Citroen C3 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 71.8% of 195,092 MOT tests on the Citroen C3 ended in a pass, 4.7 points below the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 80.6% against 82.0%, ranking 93rd of 148 models.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Citroen C3 MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 23,622 tests | 93.6% | 19,000 · 13k to 25k |
| 310,150 tests | 91.8% | 23,000 · 17k to 33k |
| 414,696 tests | 89.4% | 29,000 · 21k to 39k |
| 514,849 tests | 85.6% | 37,000 · 27k to 47k |
| 611,709 tests | 82.1% | 39,000 · 29k to 53k |
| 711,053 tests | 77.9% | 45,000 · 31k to 61k |
| 813,225 tests | 75.8% | 51,000 · 35k to 67k |
| 914,001 tests | 72.1% | 59,000 · 41k to 77k |
| 1014,421 tests | 68.2% | 67,000 · 49k to 87k |
| 1115,619 tests | 64.7% | 73,000 · 55k to 95k |
| 1218,820 tests | 61.9% | 81,000 · 61k to 103k |
| 1316,144 tests | 60.0% | 85,000 · 63k to 107k |
| 146,594 tests | 60.4% | 79,000 · 59k to 101k |
| 156,339 tests | 60.1% | 77,000 · 57k to 99k |
| 166,264 tests | 60.7% | 77,000 · 57k to 101k |
| 175,654 tests | 59.7% | 79,000 · 59k to 101k |
| 184,875 tests | 58.3% | 79,000 · 59k to 103k |
| 193,918 tests | 57.9% | 81,000 · 61k to 103k |
| 202,737 tests | 56.6% | 85,000 · 65k to 109k |
| 21402 tests | 57.2% | 87,000 · 65k to 113k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Citroen C3. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used C3
The parts that come up most often in Citroen C3 MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Oil leaksLook under the engine and gearbox, and at the ground where the car was parked, for fresh oil.
- LightsWalk round with every light on, and ask someone to press the brake pedal so you can see both brake lights.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
Check a specific C3
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
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Other Citroen models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Citroen models or see every make.
How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.
Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.
Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.