Engine oil leaking excessively on the Citroen Dispatch
Engine oil leaking excessively on the Citroen Dispatch is recorded on 26,694 tests — 14.8% of all its MOT tests, against 5.4% across every car in the data. That is 2.7× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 5.4% of tests record it — this model is 2.7× that share |
| The 368 models compared | 25 of 368, highest first |
| The model's own record | 180,027 tests · every year of the Dispatch → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Citroen Dispatch tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2003, 14.3% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 2.1%. The share has fallen 12.2 points over that time. Worst year 2007 at 16.4%; best 2021 at 1.6%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 398 | 2,786 | 14.3% |
| 2004 | 616 | 4,488 | 13.7% |
| 2005 | 922 | 5,996 | 15.4% |
| 2006 | 1,253 | 7,880 | 15.9% |
| 2007 | 2,166 | 13,216 | 16.4% |
| 2008 | 2,228 | 22,500 | 9.9% |
| 2009 | 1,879 | 12,672 | 14.8% |
| 2010 | 2,530 | 24,984 | 10.1% |
| 2011 | 1,543 | 24,183 | 6.4% |
| 2012 | 1,469 | 21,705 | 6.8% |
| 2013 | 1,499 | 20,068 | 7.5% |
| 2014 | 1,437 | 39,618 | 3.6% |
| 2015 | 1,625 | 33,246 | 4.9% |
| 2016 | 1,392 | 28,578 | 4.9% |
| 2017 | 1,923 | 31,806 | 6.0% |
| 2018 | 1,296 | 46,557 | 2.8% |
| 2019 | 997 | 30,546 | 3.3% |
| 2020 | 572 | 32,847 | 1.7% |
| 2021 | 350 | 22,011 | 1.6% |
| 2022 | 191 | 9,106 | 2.1% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £200–£700 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Engine oil leaking excessively: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Citroen Dispatch MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Citroen model →