2014 Citroen C1: MOT pass rate and common faults
Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 72.3% to 73.8% (±0.8 points).
That is 4.5 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2014 (68.6%). These cars were about 11 years old at the test.
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Failure areas compared with all 2014 vehicles
Compared with all vehicles first used in 2014, failures are more common in brakes (1.3×) and noise, emissions, leaks (1.1×), and less common in lights and electrics (0.9×), suspension (0.5×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.9×) and body, chassis, structure (0.8×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Lights and electrics10.0 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 11.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Brakes8.5 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 6.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Tyres6.7 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 7.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Suspension4.9 in 100 tests0.5× compared with 10.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors3.9 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 4.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Noise, emissions, leaks3.6 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Body, chassis, structure2.4 in 100 tests0.8× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
All vehicles first used in 2014: the 215 models in our data, 2,266,322 tests (97.3% of all 2,330,102 tests on vehicles first used in 2014). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.
After an MOT advisory
Tyres
Of 2014 Citroen C1 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 9.3% failed on tyres, against 4.9% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,921 and 5,721 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 8.1% of those with a tyre advisory and 8.1% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2014 Citroen C1 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 11.5% failed on brakes, against 6.0% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,685 and 5,958 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.3% of those with a brake advisory and 7.8% of the others.
Suspension
Of 2014 Citroen C1 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 7.4% failed on suspension, against 3.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,326 and 6,287 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.3% of those with a suspension advisory and 7.9% of the others.
Similar cars are the same model, first-use year and mileage band. Areas are the DVSA's top-level groups, so the later fail may not be the fault that was advised. These figures describe what happened to these cars. They don't show what a repair would have changed.
Citroen C1, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2014 Citroen C1
Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.
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