Pass rate, all models
77.0% Around average
3,738,633 tests across 64 models, 2000–2023.
Citroen MOT pass rates
Citroen MOT pass rates, ranked across 64 models and 3,738,633 DVSA MOT tests between 2000 and 2023, from the C3 C-Series (94.5%) to the C8 (66.3%). The tables below compare every model with enough tests to rank, list the most-tested models, and link to each model's own pass-rate and fault pages.
How Citroen models compare on the MOT
The spread across Citroen models is wide — 94.5% for the C3 C-Series at the top and 66.3% for the C8 at the bottom, a 28.2-point gap across 2,578 and 4,069 recorded tests respectively. Most Citroen models sit much closer to the middle (around 77.7%, on 710,132 tests for the C3). The best and worst are both real DVSA results, not opinions: the pass rate is the share of every completed MOT test for that model that ended in a pass.
Every figure above is drawn from the DVSA's class-4 MOT records for the 2000–2023 data years: 3,738,633 tests across 64 Citroen models. A pass rate counts every completed test — first attempt and retests — so the figures above include a van or motorhome being tested twice in one year. The first-time pass figures on each model page are lower as a result. See the methodology page for exactly how each rate is calculated and how the DVSA source data is filtered.
Best model
C3 C-Series94.5%
Worst model
C866.3%
All Citroen models ranked by pass rate
| Model | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| C3 C-Series | 94.5% | 2,578 |
| C5 Aircross 2 variants | 91.7% | 9,718 |
| C4 Gr Stourer 3 variants | 89.3% | 6,435 |
| C3 Aircross | 89.0% | 94,473 |
| C4 Grand Stourer 4 variants | 88.0% | 3,449 |
| E-C4 2 variants | 87.2% | 5,185 |
| C4 Sense + 2 variants | 86.1% | 5,177 |
| Spacetourer People carrier | 84.5% | 9,924 |
| Berlingo Multispace People carrier | 83.7% | 11,279 |
| C4 Cactus | 82.9% | 74,323 |
| C4 Picasso 2 variants | 82.2% | 24,202 |
| C5 | 82.1% | 70,407 |
| C3 Picasso 2 variants | 81.7% | 23,169 |
| C1 | 80.3% | 585,817 |
| C4 Grand Picasso 2 variants | 79.1% | 53,329 |
| C3 2 variants | 77.7% | 710,132 |
| Berlingo Van 23 variants | 76.0% | 696,815 |
| Relay Van 25 variants | 76.0% | 53,684 |
| Dispatch Van 15 variants | 75.8% | 180,027 |
| C4 3 variants | 74.7% | 504,935 |
| DS5 | 74.3% | 16,259 |
| Nemo | 73.0% | 54,480 |
| DS4 | 72.6% | 40,514 |
| DS3 | 71.4% | 290,266 |
| C-Crosser 2 variants | 71.2% | 6,863 |
| Saxo | 70.7% | 12,259 |
| C2 | 69.8% | 43,091 |
| Grand C4 Picasso 2 variants | 69.6% | 17,623 |
| Xsara 2 variants | 69.3% | 106,340 |
| C8 | 66.3% | 4,069 |
Ranked by aggregate pass rate across all years, for the 30 models with at least 2,000 tests — the 34 smaller Citroen models are listed below, unranked.
Other Citroen models
Fewer than 2,000 tests each, so they are not ranked — every model still has its own pass-rate page.
- C3 Aircross C-Series93.1%
- C3 Sense93.4%
- C1 Jcc +93.0%
- C3 Saint James95.0%
- C3 Aircross Origins91.9%
- C1566.9%
- C678.8%
- Xsara Picasso68.2%
- C1 Origins92.2%
- Grand C470.9%
- E-Berlingo89.3%
- C5 Aircorss89.1%
- C1 Sense94.5%
- E-C4 Sense +83.5%
- C5 X93.9%
- C4 C-Series88.7%
- C-Zero84.1%
- Xantia72.0%
- E-Dispatch91.8%
- Synergie67.1%
- E-C4 C-Series86.9%
- C5 Aircross Sense90.7%
- C3 Aircross Cseries94.1%
- Ami96.8%
- C1 Airscape95.1%
- C5 Aircross Cseries91.6%
- C5 Aircross C-Series90.9%
- E-Spacetourer88.9%
- C4 Spacetourer88.0%
- C3 You97.4%
- Berlingo Rip Curl89.5%
- C5 X Sense90.4%
- Motorhome / Campervan95.1%
- Xm68.3%
Most-tested Citroen models
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Reading the numbers
A pass rate covers every completed test recorded for that model and year, including retests. First-attempt figures are lower. See how we calculate.