Citroen Berlingo: 58% pass.

163,370 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 58% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 71% would be expected: 13 points worse than that.

How it does as it ages.

01 / By age

Source: Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency) Checked 4 Nov 2026, 13:37

Diesel
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	73%	88%	9%	18%	3,127
4 years	73%	86%	9%	18%	9,311
5 years	73%	84%	8%	19%	11,280
6 years	64%	82%	11%	25%	12,155
7 years	58%	79%	13%	29%	11,669
8 years	58%	76%	13%	30%	12,502
9 years	56%	73%	12%	32%	14,424
10 years	54%	70%	11%	35%	14,162
11 years	52%	67%	11%	36%	12,679
12 years	53%	64%	11%	37%	10,126
13 years	51%	62%	11%	38%	8,374
14 years	51%	60%	10%	39%	6,694
15 years	49%	58%	10%	40%	6,482
16 years	50%	57%	10%	40%	4,928
17 years	52%	57%	9%	40%	3,615
18 years	52%	57%	8%	39%	3,444
19 years	53%	57%	8%	39%	2,783
20 years	50%	57%	9%	41%	2,262

Electric
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
5 years	61%	84%	11%	29%	38
6 years	77%	82%	10%	13%	60
7 years	62%	79%	8%	31%	39

LPG
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
15 years	72%	58%	8%	19%	36

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	77%	88%	10%	13%	86
4 years	85%	86%	6%	8%	95
5 years	84%	84%	5%	11%	651
6 years	80%	82%	7%	14%	626
7 years	69%	79%	13%	18%	326
8 years	68%	76%	11%	22%	142
9 years	63%	73%	7%	30%	90
10 years	74%	70%	8%	18%	50
11 years	56%	67%	8%	36%	39
12 years	59%	64%	17%	24%	59
13 years	55%	62%	13%	33%	80
14 years	61%	60%	12%	27%	177
15 years	54%	58%	11%	35%	560
16 years	51%	57%	9%	39%	1,053
17 years	55%	57%	9%	35%	918
18 years	56%	57%	9%	35%	815
19 years	53%	57%	10%	37%	681
20 years	51%	57%	9%	40%	564

Ages with fewer than 30 tests are left out. "All cars this age" is every make and model at that age, so you can see whether this one does better or worse than most.

A pass rate is the share of normal MOT tests a car passed first time, with no repair needed at the test station. A car that failed and was fixed on the spot is counted separately. Retests, aborted tests and other vehicles are left out.
The figures say how often cars of a kind pass, not how reliable or safe they are. Cars that are looked after better, or that are driven fewer miles, pass more often, and that differs by model. Groups of fewer than 30 tests are left out.
Make and model names are as DVSA records them, and a model can appear under more than one name.

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Data sources

Anonymised MOT tests and results (Driver and Vehicle Standards Agency). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT test results for cars, counted by make, model and age from DVSA's anonymised data. The counts are ours; DVSA does not endorse them.