Citroen Nemo MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Citroen Nemo in Great Britain in 2025 — 12,373 tests. Figures cover every Nemo first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Nemo is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Nemo ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
56.9%
15.4 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
12,373
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
10.5%
of Nemo first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
98,750
middle half: 71,250–128,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Nemo ages

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

Citroen NemoAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Citroen Nemo, vehicle age 9: 59.5%Citroen Nemo, vehicle age 10: 57.7%Citroen Nemo, vehicle age 11: 58.4%Citroen Nemo, vehicle age 12: 59.3%Citroen Nemo, vehicle age 13: 57.1%Citroen Nemo, vehicle age 14: 57.4%Citroen Nemo, vehicle age 15: 53.9%Citroen Nemo, vehicle age 16: 53.3%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 Nemo 53.3%
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Age (years)Nemo testsNemo pass rateAll cars
998159.5%74.9%
101,59057.7%71.9%
111,42358.4%68.6%
121,23759.3%65.8%
131,24357.1%63.5%
141,02757.4%61.2%
151,99553.9%59.3%
161,88953.3%58.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Nemo behind
-16-8+0+8+16Age 9: -15.4 points vs the average car9Age 10: -14.2 points vs the average carAge 11: -10.2 points vs the average car11Age 12: -6.5 points vs the average carAge 13: -6.4 points vs the average car13Age 14: -3.8 points vs the average carAge 15: -5.4 points vs the average car15Age 16: -5.0 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
9-15.4
10-14.2
11-10.2
12-6.5
13-6.4
14-3.8
15-5.4
16-5.0

The Nemo fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 9: 9819Age 10: 1kAge 11: 1k11Age 12: 1kAge 13: 1k13Age 14: 1kAge 15: 1k15Age 16: 1k16Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
9981
101,590
111,423
121,237
131,243
141,027
151,995
161,889

What a Nemo fails on

Where the failure items land when a Nemo 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%
Suspension27.8%
Tyres10.8%
Visibility8.4%
Brakes7.4%
Body, chassis, structure6.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.7%
Steering3.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.3% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 28.7% of advisories28.7%Suspension: 27.6% of advisories27.6%Brakes: 14.8% of advisories14.8%Noise, emissions and leaks: 10.4% of advisories10.4%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 5.1% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 4.1% of advisories
TyresSuspensionBrakesNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentBody, chassis, structure
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres28.7%
Suspension27.6%
Brakes14.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks10.4%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment5.1%
Body, chassis, structure4.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Nemo?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Nemo 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: 56.9% of 11,552 tests56.9%Diesel11,552 testsPetrol: 56.8% of 798 tests56.8%Petrol798 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel11,55256.9%
Petrol79856.8%

What mileage is normal for a Nemo?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Nemo; 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 Nemo (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k911131516Vehicle age (years)Age 9: typical 91,250 miles (middle half 66,250–118,750)Age 10: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 71,250–128,750)Age 11: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 73,750–126,250)Age 12: typical 101,250 miles (middle half 78,750–128,750)Age 13: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 73,750–123,750)Age 14: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 71,250–118,750)Age 15: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 81,250–146,250)Age 16: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 76,250–138,750)103k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
966,25091,250118,750
1071,25098,750128,750
1173,75098,750126,250
1278,750101,250128,750
1373,75098,750123,750
1471,25093,750118,750
1581,250108,750146,250
1676,250103,750138,750

What fails at each age

The Nemo'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.

SuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresBrakesVisibilityBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsSuspension36.7%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.4%
6-9 yrsTyres14.7%
6-9 yrsBrakes10.8%
6-9 yrsVisibility8.5%
6-9 yrsEverything else11.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension32.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.1%
10-13 yrsTyres12.9%
10-13 yrsBrakes8.3%
10-13 yrsVisibility7.1%
10-13 yrsEverything else16.8%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment27.6%
14+ yrsSuspension27.2%
14+ yrsTyres9.7%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure8.7%
14+ yrsVisibility7.4%
14+ yrsEverything else19.4%

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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.