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Citroën C3 Picasso
Citroën C3 Picasso MOT pass rate and common problems
The Citroën C3 Picasso passed 68% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 4.3 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt.
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How the C3 Picasso 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 C3 Picasso runs 4.5 points ahead of the Citroën average. It is 8th of the 21 Citroën models in the data. The average C3 Picasso arrived at its test 9.1 years old with 54,787 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.
C3 Picasso MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Citroën C3 Picasso cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 69.3% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 58.7%, a drop of 10.7 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years (small sample) | 12 | 75% | 2.7 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 5,671 | 69.3% | 3 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 803 | 58.7% | 13.6 pts below |
That is a typical decline as cars age. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where C3 Picasso failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Citroën C3 Picasso cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and tyres together account for 49.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common C3 Picasso MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Citroën C3 Picasso cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 49.5% of everything testers recorded against failed Citroën C3 Picasso cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a C3 Picasso
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: stop lamp not working, headlamp not working on dipped beam, position lamp not working and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 22.4% of failure items.
2
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 10.3% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 7% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick and brake discs significantly and obviously worn. 6.1% of failure items.
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Citroën C3 Picasso MOT FAQs
What is the Citroën C3 Picasso MOT pass rate?
68% of Citroën C3 Picasso cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 6,486 tests. That is 4.3 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 384th of 575 models.
What does a Citroën C3 Picasso most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Citroën C3 Picasso cars failing their 2025 MOT was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 10.3% of failure items. Next were stop lamp not working (10.1%) and headlamp not working on dipped beam (5.3%).
Which area causes the most Citroën C3 Picasso MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 34.9%, followed by tyres at 14.7%.
Do older Citroën C3 Picasso cars fail their MOT more often?
Citroën C3 Picasso cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 69.3% of MOT tests in 2025, against 58.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Citroën C3 Picasso has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Citroën C3 Picasso 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 C3 Picasso'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.