69.9%
Citroën C4 Cactus
Citroën C4 Cactus MOT pass rate and common problems
The Citroën C4 Cactus passed 69.9% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2.4 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.
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How the C4 Cactus 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 C4 Cactus runs 6.3 points ahead of the Citroën average. It is 6th of the 21 Citroën models in the data. The average C4 Cactus arrived at its test 7.2 years old with 52,882 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.
C4 Cactus MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Citroën C4 Cactus cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 79.6% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 67.2%, a drop of 12.4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 4,566 | 79.6% | 7.3 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 16,609 | 67.2% | 5.1 pts below |
| 11 years and over (small sample) | 9 | 55.6% | 16.7 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 C4 Cactus failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Citroën C4 Cactus cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and visibility together account for 44.3% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common C4 Cactus MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Citroën C4 Cactus cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 50.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Citroën C4 Cactus cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a C4 Cactus
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp not working on dipped beam, registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, stop lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and headlamp aim too low. 19.8% of failure items.
2
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively and washers provides insufficient washer liquid. 13.3% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 7.3% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 6.1% of failure items.
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Citroën C4 Cactus MOT FAQs
What is the Citroën C4 Cactus MOT pass rate?
69.9% of Citroën C4 Cactus cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 21,184 tests. That is 2.4 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 350th of 575 models.
What does a Citroën C4 Cactus most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Citroën C4 Cactus cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 9.5% of failure items. Next were joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (7.3%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.1%).
Which area causes the most Citroën C4 Cactus MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 29%, followed by visibility at 15.3%.
Do older Citroën C4 Cactus cars fail their MOT more often?
Citroën C4 Cactus cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 79.6% of MOT tests in 2025, against 67.2% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Citroën C4 Cactus has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Citroën C4 Cactus 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 C4 Cactus'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.