Citroen Picasso MOT reliability

Citroen Picassos passed their MOT first time 51% of the time across 43 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 43 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

51%

MOTs analysed

43

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

2009 diesel

8 MOTs

These figures come from only 8 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 75%. Typical mileage 115,791 (most between 107,181 and 120,638).

2011: 100% → 2012: 67% → 2013: 57% → 2014: 52% → 2015: 40% → 2016: 68% → 2017: 47% → 2018: 40% → 2019: 41% → 2020: 47% → 2021: 40% → 2022: 46% → 2023: 33% → 2024: 38% → 2025: 75%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (12.5%)
Chassis condition: or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of a body mounting (12.5%)
Condition: buckle missing (12.5%)
Pedal: anti-slip provision missing (12.5%)
Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (12.5%)

Where 2009 Picassos fail

Body, structure & corrosion

12.5%

Brakes

12.5%

Lights & electrics

12.5%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

12.5%

Seat belts & other equipment

12.5%

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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.