Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps) on the Citroen Dispatch
Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps) on the Citroen Dispatch is recorded on 17,108 tests — 9.5% of all its MOT tests, against 3.2% across every car in the data. That is 3.0× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 3.2% of tests record it — this model is 3.0× that share |
| The 325 models compared | 9 of 325, 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 2004, 9.8% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 6.2%. The share has fallen 3.6 points over that time. Worst year 2009 at 12.0%; best 2021 at 4.5%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2004 | 221 | 2,244 | 9.8% |
| 2005 | 209 | 2,998 | 7.0% |
| 2006 | 382 | 3,940 | 9.7% |
| 2007 | 715 | 6,608 | 10.8% |
| 2008 | 840 | 7,500 | 11.2% |
| 2009 | 759 | 6,336 | 12.0% |
| 2010 | 948 | 8,328 | 11.4% |
| 2011 | 918 | 8,061 | 11.4% |
| 2012 | 803 | 7,235 | 11.1% |
| 2013 | 1,155 | 10,034 | 11.5% |
| 2014 | 1,553 | 13,206 | 11.8% |
| 2015 | 1,911 | 16,623 | 11.5% |
| 2016 | 1,536 | 14,289 | 10.8% |
| 2017 | 1,379 | 15,903 | 8.7% |
| 2018 | 1,227 | 15,519 | 7.9% |
| 2019 | 1,178 | 15,273 | 7.7% |
| 2020 | 523 | 10,949 | 4.8% |
| 2021 | 334 | 7,337 | 4.5% |
| 2022 | 284 | 4,553 | 6.2% |
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 £5–£20 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. 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
- Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps): 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 →