Pass rate
71.4%
Below average — 1.9 pts behind the 73.3% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 84 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £62–£161
2001 Citroen Xantia MOT pass rate
- 2001
- typical 113,450 mi
Only 84 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Suspension
18.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2000 72.1% pass
- Avoid 2001 71.4% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 63.6%
- Typical mileage
- 113k mi
The 2001 Citroen Xantia MOT pass rate is 71.4% of its MOT tests — 1.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 18.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Citroen Xantia does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.0× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 11.1% of everything recorded on the 2001 Citroen Xantia, against 5.5% nationally — 5.6 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 18.3%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 21% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
- Based on a small sample. 84 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2001 Citroen Xantia compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.3%, so this figure is 1.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 63.6%. The median 2001 Citroen Xantia in this dataset had covered 113,450 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 60% of tests, with a 78.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 77.4% of the time, April–September 67.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rigid brake pipes inadequately clipped or supported", noted on 4.76% of tests.
- 84 recorded tests behind this page.
- 71.4% overall pass rate, 63.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Citroen Xantia, the average is 72.0% — best year 2000 (72.1%), worst 2001 (71.4%).
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
- 84
- Typical mileage (median)
- 113,450 mi
- Make and model
- Citroen Xantia
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pipe
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Xantia MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (60% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Xantia
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 29 | 65.5% |
| South West | 17 | 64.7% |
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 2001 Xantia
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 2001 Xantia
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 brake pipes 4.8% of tests
“rigid brake pipes inadequately clipped or supported”
Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.
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Check the lights 4.8% of tests
“srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault”
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 steering 4.8% of tests
“steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt”
With the wheels straight, rock the steering wheel gently with the engine off — more than about an inch of free play before the wheels move is worth investigating. Split rack gaiters are cheap to replace and commonly recorded.
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 2001 Xantia through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £62–£161 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £62–£161
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 40%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 84 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 Xantia, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2000 to 2001. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.4% to 72.1% — a spread of 0.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 72.1% component mounting prescribed…
- 2001 71.4%rigid brake pipes inadequately…
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 2001 Citroen Xantia 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 2001 cars with a similar record
- Skoda Fabia 71.5%
- Vauxhall Zafira 71.5%
- Rover 75 71.5%
- Jaguar X-Type 71.5%
- Toyota Hilux 71.3%
- Volvo V70 71.6%
Closest pass rates among 2001 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 2001 Citroen Xantia 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 244 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 46 | 18.30% | 20.98% | −2.68 |
| Tyres | 41 | 16.30% | 19.76% | −3.46 |
| Brakes | 39 | 15.50% | 20.89% | −5.39 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 28 | 11.10% | 12.21% | −1.11 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 28 | 11.10% | 5.52% | +5.58 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 23 | 9.10% | 5.57% | +3.53 |
| Steering | 14 | 5.60% | 2.57% | +3.03 |
| Visibility | 10 | 4.00% | 4.97% | −0.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 9 | 3.60% | 1.76% | +1.84 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 2.40% | 4.18% | −1.78 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes inadequately clipped or supported Brakes | Minor | 4.8% | £80–180 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 4.8% | £3–12 |
| Steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Steering | Major | 4.8% | £120–300 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.6% | £40–150 |
| Service brake performance efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.6% | £60–150 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £180–450 |
| Door condition cannot be opened from outside the vehicle Body, chassis, structure | Major | 2.4% | £80–250 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.4% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 21.4% | £200–700 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 20.2% | £45–95 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 16.7% | £45–120 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.7% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 13.1% | £40–150 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 10.7% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 3 | 100.0% | 52,856 mi |
| 60-90k | 15 | 66.7% | 76,734 mi |
| 90-120k | 31 | 61.3% | 107,304 mi |
| 120k+ | 35 | 80.0% | 163,874 mi |
Source: 84 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.
2001 Xantia MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2001 Citroen Xantia?
71.4% of the 84 2001 Citroen Xantia tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.3% for cars first used in 2001. First-attempt pass rate: 63.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2001 Citroen Xantia?
The three most recorded items are rigid brake pipes inadequately clipped or supported (4.76%), srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault (4.76%), steering rack gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.76%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2001 Citroen Xantia MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 80.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2001 Citroen Xantia in this dataset had covered 113,450 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2001 Citroen Xantia?
Diesel: 78.0% pass rate across 50 tests. Petrol: 61.8% pass rate across 34 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2001 Citroen Xantia MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 77.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 67.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.