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2013 Citroen DS3: MOT pass rate and common faults

17,029 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2013 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

52.0%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 51.2% to 52.7% (±0.8 points).

That is 13.8 points below the average for all vehicles first used in 2013 (65.8%). These cars were about 12 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2013 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2013, failures are more common in lights and electrics (1.5×), suspension (1.4×), body, chassis, structure (3.9×), tyres (1.3×), steering (2.5×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.4×) and noise, emissions, leaks (1.7×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2013.

  1. Lights and electrics21.7 in 100 tests1.5× compared with 14.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  2. Suspension17.6 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 12.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  3. Body, chassis, structure14.8 in 100 tests3.9× compared with 3.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  4. Tyres8.9 in 100 tests1.3× compared with 6.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  5. Brakes7.6 in 100 tests1.0× compared with 7.4 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  6. Steering6.8 in 100 tests2.5× compared with 2.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  7. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors6.4 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 4.6 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  8. Noise, emissions, leaks5.9 in 100 tests1.7× compared with 3.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2013
  9. Seat belts and airbags1.0 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2013
  10. Wheels0.7 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2013

All vehicles first used in 2013: the 203 models in our data, 1,963,366 tests (96.9% of all 2,025,441 tests on vehicles first used in 2013). 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 –.

Typical mileage at test81,300

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

After an MOT advisory

2013 Citroen DS3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT first time with an advisory, and what their next MOT found, against similar cars that passed with nothing noted in that area. Only cars first used in 2013.

Tyres

Of 2013 Citroen DS3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 10.9% failed on tyres, against 6.6% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,790 and 4,894 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory10.9%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted6.6%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 12.2% of those with a tyre advisory and 12.6% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2013 Citroen DS3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 11.6% failed on brakes, against 4.6% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,783 and 4,905 cars.

  • With a brake advisory11.6%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted4.6%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 13.4% of those with a brake advisory and 12.2% of the others.

Suspension

Of 2013 Citroen DS3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a suspension advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 19.9% failed on suspension, against 15.8% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,060 and 5,607 cars.

  • With a suspension advisory19.9%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted15.8%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 13.8% of those with a suspension advisory and 12.2% 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 DS3, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

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