Citroen C15 MOT reliability

Citroen C15s passed their MOT first time 51% of the time across 900 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

51%

MOTs analysed

900

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2003 diesel

18 MOTs

These figures come from only 18 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 56%. Typical mileage 89,790 (most between 70,362 and 122,608).

2005: 77% → 2006: 57% → 2007: 55% → 2008: 51% → 2009: 46% → 2010: 44% → 2011: 41% → 2012: 41% → 2013: 44% → 2014: 42% → 2015: 41% → 2016: 43% → 2017: 47% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 46% → 2020: 45% → 2021: 50% → 2022: 34% → 2023: 65% → 2024: 44% → 2025: 56%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (22.2%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (11.1%)
Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (11.1%)
Ball joint excessively worn (5.6%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (5.6%)

Where 2003 C15s fail

Lights & electrics

38.9%

Body, structure & corrosion

11.1%

Suspension & axles

11.1%

Brakes

5.6%

Steering

5.6%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

5.6%

Visibility & wipers

5.6%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB (CC BY 4.0, adapted).