2023 Citroen C5 X MOT pass rate is 93.7% of its MOT tests — 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Citroen C5 X does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.6× the national share
Tyres make up 31.4% of everything recorded on the 2023 Citroen C5 X, against 19.8% nationally — 11.6 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.
- Based on a small sample. 127 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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How does the 2023 Citroen C5 X compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 1.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.4%. The median 2023 Citroen C5 X in this dataset had covered 32,690 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Petrol — 87% of tests, with a 93.7% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 92.6% of the time, April–September 96.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 1.57% of tests.
- 127 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.7% overall pass rate, 93.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen C5 X, the average is 93.9% — best year 2022 (93.9%), worst 2023 (93.7%).
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
- 127
- Typical mileage (median)
- 32,690 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen C5 X
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the C5 X MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Petrol is the most common here (87% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the C5 X
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East Midlands | 22 | 95.5% |
| Yorkshire | 21 | 90.5% |
| North West | 19 | 94.7% |
| South East | 15 | 93.3% |
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 2023 C5 X
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 C5 X
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 suspension joints 1.6% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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 lights 0.8% of tests
“headlamp insecure”
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 shock absorbers 0.8% of tests
“shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak”
Press down hard on each corner of the car and let go. It should settle in one bounce; if it keeps rocking, or you can see oil weeping down a shock absorber, that is the fault a tester will find.
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 C5 X through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £22–£61 — and 36% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £22–£61
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: service brake performance efficiency below…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 36%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 127 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 X, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2022 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.7% to 93.9% — a spread of 0.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2022 93.9% has ply or cords exposed
- 2023 93.7%ball joint dust cover severely…
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 C5 X 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 C5 X 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 35 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 | 11 | 31.40% | 19.76% | +11.64 |
| Suspension | 7 | 20.00% | 20.98% | −0.98 |
| Brakes | 6 | 17.10% | 20.89% | −3.79 |
| Visibility | 3 | 8.60% | 4.97% | +3.63 |
| Road Wheels | 3 | 8.60% | 0.75% | +7.85 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 2 | 5.70% | 0.82% | +4.88 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 2.90% | 12.21% | −9.31 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 2.90% | 5.52% | −2.62 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.79% | £18–45 |
| Buckle not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 0.79% | £40–120 |
| Headlamp insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.79% | £5–25 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.79% | £3–12 |
| Not functioning as intended Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 0.79% | £40–120 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 0.79% | £60–150 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 0.79% | £30–75 |
| Washers not working Visibility | Major | 0.79% | £5–15 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.79% | £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 | 7.9% | £45–95 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 2.4% | £20–55 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–110 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 1.6% | £30–75 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 0.79% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 55 | 96.4% | 20,182 mi |
| 30-60k | 69 | 91.3% | 39,813 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 72,971 mi |
Source: 127 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 C5 X MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Citroen C5 X?
93.7% of the 127 2023 Citroen C5 X tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 93.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Citroen C5 X?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (1.57%), ball joint excessively worn (0.79%), buckle not functioning as intended (0.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Citroen C5 X MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 96.4% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Citroen C5 X in this dataset had covered 32,690 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2023 Citroen C5 X?
Petrol: 93.7% pass rate across 111 tests. Hybrid: 93.8% pass rate across 16 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2023 Citroen C5 X MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 92.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 96.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.