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Common Citroen C4 MOT failures

Based on 13 Citroen C4 tests on MOTindex carrying an official DVSA defect code, so every category below is counted from real failures rather than estimated.

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Every category comes from the official MOT Inspection Manual section code DVSA attaches to each defect, not guessed from keywords.

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Where MOT tests find problems: Citroen C4

Axles, wheels, tyres and suspension 6 tests (46.2%)
Visibility 2 tests (15.4%)
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment 2 tests (15.4%)

A test can find problems in more than one category, so the figures above do not sum to 100%. Each percentage is the share of classifiable tests that found at least one defect in that category. Based on 13 classifiable tests for Citroen C4.

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What Citroen C4 failures look like

13 Citroen C4 tests recorded on MOTindex carry the manual reference DVSA attaches to each defect. The most frequent problems were with axles, wheels, tyres and suspension on 6 tests (46.2%), with visibility on 2 tests (15.4%) and with lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment on 2 tests (15.4%). A test can fail on more than one thing, and an MOT can be failed on one defect while another is only advised, so these counts do not add up to the number of tests.

Narrowed down from the categories to the individual defects themselves, three come up on more than one test:

  • Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge

    MOT inspection manual reference 5.2.3, in axles, wheels, tyres and suspension

    Recorded on 5 of the 13 tests: one failure and 4 advisories or minors.

  • Headlamp aim too high both

    MOT inspection manual reference 4.1.2, in lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

    Recorded on 2 of the 13 tests: one failure and one advisory or minor.

  • Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view

    MOT inspection manual reference 3.2, in visibility

    Recorded on 2 of the 13 tests: all of them advisories or minors, so none of them failed a test on its own.

Where there is enough data to compare: Citroen C4 Grand Picasso (11 tests), every Citroen model (24 tests).

Clauses are read from the manual reference at the end of every defect on the cached test records, and a defect shown here has to appear on at least two of them before it is named. The site-wide breakdown explains how that works and compares every make.