Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Citroen Xsara
Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded on the Citroen Xsara is recorded on 15,234 tests — 14.3% of all its MOT tests, against 4.6% across every car in the data. That is 3.1× the national share.
Is this unusual for this model?
| Compared with | What it says |
|---|---|
| Every car in the data | 4.6% of tests record it — this model is 3.1× that share |
| The 318 models compared | 42 of 318, 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, 8.4% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2010, 2.9%. The share has fallen 5.5 points over that time. Worst year 2004 at 10.1%; best 2010 at 2.9%.
| Year | Failures recorded | Tests | Share of tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2001 | 576 | 6,822 | 8.4% |
| 2002 | 954 | 16,248 | 5.9% |
| 2003 | 1,595 | 22,842 | 7.0% |
| 2004 | 2,293 | 22,770 | 10.1% |
| 2005 | 2,268 | 38,958 | 5.8% |
| 2006 | 3,444 | 41,190 | 8.4% |
| 2007 | 2,138 | 58,371 | 3.7% |
| 2008 | 868 | 21,672 | 4.0% |
| 2009 | 659 | 18,052 | 3.6% |
| 2010 | 271 | 9,278 | 2.9% |
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 £80–£180 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
- Rigid brake pipes 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 →