Mercedes-Benz Citan MOT reliability

Mercedes-Benz Citans passed their MOT first time 44% of the time across 9 tests in 2025. 20,682 are still licensed in Great Britain.

Example photo of a Mercedes-Benz Citan — Photo: Alexander Migl · CC BY-SA 4.0 · Wikimedia Commons

These figures come from only 9 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.

First-time pass rate

44%

MOTs analysed

9

Still licensed (GB)

20,682

Body type

–

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

2013 diesel

4 MOTs

Passed first time 50%. Typical mileage 118,444 (most between 88,355 and 148,720).

2013: 100% → 2014: 60% → 2015: 57% → 2016: 80% → 2017: 91% → 2018: 75% → 2019: 73% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 71% → 2022: 67% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Steering rack: gaiter missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (25.0%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (25.0%)
Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded (25.0%)

Where 2013 Citans fail

Brakes

25.0%

Steering

25.0%

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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.