Registration plate lamp inoperative (single lamp) on the Citroen Dispatch
Registration plate lamp inoperative (single lamp) on the Citroen Dispatch is recorded on 6,130 tests — 3.4% of all its MOT tests, against 0.9% across every car in the data. That is 3.8× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 0.9% of tests record it — this model is 3.8× that share |
| The 277 models compared | 10 of 277, 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, 1.1% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2022, 1.8%. The share has risen 0.7 points over that time. Worst year 2016 at 2.3%; best 2004 at 0.7%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2003 | 31 | 2,786 | 1.1% |
| 2004 | 30 | 4,488 | 0.7% |
| 2005 | 42 | 5,996 | 0.7% |
| 2006 | 76 | 7,880 | 1.0% |
| 2007 | 165 | 13,216 | 1.3% |
| 2008 | 184 | 15,000 | 1.2% |
| 2009 | 214 | 12,672 | 1.7% |
| 2010 | 292 | 16,656 | 1.8% |
| 2011 | 266 | 16,122 | 1.6% |
| 2012 | 254 | 14,470 | 1.8% |
| 2013 | 387 | 20,068 | 1.9% |
| 2014 | 521 | 26,412 | 2.0% |
| 2015 | 675 | 33,246 | 2.0% |
| 2016 | 650 | 28,578 | 2.3% |
| 2017 | 599 | 31,806 | 1.9% |
| 2018 | 628 | 31,038 | 2.0% |
| 2019 | 584 | 30,546 | 1.9% |
| 2020 | 188 | 21,898 | 0.9% |
| 2021 | 158 | 14,674 | 1.1% |
| 2022 | 168 | 9,106 | 1.8% |
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 (single lamp): 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 →