Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded on the Citroen Xsara
Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded on the Citroen Xsara is recorded on 5,392 tests — 5.1% of all its MOT tests, against 1.1% across every car in the data. That is 4.6× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 1.1% of tests record it — this model is 4.6× that share |
| The 236 models compared | 22 of 236, highest first |
| The model's own record | 106,340 tests · every year of the Xsara → |
A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Citroen Xsara tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.
Year by year
In 2001, 2.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2010, 1.1%. The share has fallen 1.6 points over that time. Worst year 2003 at 3.6%; best 2010 at 1.1%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 183 | 6,822 | 2.7% |
| 2002 | 345 | 10,832 | 3.2% |
| 2003 | 554 | 15,228 | 3.6% |
| 2004 | 752 | 22,770 | 3.3% |
| 2005 | 811 | 38,958 | 2.1% |
| 2006 | 838 | 61,785 | 1.4% |
| 2007 | 736 | 58,371 | 1.3% |
| 2008 | 694 | 21,672 | 3.2% |
| 2009 | 340 | 18,052 | 1.9% |
| 2010 | 103 | 9,278 | 1.1% |
Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.
What it costs
A typical UK repair for this item is £180–£450 fitted. It is a job for a garage, not a driveway. What the part is, and what to buy →
Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.
Where this sits
- Component mounting: prescribed area excessively corroded: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
- Citroen Xsara MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
- Every Citroen model →