Citroen C4: 58% pass.

116,801 tests of cars aged 3 and over passed first time 58% of the time in 2025. For cars of the same ages, 68% would be expected: 10 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
5 years	79%	84%	4%	17%	1,118
6 years	74%	82%	5%	21%	2,277
7 years	68%	79%	7%	25%	862
8 years	65%	76%	7%	28%	5,551
9 years	62%	73%	7%	31%	19,811
10 years	58%	70%	7%	35%	19,603
11 years	56%	67%	6%	38%	14,378
12 years	53%	64%	8%	39%	8,525
13 years	54%	62%	8%	38%	5,509
14 years	50%	60%	9%	41%	4,745
15 years	47%	58%	11%	42%	4,026
16 years	46%	57%	10%	43%	2,704
17 years	48%	57%	10%	42%	2,589
18 years	49%	57%	11%	39%	901
19 years	50%	57%	8%	41%	274
20 years	62%	57%	6%	31%	93

Petrol
Age of car	Pass first time	All cars this age	Fixed at the station	Failed	Tests
3 years	82%	88%	1%	17%	149
4 years	81%	86%	7%	13%	118
5 years	78%	84%	4%	18%	1,679
6 years	75%	82%	6%	19%	1,671
7 years	73%	79%	6%	21%	318
8 years	66%	76%	7%	27%	1,945
9 years	63%	73%	8%	29%	5,559
10 years	61%	70%	8%	32%	2,799
11 years	58%	67%	7%	34%	853
12 years	59%	64%	7%	34%	919
13 years	57%	62%	9%	34%	859
14 years	54%	60%	8%	37%	533
15 years	50%	58%	9%	41%	708
16 years	51%	57%	10%	39%	1,393
17 years	48%	57%	11%	41%	2,144
18 years	49%	57%	10%	40%	1,341
19 years	52%	57%	10%	38%	642
20 years	54%	57%	11%	35%	205

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.