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2014 Citroen DS3: MOT pass rate and common faults

17,321 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2014 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

52.7%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 52.0% to 53.5% (±0.8 points).

That is 15.9 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 (1.7×), suspension (1.7×), body, chassis, structure (4.9×), tyres (1.2×), brakes (1.1×), steering (2.6×), windscreen, wipers, mirrors (1.4×) and noise, emissions, leaks (1.8×). 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 2014.

  1. Lights and electrics19.5 in 100 tests1.7× compared with 11.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  2. Suspension18.4 in 100 tests1.7× compared with 10.8 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  3. Body, chassis, structure15.1 in 100 tests4.9× compared with 3.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  4. Tyres8.7 in 100 tests1.2× compared with 7.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  5. Brakes7.3 in 100 tests1.1× compared with 6.7 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  6. Steering6.6 in 100 tests2.6× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  7. Windscreen, wipers, mirrors5.8 in 100 tests1.4× compared with 4.3 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  8. Noise, emissions, leaks5.8 in 100 tests1.8× compared with 3.2 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2014
  9. Seat belts and airbags1.0 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2014
  10. Wheels0.6 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 –.

Typical mileage at test75,100

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

After an MOT advisory

2014 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 2014.

Tyres

Of 2014 Citroen DS3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a tyre advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 9.9% failed on tyres, against 6.5% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,769 and 5,261 cars.

  • With a tyre advisory9.9%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted6.5%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 11.1% of those with a tyre advisory and 11.3% of the others.

Brakes

Of 2014 Citroen DS3 cars that passed their 2024 MOT with a brake advisory and came back for their next MOT 10–14 months later, 9.5% failed on brakes, against 4.6% of similar cars with nothing noted. Based on 1,774 and 5,253 cars.

  • With a brake advisory9.5%
  • Similar cars, nothing noted4.6%

Cars not tested again in that window are not included: 11.7% of those with a brake advisory and 11.1% of the others.

Not enough 2014 Citroen DS3 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 DS3, all first-use years togetherHow we worked this outAll models compared, with the data

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2014 Citroen DS3

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