Pass rate
86.1%
Above average — 3.4 pts behind the 89.5% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 2,891 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £23–£58
2019 Citroen Spacetourer MOT pass rate
- 2019
- People carrier
- typical 43,523 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Brakes
29.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 86.1% pass · this year
- Avoid 2017 82.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 3.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 84.1%
- Typical mileage
- 44k mi
The 2019 Citroen Spacetourer MOT pass rate is 86.1% of its MOT tests — 3.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 29.0% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.4× the national share
Brakes make up 29.0% of everything recorded on the 2019 Citroen Spacetourer, against 20.9% nationally — 8.1 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, people carriers this age and mileage expect about 89.5%; this one manages 86.1% — 3.4 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 60% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2019 Citroen Spacetourer compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 89.5%, so this figure is 3.4 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 84.1%. The median 2019 Citroen Spacetourer in this dataset had covered 43,523 mi.
98% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 86.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 85.5% of the time, April–September 86.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 4.88% of tests.
- 2,891 recorded tests behind this page.
- 86.1% overall pass rate, 84.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen Spacetourer, the average is 84.5% — best year 2019 (86.1%), worst 2017 (82.2%).
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
- 2,891
- Typical mileage (median)
- 43,523 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen Spacetourer
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Spacetourer MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 76% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (98% of tests).
Where the Citroen Spacetourer is most common
Across all Spacetourer model years on record (2016–2022): 4,428 Citroen Spacetourer cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 9,924 tests. Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) has the most, with 128 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.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 128 | 85.1% |
| 2 | Swansea (SA) | 104 | 85.2% |
| 3 | Birmingham (B) | 104 | 88.1% |
| 4 | Cardiff (CF) | 101 | 81.8% |
| 5 | Truro (TR) | 99 | 82.9% |
| 6 | Poole (BH) | 97 | 89.7% |
| 7 | Bristol (BS) | 91 | 83.7% |
| 8 | Peterborough (PE) | 91 | 87.8% |
| 9 | Leicester (LE) | 89 | 84.0% |
| 10 | Plymouth (PL) | 86 | 82.8% |
| 11 | Portsmouth (PO) | 79 | 81.8% |
| 12 | Glasgow (G) | 75 | 83.6% |
| 13 | Salisbury (SP) | 74 | 75.1% |
| 14 | Sheffield (S) | 71 | 88.0% |
| 15 | Nottingham (NG) | 69 | 86.0% |
| 16 | Coventry (CV) | 61 | 90.7% |
| 17 | Guildford (GU) | 61 | 88.4% |
| 18 | Edinburgh (EH) | 60 | 75.5% |
| 19 | Gloucester (GL) | 60 | 83.0% |
| 20 | Preston (PR) | 60 | 79.2% |
The twenty areas with the most Citroen Spacetourer 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 →
Regional pass rates for the Spacetourer
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 506 | 87.5% |
| South East | 481 | 88.8% |
| North West | 405 | 83.5% |
| Scotland | 245 | 84.1% |
| Wales | 232 | 81.0% |
| East of England | 228 | 86.0% |
| West Midlands | 195 | 88.7% |
| North East | 189 | 84.7% |
| Yorkshire | 187 | 86.1% |
| East Midlands | 155 | 89.0% |
| London | 68 | 86.8% |
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 2019 Spacetourer
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 2019 Spacetourer
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 lights 4.9% of tests
“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.
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Check the wipers and washers 2.7% 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 windscreen 2.4% of tests
“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.
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 2019 Spacetourer through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £23–£58 — and 60% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £23–£58
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 60%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 2,891 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 Spacetourer, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2016 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 82.2% to 86.1% — a spread of 3.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 85.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 82.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 85.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 86.1%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 83.1% wipers does not clear the…
- 2021 83.0% wipers does not clear the…
- 2022 83.4% wipers does not clear 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 2019 Citroen Spacetourer 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 2019 people carriers with a similar record
- Volkswagen Caravelle 85.8%
- Ford Tourneo Connect 85.7%
- Volkswagen Transporter Shuttle 85.1%
- Ford Tourneo 87.5%
- Peugeot Traveller 87.6%
- Ford Tourneo Custom 88.2%
Closest pass rates among 2019 people carriers with at least 200 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. Full rankings: best people carriers and worst people carriers.
The full DVSA record for the 2019 Citroen Spacetourer 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 3,353 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 981 | 29.00% | 20.89% | +8.11 |
| Tyres | 940 | 27.80% | 19.76% | +8.04 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 387 | 11.40% | 12.21% | −0.81 |
| Non-component advisories | 306 | 9.10% | 4.18% | +4.92 |
| Visibility | 298 | 8.80% | 4.97% | +3.83 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 236 | 7.00% | 5.52% | +1.48 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 81 | 2.40% | 5.57% | −3.17 |
| Suspension | 65 | 1.90% | 20.98% | −19.08 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 42 | 1.20% | 0.82% | +0.38 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 17 | 0.50% | 1.76% | −1.26 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.9% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.7% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.9% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.2% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.1% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 0.80% | £3–12 |
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 | 17.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 12.7% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.4% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 4.9% | £200–700 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.9% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 641 | 90.3% | 21,757 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,613 | 85.1% | 43,922 mi |
| 60-90k | 516 | 84.3% | 71,305 mi |
| 90-120k | 94 | 84.0% | 100,612 mi |
| 120k+ | 27 | 85.2% | 142,162 mi |
Source: 2,891 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.
2019 Spacetourer MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2019 Citroen Spacetourer?
86.1% of the 2,891 2019 Citroen Spacetourer tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 89.5% for cars first used in 2019. First-attempt pass rate: 84.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2019 Citroen Spacetourer?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.88%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.66%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.35%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2019 Citroen Spacetourer MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.3% of the time, falling to 85.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2019 Citroen Spacetourer in this dataset had covered 43,523 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2019 Citroen Spacetourer?
Diesel: 86.1% pass rate across 2,829 tests. Petrol: 87.1% pass rate across 62 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2019 Citroen Spacetourer MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 85.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 86.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.