Citroen C-Crosser MOT reliability

Citroen C-Crossers passed their MOT first time 55% of the time across 1,439 tests in 2025. 1,067 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

55%

MOTs analysed

1,439

Still licensed (GB)

1,067

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

2010 diesel

392 MOTs

Passed first time 60%. Typical mileage 122,528 (most between 100,016 and 143,899).

2011: 100% → 2012: 100% → 2013: 87% → 2014: 87% → 2015: 82% → 2016: 81% → 2017: 77% → 2018: 71% → 2019: 66% → 2020: 65% → 2021: 65% → 2022: 62% → 2023: 59% → 2024: 59% → 2025: 60%

Most common failures

Position lamp: not working (10.5%)
Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play (8.9%)
Ball joint excessively worn (4.3%)
Linkage ball joint dust cover: ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (3.8%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.6%)

Where 2010 C-Crossers fail

Lights & electrics

18.6%

Suspension & axles

15.6%

Brakes

12.5%

Steering

9.4%

Visibility & wipers

6.6%

Wheels & tyres

5.9%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

3.8%

Body, structure & corrosion

2.6%

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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.