Citroen Nemo MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

Citroen Nemo MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The Citroen Nemo passed on its first attempt in 64.4%, and its overall record sits −8.0 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the Citroen Nemo in the 2023–2025 data: 54,480 tests across 11 model years (2008–2018). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common Citroen Nemo MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the Citroen Nemo, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the Citroen Nemo's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded Citroen Nemo DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the Citroen Nemo, each with how many of the model's 54,480 tests it was noted on.

• "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view" (Minor) — noted on about 4,430 Citroen Nemo tests, 8.1% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 3,691 Citroen Nemo tests, 6.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Coil spring fractured or broken" (Major) — noted on about 3,601 Citroen Nemo tests, 6.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush" (Major) — noted on about 2,033 Citroen Nemo tests, 3.7% of the model's MOT record.
• "Position lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 1,365 Citroen Nemo tests, 2.5% of the model's MOT record.
• "Headlamp lens slightly defective" (Minor) — noted on about 1,356 Citroen Nemo tests, 2.5% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst Citroen Nemo Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest Citroen Nemo model year on record is 2017 (77.5% across 1,794 tests), and the weakest is 2008 (69.5%). The gap between them is 8.0 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

Citroen Nemo reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 0.9 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for Citroen Nemo Owners

These checks follow this Citroen Nemo's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a Citroen Nemo.

• the windscreen — “windscreen damaged”

  Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.

• the lights — “registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”

  Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.

• the coil springs — “coil spring fractured or broken”

  Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the Citroen Nemo. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the Citroen Nemo is most common

Across every Nemo model year on record (2008–2018): 21,008 Citroen Nemo cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 54,476 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 503 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most Citroen Nemo cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

Frequently Asked Questions: Citroen Nemo MOT & Reliability