Pass rate
82.0%
Around average — 9.2 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 433 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £20–£48
2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 25,473 mi
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Most common fault
Tyres
35.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 85.5% pass
- Avoid 2021 82.0% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 3.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.5%
- Typical mileage
- 25k mi
The 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + MOT pass rate is 82.0% of its MOT tests — 9.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.8× the national share
Tyres make up 35.3% of everything recorded on the 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense +, against 19.8% nationally — 15.5 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 82.0% — 9.2 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 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 9.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.5%. The median 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + in this dataset had covered 25,473 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.9% of the time, April–September 82.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 4.16% of tests.
- 433 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.0% overall pass rate, 78.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen E-C4 Sense +, the average is 83.5% — best year 2022 (85.5%), worst 2021 (82.0%).
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
- 433
- Typical mileage (median)
- 25,473 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen E-C4 Sense +
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the E-C4 Sense + MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 64% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the E-C4 Sense +
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 76 | 88.2% |
| Scotland | 52 | 73.1% |
| Yorkshire | 45 | 80.0% |
| North East | 43 | 76.7% |
| North West | 41 | 85.4% |
| South West | 37 | 81.1% |
| East of England | 34 | 79.4% |
| West Midlands | 30 | 76.7% |
| East Midlands | 27 | 88.9% |
| London | 25 | 88.0% |
| Wales | 23 | 87.0% |
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 2021 E-C4 Sense +
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 2021 E-C4 Sense +
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 wipers and washers 4.2% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the suspension joints 1.9% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
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.
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 2021 E-C4 Sense + through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£48 — and 54% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £20–£48
- Cheapest common item: washers provides insufficient washer liquid
- £5–£15
- Dearest common item: service brake performance excessively…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 54%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 433 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 E-C4 Sense +, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2021 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 82.0% to 85.5% — a spread of 3.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2021 82.0%wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 85.5% has a cut in excess of the…
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 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 82.9%
- Vauxhall Combo 84.0%
- Ford Galaxy 84.1%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 85.2%
- Tesla Model 3 Performance 85.3%
- Toyota Hilux 85.6%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + 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 464 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 | 164 | 35.30% | 19.76% | +15.54 |
| Brakes | 104 | 22.40% | 20.89% | +1.51 |
| Visibility | 76 | 16.30% | 4.97% | +11.33 |
| Suspension | 65 | 14.00% | 20.98% | −6.98 |
| Non-component advisories | 31 | 6.70% | 4.18% | +2.52 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 10 | 2.20% | 12.21% | −10.01 |
| Steering | 5 | 1.10% | 2.57% | −1.47 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 4 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 3 | 0.60% | 0.82% | −0.22 |
| Road Wheels | 2 | 0.40% | 0.75% | −0.35 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 4.2% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.0% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 3.0% | £8–22 |
| Washers provides insufficient washer liquid Visibility | Major | 2.3% | £5–15 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joints ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Service brake performance excessively fluctuating Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £60–150 |
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 | 16.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 12.9% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.7% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.6% | £20–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 4.4% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 4.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 273 | 87.2% | 17,813 mi |
| 30-60k | 149 | 73.2% | 40,140 mi |
| 60-90k | 11 | 72.7% | 73,039 mi |
Source: 433 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.
2021 E-C4 Sense + MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense +?
82.0% of the 433 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 78.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense +?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (4.16%), wipers blade defective (3.00%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (3.00%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.2% of the time, falling to 72.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + in this dataset had covered 25,473 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Citroen E-C4 Sense + MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 82.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.