2014 Citroen C3: 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 60.6% to 62.3% (±0.9 points).
That is 7.1 points below 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 lights and electrics (1.5×), body, chassis, structure (2.8×), noise, emissions, leaks (1.8×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.2×) and steering (1.5×), and less common in brakes (0.9×). Other differences are within the margin of error.
- Lights and electrics17.5 in 100 tests1.5× compared with 11.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Suspension11.1 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 10.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Body, chassis, structure8.7 in 100 tests2.8× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Tyres7.1 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 7.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Brakes6.2 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 6.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Noise, emissions, leaks5.7 in 100 tests1.8× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Windscreen, wipers, mirrors5.3 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 4.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Steering3.7 in 100 tests1.5× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Seat belts and airbags0.6 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2014
- Wheels0.4 in 100 tests– no reliable figure 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 C3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 8.6% failed on tyres, against 4.8% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,677 and 5,156 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 7.9% of those with a tyre advisory and 8.9% of the others.
Brakes
Of 2014 Citroen C3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 9.1% failed on brakes, against 3.7% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,386 and 5,449 cars.
Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 9.0% of those with a brake advisory and 8.6% of the others.
Not enough 2014 Citroen C3 cars with a suspension advisory to show a figure for this year alone.
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 C3, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the dataWhat MOT data can't tell you about any 2014 Citroen C3
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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