3,157 tests in 2025
Citroen Spacetourer reliability and MOT pass rate
80.4% passed first time. The 19.6% fail rate is 3.0 points better than the all-car average, on a median example 6 years old with 52,552 miles.
Pass rate
80.4%
22.6% of all cars failed; 19.6% of these did.
Fixed on the day
5.4%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
52,552 mi
6 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 962 | 21.2% |
| 6-9 years | 2,132 | 19.4% |
| 10-13 years | 1 | — |
| 14+ years | 1 | — |
What the Spacetourer fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Tyres159 dangerous27.5%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment1 dangerous25.1%
- Brakes113 dangerous24.1%
- Visibility1 dangerous23%
- Body, chassis, structure4 dangerous19.6%
- Suspension4 dangerous11.3%
- Noise, emissions and leaks10.5%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems5.8%
Is the Spacetourer getting worse?
The fail rate rose 4.5 points to 19.9% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (3.2 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 2,323 | 4 | 15.4% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 2,576 | 5 | 16.9% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 2,372 | 6 | 17.1% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 2,883 | 6 | 19.9% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Spacetourer at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Spacetourer in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively101 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick79 tests
- 3Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt76 tests
- 4Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm59 tests
- 5Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction46 tests
- 6Condition: has ply or cords exposed44 tests
- 7Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords43 tests
- 8Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps38 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Spacetourer collects 2.32 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm520 tests
- 2Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened361 tests
- 3Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick330 tests
- 4Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure214 tests
- 5Engine oil leaks: leaking excessively from engine196 tests
- 6Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn136 tests
- 7Non-component advisories: Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt132 tests
- 8Tread depth: tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm68 tests
Questions
What is the Citroen Spacetourer MOT pass rate?
80.4% of the 3,157 Citroen Spacetourer first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 19.6% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 5.4% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a Citroen Spacetourer usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively", recorded on 101 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt". By section, tyres appears in 27.5% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 25.1% of failures, brakes appears in 24.1% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 21.2%; at 6-9 years it was 19.4%. The median Citroen Spacetourer tested in 2025 was 6 years old with 52,552 miles.
Is the Citroen Spacetourer getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 4.5 points to 19.9% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years, which is about what ageing alone predicts (3.2 points). Read it as the fleet getting older rather than the model changing.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Spacetourer trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
DVSA has published 49 safety recalls naming the Citroen Spacetourer: Citroen Spacetourer recalls.
Other Citroen models
Checking a particular Spacetourer?
The odds above are the model. The car in front of you has its own record: every test, every advisory, the mileage at each one.
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