DS Automobiles DS 5 MOT reliability

DS Automobiles DS 5s passed their MOT first time 71% of the time across 1,302 tests in 2025. 1,187 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

71%

MOTs analysed

1,302

Still licensed (GB)

1,187

Body type

Hatchback

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

2016 diesel

511 MOTs

Passed first time 69%. Typical mileage 72,848 (most between 57,791 and 90,453).

2017: 100% → 2018: 88% → 2019: 82% → 2020: 80% → 2021: 80% → 2022: 79% → 2023: 77% → 2024: 74% → 2025: 69%

Most common failures

Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (9.2%)
Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (3.5%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.1%)
Headlamp aim: projected beam image is obviously incorrect (2.5%)
Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (2.2%)

2016 ed

15 MOTs

These figures come from only 15 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 80%. Typical mileage 81,636 (most between 65,810 and 88,426).

2018: 100% → 2019: 86% → 2020: 83% → 2021: 88% → 2022: 71% → 2023: 80% → 2024: 65% → 2025: 80%

Most common failures

Stop lamp: not working (6.7%)
Ball joint excessively worn (6.7%)
Individual direction indicators: not working (6.7%)

2016 petrol

11 MOTs

These figures come from only 11 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 73%. Typical mileage 75,431 (most between 56,245 and 85,488).

2018: 100% → 2019: 83% → 2020: 75% → 2021: 83% → 2022: 64% → 2023: 53% → 2024: 64% → 2025: 73%

Most common failures

Electronic parking brake: control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated (9.1%)
Brake pads: incorrectly mounted (9.1%)
Catalyst emissions: carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (9.1%)
Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side (9.1%)
Rbt (sp): efficiency less than 50% of the required value (9.1%)

Where 2016 DS 5s fail

Lights & electrics

10.4%

Body, structure & corrosion

10.0%

Wheels & tyres

9.4%

Suspension & axles

6.1%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

4.7%

Brakes

4.1%

Visibility & wipers

2.9%

Steering

2.5%

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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.