Skoda Citigo MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Skoda Citigo in Great Britain in 2025 — 52,097 tests. Figures cover every Citigo first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Citigo ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
78.0%
5.7 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
52,097
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
4.3%
of Citigo first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
51,250
middle half: 36,250–68,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Skoda Citigo cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 52,073 Skoda Citigo cars that were taxed or on SORN: 51,410 taxed and 663 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Skoda Citigo vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
51,410
98.7% of the 52,073 Citigo cars taxed or on SORN; 26 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
663
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.3% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Citigo cars peaked at 52,729 at the end of 2019 and has since fallen by 1,319 (2.5%) to 51,410 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 97 at the end of 2014 to 663 at the end of 2025, up 583.5%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Citigo cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

020k40k60k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Citigo cars, year 2014: 21kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2015: 29kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2016: 36kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2017: 43kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2018: 48kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2019: 53kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2020: 52kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2021: 53kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2022: 52kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2023: 52kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2024: 52kTaxed Citigo cars, year 2025: 51k51k
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YearTaxed Citigo cars
201420,715
201528,625
201636,437
201742,789
201848,138
201952,729
202052,116
202152,588
202252,424
202352,113
202451,694
202551,410

Citigo cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

02004006008002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Citigo cars on SORN, year 2014: 97Citigo cars on SORN, year 2015: 160Citigo cars on SORN, year 2016: 93Citigo cars on SORN, year 2017: 175Citigo cars on SORN, year 2018: 205Citigo cars on SORN, year 2019: 248Citigo cars on SORN, year 2020: 419Citigo cars on SORN, year 2021: 339Citigo cars on SORN, year 2022: 316Citigo cars on SORN, year 2023: 402Citigo cars on SORN, year 2024: 494Citigo cars on SORN, year 2025: 663663
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YearCitigo cars on SORN
201497
2015160
201693
2017175
2018205
2019248
2020419
2021339
2022316
2023402
2024494
2025663

Which model years survive

Taxed Citigo cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 51,410 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Citigo cars
20194,4618.7%
20185,26810.2%
20176,17312.0%
20167,70415.0%
20157,98415.5%
20149,06217.6%
20136,82413.3%
20123,6237.0%
All other build years (three years, each under 1%)3110.6%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name CITIGO under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Citigo ages

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

Skoda CitigoAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Skoda Citigo, vehicle age 6: 88.2%Skoda Citigo, vehicle age 7: 83.2%Skoda Citigo, vehicle age 8: 80.1%Skoda Citigo, vehicle age 9: 73.8%Skoda Citigo, vehicle age 10: 77.2%Skoda Citigo, vehicle age 11: 75.2%Skoda Citigo, vehicle age 12: 75.6%Skoda Citigo, vehicle age 13: 75.1%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%Skoda Citigo 75.1%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Citigo testsCitigo pass rateAll cars
64,52388.2%83.5%
75,34383.2%80.9%
86,28880.1%78.2%
97,83173.8%74.9%
108,03477.2%71.9%
119,12775.2%68.6%
126,91275.6%65.8%
133,70575.1%63.5%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Citigo aheadCitigo behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 6: +4.7 points vs the average carAge 7: +2.3 points vs the average car7Age 8: +1.9 points vs the average carAge 9: -1.1 points vs the average car9Age 10: +5.3 points vs the average carAge 11: +6.6 points vs the average car11Age 12: +9.8 points vs the average carAge 13: +11.6 points vs the average car13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
6+4.7
7+2.3
8+1.9
9-1.1
10+5.3
11+6.6
12+9.8
13+11.6

The Citigo fleet on the road, by age

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

02k5k7k10kAge 6: 4k6Age 7: 5kAge 8: 6k8Age 9: 7kAge 10: 8k10Age 11: 9kAge 12: 6k12Age 13: 3k13Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
64,523
75,343
86,288
97,831
108,034
119,127
126,912
133,705

What a Citigo fails on

Where the failure items land when a Citigo 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 equipment24.7%
Brakes19.9%
Suspension13.5%
Tyres12.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks11.7%
Visibility9.5%
Body, chassis, structure5.9%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems1.0%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.8% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Tyres: 44.1% of advisories44.1%Brakes: 26.6% of advisories26.6%Suspension: 15.8% of advisories15.8%Non-component advisories: 7.0% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 2.1% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.4% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structureIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres44.1%
Brakes26.6%
Suspension15.8%
Non-component advisories7.0%
Body, chassis, structure2.1%
Identification of the vehicle1.4%

What mileage is normal for a Citigo?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Citigo; 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 Citigo (median)
0k25k50k75k100k68101213Vehicle age (years)Age 6: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–41,250)Age 7: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 21,250–48,750)Age 8: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 26,250–56,250)Age 9: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–63,750)Age 10: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 36,250–68,750)Age 11: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 43,750–81,250)Age 12: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 43,750–83,750)Age 13: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 46,250–91,250)66k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
618,75028,75041,250
721,25033,75048,750
826,25041,25056,250
933,75046,25063,750
1036,25051,25068,750
1143,75061,25081,250
1243,75063,75083,750
1346,25066,25091,250

What fails at each age

The Citigo'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.

BrakesSuspensionLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentTyresNoise, emissions and leaksEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
6-9 yrsBrakes21.4%
6-9 yrsSuspension17.2%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment17.1%
6-9 yrsTyres16.9%
6-9 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks12.7%
6-9 yrsEverything else14.7%
10-13 yrsBrakes25.6%
10-13 yrsSuspension15.8%
10-13 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks14.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.4%
10-13 yrsTyres13.4%
10-13 yrsEverything else17.0%

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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. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “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.