Citroen Relay MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Citroen Relay in Great Britain in 2025 — 15,028 tests. Figures cover every Relay first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. The Relay is a van, tested in the car MOT class (class 4) to the same standard. How the Relay ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
64.8%
7.5 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
15,028
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
7.5%
of Relay first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
96,250
middle half: 63,750–131,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How the Relay ages

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

Citroen RelayAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Citroen Relay, vehicle age 4: 78.5%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 6: 80.3%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 7: 72.2%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 8: 69.2%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 9: 69.3%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 10: 65%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 11: 63.2%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 12: 61.8%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 13: 64.3%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 14: 58.9%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 15: 63.8%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 16: 55.4%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 17: 57.8%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 18: 52.1%Citroen Relay, vehicle age 19: 55.4%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 Relay 55.4%
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Age (years)Relay testsRelay pass rateAll cars
460878.5%87.2%
668580.3%83.5%
775372.2%80.9%
81,15169.2%78.2%
91,39569.3%74.9%
101,39865.0%71.9%
111,10363.2%68.6%
1278061.8%65.8%
1369164.3%63.5%
1464958.9%61.2%
1572363.8%59.3%
1653655.4%58.3%
1779957.8%57.2%
1884152.1%57.4%
1967155.4%57.0%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Relay aheadRelay behind
-10-5+0+5+10Age 4: -8.7 points vs the average carAge 6: -3.2 points vs the average carAge 7: -8.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: -9.0 points vs the average carAge 9: -5.6 points vs the average car9Age 10: -6.9 points vs the average carAge 11: -5.4 points vs the average car11Age 12: -4.0 points vs the average carAge 13: +0.8 points vs the average car13Age 14: -2.3 points vs the average carAge 15: +4.5 points vs the average car15Age 16: -2.9 points vs the average carAge 17: +0.6 points vs the average car17Age 18: -5.3 points vs the average carAge 19: -1.6 points vs the average car19Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
4-8.7
6-3.2
7-8.7
8-9.0
9-5.6
10-6.9
11-5.4
12-4.0
13+0.8
14-2.3
15+4.5
16-2.9
17+0.6
18-5.3
19-1.6

The Relay fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 4: 6084Age 6: 6856Age 7: 753Age 8: 1k8Age 9: 1kAge 10: 1k10Age 11: 1kAge 12: 78012Age 13: 691Age 14: 64914Age 15: 723Age 16: 53616Age 17: 799Age 18: 84118Age 19: 67119Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
4608
6685
7753
81,151
91,395
101,398
111,103
12780
13691
14649
15723
16536
17799
18841
19671

What a Relay fails on

Where the failure items land when a Relay 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 equipment26.1%
Suspension21.0%
Brakes20.6%
Body, chassis, structure10.9%
Visibility7.1%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.5%
Tyres4.2%
Steering2.6%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.1% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Suspension: 27.9% of advisories27.9%Brakes: 23.6% of advisories23.6%Tyres: 17.8% of advisories17.8%Noise, emissions and leaks: 9.0% of advisories9.0%Body, chassis, structure: 7.1% of advisories7.1%Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 4.8% of advisories
SuspensionBrakesTyresNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Suspension27.9%
Brakes23.6%
Tyres17.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks9.0%
Body, chassis, structure7.1%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment4.8%

What mileage is normal for a Relay?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Relay; 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 Relay (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k468101214161819Vehicle age (years)Age 4: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 16,250–58,750)Age 6: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 23,750–83,750)Age 7: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 28,750–96,250)Age 8: typical 83,750 miles (middle half 53,750–116,250)Age 9: typical 86,250 miles (middle half 56,250–118,750)Age 10: typical 96,250 miles (middle half 63,750–131,250)Age 11: typical 103,750 miles (middle half 71,250–138,750)Age 12: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 73,750–138,750)Age 13: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 76,250–143,750)Age 14: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 81,250–156,250)Age 15: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 86,250–153,750)Age 16: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 78,750–161,250)Age 17: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 88,750–161,250)Age 18: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 91,250–153,750)Age 19: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 81,250–141,250)108k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
416,25033,75058,750
623,75048,75083,750
728,75058,75096,250
853,75083,750116,250
956,25086,250118,750
1063,75096,250131,250
1171,250103,750138,750
1273,750106,250138,750
1376,250108,750143,750
1481,250121,250156,250
1586,250121,250153,750
1678,750118,750161,250
1788,750121,250161,250
1891,250121,250153,750
1981,250108,750141,250

What fails at each age

The Relay'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.

BrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityTyresSuspensionNoise, emissions and leaksBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsBrakes25.1%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.5%
3-5 yrsVisibility15.4%
3-5 yrsTyres11.1%
3-5 yrsSuspension7.6%
3-5 yrsEverything else18.3%
6-9 yrsBrakes32.6%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment18.7%
6-9 yrsSuspension14.2%
6-9 yrsVisibility9.1%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks6.9%
6-9 yrsEverything else18.5%
10-13 yrsBrakes24.7%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.6%
10-13 yrsSuspension22.3%
10-13 yrsTyres5.8%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else18.0%
14+ yrsSuspension25.6%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.1%
14+ yrsBrakes18.5%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure16.4%
14+ yrsVisibility5.4%
14+ yrsEverything else11.0%

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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.