15+-Year Citroen C3 Recorded MOT Outcomes

50.1%
historical failure rate from 92,796 tests in this age band
23.2 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.

Recorded Component-Category Rates

These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics15.2%
Suspension11.9%
Body & Chassis5.8%
Brakes5.8%
Visibility5.3%
Tyres4.5%
Steering1.1%

A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.

Other Recorded Age Bands

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 8.2% 60,664 Lamps & Electrics
3-5 years 14.4% 241,530 Lamps & Electrics
6-10 years 31.4% 307,531 Lamps & Electrics
11-15 years 45.6% 249,779 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 50.1% 92,796 Lamps & Electrics

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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