Citroen C3: 63% pass.

171,086 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 63% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 69% would be expected: 6 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
4 years	94%	86%	6%	0%	33
5 years	74%	84%	8%	18%	261
6 years	71%	82%	5%	24%	769
7 years	70%	79%	7%	22%	1,505
8 years	67%	76%	9%	24%	2,301
9 years	65%	73%	9%	27%	4,890
10 years	62%	70%	8%	29%	6,059
11 years	59%	67%	9%	32%	6,829
12 years	54%	64%	10%	36%	7,591
13 years	53%	62%	9%	38%	8,106
14 years	52%	60%	8%	40%	10,235
15 years	49%	58%	9%	42%	7,676
16 years	47%	57%	8%	44%	1,980
17 years	49%	57%	7%	44%	1,173
18 years	51%	57%	9%	40%	776
19 years	48%	57%	7%	45%	628
20 years	47%	57%	9%	45%	520

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	90%	88%	2%	7%	651
4 years	88%	86%	3%	9%	3,515
5 years	83%	84%	5%	12%	9,611
6 years	79%	82%	6%	15%	13,647
7 years	74%	79%	6%	20%	13,594
8 years	70%	76%	7%	24%	9,215
9 years	67%	73%	8%	25%	6,054
10 years	64%	70%	7%	29%	6,665
11 years	60%	67%	8%	32%	6,486
12 years	59%	64%	9%	32%	5,783
13 years	56%	62%	10%	35%	5,816
14 years	54%	60%	10%	36%	6,048
15 years	53%	58%	10%	38%	5,008
16 years	52%	57%	8%	40%	2,764
17 years	52%	57%	8%	40%	3,068
18 years	53%	57%	10%	37%	3,179
19 years	52%	57%	8%	40%	2,707
20 years	52%	57%	9%	39%	2,196

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.