Pass rate
83.0%
Around average — 8.2 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 827 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £21–£54
2021 Citroen Spacetourer MOT pass rate
- 2021
- People carrier
- typical 29,273 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
27.8% 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
- Avoid 2017 82.2% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 3.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 79.7%
- Typical mileage
- 29k mi
The 2021 Citroen Spacetourer MOT pass rate is 83.0% of its MOT tests — 8.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Citroen Spacetourer does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 3.2× the national share
Visibility accounts for 15.7% of everything recorded on the 2021 Citroen Spacetourer, against 5.0% nationally — 10.7 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 27.8%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, people carriers this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 83.0% — 8.2 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 64% 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 2021 Citroen Spacetourer compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 8.2 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.7%. The median 2021 Citroen Spacetourer in this dataset had covered 29,273 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.0% of the time, April–September 81.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 5.93% of tests.
- 827 recorded tests behind this page.
- 83.0% overall pass rate, 79.7% 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
- 827
- Typical mileage (median)
- 29,273 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen Spacetourer
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 Spacetourer MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 55% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Spacetourer
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 134 | 84.3% |
| South West | 100 | 79.0% |
| East of England | 97 | 86.6% |
| North West | 90 | 86.7% |
| West Midlands | 89 | 84.3% |
| Scotland | 68 | 77.9% |
| Yorkshire | 66 | 86.4% |
| North East | 65 | 84.6% |
| Wales | 60 | 71.7% |
| East Midlands | 47 | 80.9% |
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 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 2021 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 wipers and washers 5.9% 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 lights 3.3% 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 windscreen 2.5% 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 2021 Spacetourer through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £21–£54 — and 64% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £21–£54
- 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
- 64%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 827 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 2021 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 2021 people carriers with a similar record
- Peugeot Traveller 85.6%
- Ford Tourneo Custom 85.7%
- Volkswagen Caravelle 86.7%
- Ford Tourneo Connect 87.4%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 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 903 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 | 252 | 27.80% | 20.89% | +6.91 |
| Tyres | 236 | 26.00% | 19.76% | +6.24 |
| Visibility | 142 | 15.70% | 4.97% | +10.73 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 107 | 11.80% | 12.21% | −0.41 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 52 | 5.70% | 5.52% | +0.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 52 | 5.70% | 4.18% | +1.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 22 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 18 | 2.00% | 5.57% | −3.57 |
| Suspension | 14 | 1.50% | 20.98% | −19.48 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 8 | 0.90% | 0.82% | +0.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 5.9% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 3.9% | £8–22 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.3% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.5% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.3% | £30–80 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.4% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
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 | 17.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 10.6% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 3.3% | £200–700 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 2.4% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 431 | 86.8% | 18,179 mi |
| 30-60k | 315 | 80.0% | 40,978 mi |
| 60-90k | 69 | 75.4% | 71,649 mi |
| 90-120k | 11 | 63.6% | 97,141 mi |
| 120k+ | 1 | 100.0% | 126,244 mi |
Source: 827 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 Spacetourer MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Citroen Spacetourer?
83.0% of the 827 2021 Citroen Spacetourer tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 79.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Citroen Spacetourer?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (5.93%), wipers blade defective (3.87%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.26%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Citroen Spacetourer MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.8% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Citroen Spacetourer in this dataset had covered 29,273 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Citroen Spacetourer MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.