Citroen Dispatch MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Citroen Dispatch in Great Britain in 2025 — 47,260 tests. Figures cover every Dispatch first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Dispatch is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Dispatch ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
60.2%
12.1 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
47,260
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.0%
of Dispatch first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
106,250
middle half: 78,750–138,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Dispatch ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Dispatch vs all cars, 2025.

Citroen DispatchAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 3: 69.8%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 4: 69.8%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 5: 75.3%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 6: 70.1%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 7: 69.5%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 8: 67.3%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 9: 52.6%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 10: 50.6%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 11: 50.7%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 12: 53.2%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 13: 51.3%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 14: 50.6%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 15: 51%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 16: 49.9%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 17: 50.3%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 18: 52.2%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 19: 48.9%Citroen Dispatch, vehicle age 20: 48.5%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%Citroen Dispatch 48.5%
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Age (years)Dispatch testsDispatch pass rateAll cars
33,97269.8%88.5%
43,05369.8%87.2%
52,92475.3%86.0%
64,08070.1%83.5%
74,22069.5%80.9%
84,25067.3%78.2%
93,54752.6%74.9%
103,96250.6%71.9%
113,14550.7%68.6%
122,34553.2%65.8%
131,63351.3%63.5%
141,73450.6%61.2%
151,79051.0%59.3%
161,32949.9%58.3%
171,53650.3%57.2%
181,29452.2%57.4%
1974448.9%57.0%
2055148.5%57.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Dispatch's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Dispatch beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Dispatch behind
-24-12+0+12+24Age 3: -18.7 points vs the average car3Age 4: -17.4 points vs the average carAge 5: -10.7 points vs the average car5Age 6: -13.4 points vs the average carAge 7: -11.4 points vs the average car7Age 8: -10.9 points vs the average carAge 9: -22.3 points vs the average car9Age 10: -21.3 points vs the average carAge 11: -17.9 points vs the average car11Age 12: -12.6 points vs the average carAge 13: -12.2 points vs the average car13Age 14: -10.6 points vs the average carAge 15: -8.3 points vs the average car15Age 16: -8.4 points vs the average carAge 17: -6.9 points vs the average car17Age 18: -5.2 points vs the average carAge 19: -8.1 points vs the average car19Age 20: -9.1 points vs the average car20Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-18.7
4-17.4
5-10.7
6-13.4
7-11.4
8-10.9
9-22.3
10-21.3
11-17.9
12-12.6
13-12.2
14-10.6
15-8.3
16-8.4
17-6.9
18-5.2
19-8.1
20-9.1

The Dispatch fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Dispatch fleet still in use.

01k2k3k5kAge 3: 3k3Age 4: 3kAge 5: 2k5Age 6: 4kAge 7: 4k7Age 8: 4kAge 9: 3k9Age 10: 3kAge 11: 3k11Age 12: 2kAge 13: 1k13Age 14: 1kAge 15: 1k15Age 16: 1kAge 17: 1k17Age 18: 1kAge 19: 74419Age 20: 55120Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
33,972
43,053
52,924
64,080
74,220
84,250
93,547
103,962
113,145
122,345
131,633
141,734
151,790
161,329
171,536
181,294
19744
20551

What a Dispatch fails on

Where the failure items land when a Dispatch fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment34.6%
Body, chassis, structure15.2%
Suspension13.2%
Brakes13.2%
Visibility8.5%
Tyres7.2%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.2%
Steering2.0%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.2% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Dispatch, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 28.6% of advisories28.6%Tyres: 25.7% of advisories25.7%Suspension: 15.0% of advisories15.0%Noise, emissions and leaks: 11.6% of advisories11.6%Body, chassis, structure: 6.2% of advisoriesNon-component advisories: 4.5% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureNon-component advisories
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes28.6%
Tyres25.7%
Suspension15.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks11.6%
Body, chassis, structure6.2%
Non-component advisories4.5%

What mileage is normal for a Dispatch?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Dispatch; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Dispatch (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k200k35791113151719Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 28,750–61,250)Age 4: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 38,750–73,750)Age 5: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 48,750–86,250)Age 6: typical 76,250 miles (middle half 56,250–101,250)Age 7: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 61,250–108,750)Age 8: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 68,750–118,750)Age 9: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 73,750–126,250)Age 10: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 78,750–138,750)Age 11: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 86,250–143,750)Age 12: typical 116,250 miles (middle half 86,250–148,750)Age 13: typical 123,750 miles (middle half 93,750–158,750)Age 14: typical 131,250 miles (middle half 101,250–166,250)Age 15: typical 138,750 miles (middle half 103,750–173,750)Age 16: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 101,250–166,250)Age 17: typical 138,750 miles (middle half 108,750–176,250)Age 18: typical 143,750 miles (middle half 111,250–178,750)Age 19: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 98,750–161,250)128k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
328,75043,75061,250
438,75056,25073,750
548,75068,75086,250
656,25076,250101,250
761,25081,250108,750
868,75093,750118,750
973,75098,750126,250
1078,750106,250138,750
1186,250111,250143,750
1286,250116,250148,750
1393,750123,750158,750
14101,250131,250166,250
15103,750138,750173,750
16101,250133,750166,250
17108,750138,750176,250
18111,250143,750178,750
1998,750128,750161,250

What fails at each age

The Dispatch's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBrakesVisibilityTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.6%
3-5 yrsBrakes23.3%
3-5 yrsVisibility19.4%
3-5 yrsTyres14.3%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else7.9%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes16.9%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure16.0%
6-9 yrsSuspension11.8%
6-9 yrsTyres10.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else15.3%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment31.6%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure21.4%
10-13 yrsSuspension13.0%
10-13 yrsBrakes12.6%
10-13 yrsTyres6.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else14.7%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.9%
14+ yrsSuspension23.1%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure18.1%
14+ yrsBrakes13.7%
14+ yrsVisibility5.9%
14+ yrsEverything else15.3%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.