59.3%
Citroën Berlingo
Citroën Berlingo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Citroën Berlingo passed 59.3% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 13 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was position lamp not working.
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How the Berlingo compares
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded. A car that failed and was repaired at the test station counts as a fail.
63.5%
Citroën average
72.3%
UK average, all cars
The Berlingo runs 4.3 points behind the Citroën average. It is 15th of the 21 Citroën models in the data. The average Berlingo arrived at its test 10.4 years old with 94,118 miles recorded.
A pass rate records whether cars met the roadworthiness standard on test day. It is not a reliability score, and part of any gap reflects how old the tested cars were.
Berlingo MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Citroën Berlingo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 73.4% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 51.7%, a drop of 21.7 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 35,734 | 73.4% | 1.1 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 69,517 | 58.7% | 13.6 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 72,919 | 51.7% | 20.6 pts below |
That is a steep decline with age, so the headline rate flatters older examples. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Berlingo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Citroën Berlingo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 53.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Berlingo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Citroën Berlingo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 45.9% of everything testers recorded against failed Citroën Berlingo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Berlingo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, stop lamp not working, registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps and headlamp not working on dipped beam. 23.2% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 5.8% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 5.7% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 4.3% of failure items.
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Citroën Berlingo MOT FAQs
What is the Citroën Berlingo MOT pass rate?
59.3% of Citroën Berlingo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 184,227 tests. That is 13 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 497th of 575 models.
What does a Citroën Berlingo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Citroën Berlingo cars failing their 2025 MOT was position lamp not working, on 8.5% of failure items. Next were stop lamp not working (6.6%) and joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (5.7%).
Which area causes the most Citroën Berlingo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 38.6%, followed by suspension at 14.7%.
Do older Citroën Berlingo cars fail their MOT more often?
Citroën Berlingo cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 73.4% of MOT tests in 2025, against 51.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Citroën Berlingo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Citroën Berlingo that failed in 2025. They show where the model most often needs attention, not the condition of any individual car.
How do I see a specific Citroën Berlingo's MOT history?
Enter its registration on the free Carpeep MOT history check to see that car's own test results, failures, advisories and recorded mileages.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025: class 4 initial tests, retests excluded, with failure items from failed tests (advisories and minor defects excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.