Citroen Grand C4 Picasso MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Citroen Grand C4 Picasso in Great Britain in 2025 — 21,811 tests. Figures cover every Grand C4 Picasso first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Grand C4 Picasso ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
65.9%
6.4 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
21,811
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.6%
of Grand C4 Picasso first tests; national 7.3%

How the Grand C4 Picasso ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Grand C4 Picasso vs all cars, 2025.

Citroen Grand C4 PicassoAll cars
40%50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 3: 83.2%Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 4: 83.4%Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 5: 84.6%Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 7: 69.1%Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 8: 64.7%Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 9: 62.2%Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 13: 50.7%Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 14: 53.5%Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 15: 47.4%Citroen Grand C4 Picasso, vehicle age 16: 47.5%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 Grand C4 Picasso 47.5%
View this chart as a table
Age (years)Grand C4 Picasso testsGrand C4 Picasso pass rateAll cars
31,01983.2%88.5%
41,00683.4%87.2%
51,60484.6%86.0%
73,19369.1%80.9%
86,96664.7%78.2%
93,45662.2%74.9%
1366150.7%63.5%
1483953.5%61.2%
1589947.4%59.3%
1679547.5%58.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Grand C4 Picasso's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Grand C4 Picasso beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Grand C4 Picasso behind
-14-7+0+7+14Age 3: -5.3 points vs the average car3Age 4: -3.8 points vs the average carAge 5: -1.4 points vs the average car5Age 7: -11.8 points vs the average car7Age 8: -13.5 points vs the average carAge 9: -12.7 points vs the average car9Age 13: -12.8 points vs the average car13Age 14: -7.7 points vs the average carAge 15: -11.9 points vs the average car15Age 16: -10.8 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
View this chart as a table
Age (years)Gap (points)
3-5.3
4-3.8
5-1.4
7-11.8
8-13.5
9-12.7
13-12.8
14-7.7
15-11.9
16-10.8

The Grand C4 Picasso fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Grand C4 Picasso fleet still in use.

01k3k5k7kAge 3: 1k3Age 4: 1kAge 5: 1k5Age 7: 3k7Age 8: 6kAge 9: 3k9Age 13: 66113Age 14: 839Age 15: 89915Age 16: 79516Vehicle age (years)
View this chart as a table
Age (years)First tests
31,019
41,006
51,604
73,193
86,966
93,456
13661
14839
15899
16795

What a Grand C4 Picasso fails on

Where the failure items land when a Grand C4 Picasso 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 equipment28.0%
Suspension16.2%
Tyres14.1%
Brakes13.6%
Body, chassis, structure10.5%
Visibility6.7%
Steering4.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.4% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Grand C4 Picasso, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 33.9% of advisories33.9%Brakes: 28.7% of advisories28.7%Suspension: 16.8% of advisories16.8%Non-component advisories: 8.7% of advisories8.7%Noise, emissions and leaks: 4.8% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 2.0% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structure
View this chart as a table
CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres33.9%
Brakes28.7%
Suspension16.8%
Non-component advisories8.7%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.8%
Body, chassis, structure2.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Grand C4 Picasso?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Grand C4 Picasso fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 63.9% of 18,529 tests63.9%Diesel18,529 testsPetrol: 77.4% of 3,282 tests77.4%Petrol3,282 tests
View this chart as a table
FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel18,52963.9%
Petrol3,28277.4%

What mileage is normal for a Grand C4 Picasso?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Grand C4 Picasso; 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 Grand C4 Picasso (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k3579131516Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 23,750 miles (middle half 16,250–33,750)Age 4: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 21,250–43,750)Age 5: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 26,250–51,250)Age 7: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 48,750–78,750)Age 8: typical 68,750 miles (middle half 53,750–86,250)Age 9: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 58,750–93,750)Age 13: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 83,750–123,750)Age 14: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 86,250–126,250)Age 15: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 88,750–128,750)Age 16: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 91,250–126,250)108k mi

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

View this chart as a table
Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
316,25023,75033,750
421,25031,25043,750
526,25038,75051,250
748,75061,25078,750
853,75068,75086,250
958,75073,75093,750
1383,750103,750123,750
1486,250103,750126,250
1588,750108,750128,750
1691,250108,750126,250

What fails at each age

The Grand C4 Picasso'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.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityBody, chassis, structureSuspensionEverything else
View this chart as a table
Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres33.7%
3-5 yrsBrakes24.3%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.2%
3-5 yrsVisibility10.0%
3-5 yrsBody, chassis, structure4.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else10.3%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment19.3%
6-9 yrsSuspension19.0%
6-9 yrsTyres17.5%
6-9 yrsBrakes15.1%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure11.6%
6-9 yrsEverything else17.5%
10-13 yrsSuspension24.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment24.1%
10-13 yrsBrakes14.2%
10-13 yrsTyres12.1%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure9.3%
10-13 yrsEverything else15.8%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.4%
14+ yrsSuspension17.7%
14+ yrsBrakes14.1%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure12.5%
14+ yrsTyres8.9%
14+ yrsEverything else17.4%

More vehicles we've checked

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.