Citroen Sm MOT reliability

Citroen Sms passed their MOT first time 81% of the time across 21 tests in 2025. 98 are still licensed in Great Britain.

These figures come from 21 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

81%

MOTs analysed

21

Still licensed (GB)

98

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

2014 diesel

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 0%. Typical mileage 160,152 (most between 160,152 and 160,152).

2017: 100% → 2018: 0% → 2019: 100% → 2020: 100% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 100% → 2023: 0% → 2024: 0% → 2025: 0%

Most common failures

Track rod end: ball joint has excessive play (100.0%)

2014 petrol

1 MOT

These figures come from only 1 MOT test. 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 100%. Typical mileage 51,293 (most between 51,293 and 51,293).

2023: 100% → 2024: 100% → 2025: 100%

Most common failures

Where 2014 Sms fail

Steering

100.0%

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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.