Pass rate
80.3%
Around average — 5.7 pts behind the 86.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 3,572 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £32–£92
2017 DS DS4 MOT pass rate
- 2017
- typical 52,398 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
26.3% 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 2017 80.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2015 75.7% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 4.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 76.0%
- Typical mileage
- 52k mi
The 2017 DS DS4 MOT pass rate is 80.3% of its MOT tests — 5.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how DS DS4 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.3× the national share
Tyres make up 25.6% of everything recorded on the 2017 DS Ds4, against 19.8% nationally — 5.8 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.3%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 86.0%; this one manages 80.3% — 5.7 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 2017 DS DS4 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 86.0%, so this figure is 5.7 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 76.0%. The median 2017 DS DS4 in this dataset had covered 52,398 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 80% of tests, with a 80.3% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.8% of the time, April–September 80.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 8.40% of tests.
- 3,572 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.3% overall pass rate, 76.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the DS DS4, the average is 78.1% — best year 2017 (80.3%), worst 2015 (75.7%).
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
- 3,572
- Typical mileage (median)
- 52,398 mi
- Make and model
- DS DS4
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
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 DS4 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 63% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (80% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the DS4
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 497 | 82.1% |
| North West | 494 | 81.8% |
| Yorkshire | 380 | 76.1% |
| West Midlands | 368 | 81.5% |
| South West | 361 | 81.4% |
| Scotland | 343 | 75.8% |
| East of England | 314 | 83.4% |
| Wales | 304 | 80.6% |
| North East | 226 | 78.8% |
| East Midlands | 206 | 80.6% |
| London | 79 | 81.0% |
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 2017 DS4
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 2017 DS4
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 8.4% 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 coil springs 4.1% of tests
“coil spring fractured or broken”
Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.
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Check the tyre tread 2.2% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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 2017 DS4 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £32–£92 — and 47% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £32–£92
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 47%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 3,572 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 DS4, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2015 to 2018. Across them the pass rate runs from 75.7% to 80.3% — a spread of 4.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2015 75.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 77.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 80.3%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 80.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
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 2017 DS DS4 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 2017 cars with a similar record
- Isuzu D-Max 80.5%
- SEAT Ibiza 79.7%
- Nissan Micra 79.6%
- Suzuki Baleno 81.0%
- Fiat TIPO 79.5%
- Fiat 500L 79.4%
Closest pass rates among 2017 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 2017 DS DS4 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 4,616 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 | 1,227 | 26.30% | 20.89% | +5.41 |
| Tyres | 1,193 | 25.60% | 19.76% | +5.84 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 608 | 13.00% | 12.21% | +0.79 |
| Suspension | 475 | 10.20% | 20.98% | −10.78 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 337 | 7.20% | 5.57% | +1.63 |
| Non-component advisories | 259 | 5.60% | 4.18% | +1.42 |
| Visibility | 243 | 5.20% | 4.97% | +0.23 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 159 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 71 | 1.50% | 1.76% | −0.26 |
| Road Wheels | 44 | 0.90% | 0.75% | +0.15 |
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 | 8.4% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.2% | £80–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 4.1% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.8% | £80–250 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.6% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.1% | £5–20 |
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 | 18.7% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 15.1% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.1% | £18–45 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.3% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 376 | 90.4% | 22,626 mi |
| 30-60k | 1,911 | 80.9% | 45,741 mi |
| 60-90k | 1,016 | 77.5% | 71,684 mi |
| 90-120k | 223 | 73.5% | 102,245 mi |
| 120k+ | 46 | 71.7% | 135,621 mi |
Source: 3,572 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.
2017 DS4 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2017 DS DS4?
80.3% of the 3,572 2017 DS DS4 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 86.0% for cars first used in 2017. First-attempt pass rate: 76.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2017 DS DS4?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.40%), joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (4.20%), coil spring fractured or broken (4.09%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2017 DS DS4 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 90.4% of the time, falling to 71.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2017 DS DS4 in this dataset had covered 52,398 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2017 DS DS4?
Diesel: 80.3% pass rate across 2,843 tests. Petrol: 80.4% pass rate across 729 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2017 DS DS4 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.