Pass rate
73.8%
Below average — 10.2 pts behind the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 14,289 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £39–£119
2016 Citroen Dispatch MOT pass rate
- 2016
- Van
- typical 91,340 mi
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
23.4% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
3.7 pts down across model years — 9.9% in 2004, 6.2% in 2022.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 92.1% pass
- Avoid 2004 66.7% pass
Across the 24 years on record, a spread of 25.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 65.3%
- Typical mileage
- 91k mi
The 2016 Citroen Dispatch MOT pass rate is 73.8% of its MOT tests — 10.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 23.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Citroen Dispatch does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.9× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 23.4% of everything recorded on the 2016 Citroen Dispatch, against 12.2% nationally — 11.2 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, vans this age and mileage expect about 84.0%; this one manages 73.8% — 10.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 2016 Citroen Dispatch compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 10.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 65.3%. The median 2016 Citroen Dispatch in this dataset had covered 91,340 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 74.3% of the time, April–September 73.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 10.75% of tests.
- 14,289 recorded tests behind this page.
- 73.8% overall pass rate, 65.3% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen Dispatch, the average is 75.8% — best year 2023 (92.1%), worst 2004 (66.7%).
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
- 14,289
- Typical mileage (median)
- 91,340 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen Dispatch
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Dispatch MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Dispatch
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 2,464 | 75.8% |
| North West | 1,855 | 73.5% |
| South West | 1,722 | 70.1% |
| Yorkshire | 1,513 | 72.7% |
| East of England | 1,450 | 74.8% |
| West Midlands | 1,299 | 74.7% |
| Scotland | 1,045 | 70.8% |
| East Midlands | 891 | 73.0% |
| North East | 840 | 75.0% |
| Wales | 769 | 72.6% |
| London | 441 | 84.6% |
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 2016 Dispatch
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 2016 Dispatch
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 10.8% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
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 windscreen 6.1% 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.
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Check the exhaust and emissions 3.0% of tests
“exhaust system system insecure”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2016 Dispatch through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £39–£119 — and 52% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £39–£119
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 52%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 14,289 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 Dispatch, side by side
24 model years on record, from 2000 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.7% to 92.1% — a spread of 25.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 68.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2001 71.2% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2002 68.5% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 67.9% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2004 66.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2005 66.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2006 67.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 69.4% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2008 69.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 69.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 71.1% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2011 70.7% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2012 71.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 72.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 72.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 71.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 73.8%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 82.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 83.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 83.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 84.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 82.9% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 82.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2023 92.1% wipers blade defective
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 2016 Citroen Dispatch 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 2016 vans with a similar record
- Vauxhall Vivaro 74.4%
- Renault Kangoo 74.5%
- Renault Trafic 74.8%
- Toyota Proace 76.0%
- Peugeot Expert 76.1%
- Nissan NV200 76.6%
Closest pass rates among 2016 vans with at least 1,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best vans and worst vans for MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2016 Citroen Dispatch 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 30,175 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 7,140 | 23.40% | 12.21% | +11.19 |
| Brakes | 5,652 | 18.50% | 20.89% | −2.39 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4,358 | 14.30% | 5.57% | +8.73 |
| Tyres | 4,092 | 13.40% | 19.76% | −6.36 |
| Suspension | 2,649 | 8.70% | 20.98% | −12.28 |
| Visibility | 2,278 | 7.50% | 4.97% | +2.53 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2,137 | 7.00% | 5.52% | +1.48 |
| Steering | 759 | 2.50% | 2.57% | −0.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 732 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 378 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 10.8% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 9.1% | £80–250 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 8.3% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 6.1% | £80–200 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.6% | £5–25 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.6% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.1% | £5–20 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Major | 3.0% | £45–120 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.6% | £5–25 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.5% | £5–25 |
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 | 14.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 13.0% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.9% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 9.6% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system system insecure Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–120 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 348 | 84.5% | 22,251 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,056 | 78.9% | 48,554 mi |
| 60-90k | 4,495 | 74.1% | 75,529 mi |
| 90-120k | 3,926 | 72.1% | 104,118 mi |
| 120k+ | 3,415 | 71.2% | 152,270 mi |
Source: 14,289 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.
2016 Dispatch MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Citroen Dispatch?
73.8% of the 14,289 2016 Citroen Dispatch tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 65.3%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Citroen Dispatch?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (10.75%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (9.06%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (8.29%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Citroen Dispatch MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 84.5% of the time, falling to 71.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Citroen Dispatch in this dataset had covered 91,340 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 Citroen Dispatch MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 74.3% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.