60.4%
Citroën Dispatch
Citroën Dispatch MOT pass rate and common problems
The Citroën Dispatch passed 60.4% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 11.9 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 Dispatch 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 Dispatch runs 3.2 points behind the Citroën average. It is 14th of the 21 Citroën models in the data. The average Dispatch arrived at its test 9.5 years old with 100,949 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.
Dispatch MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Citroën Dispatch cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 72.5% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 51%, a drop of 21.5 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 9,414 | 72.5% | In line |
| 6 to 10 years | 19,608 | 60.5% | 11.8 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 15,463 | 51% | 21.3 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 Dispatch failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Citroën Dispatch cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and body, chassis, structure 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 Dispatch MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Citroën Dispatch cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 46.4% of everything testers recorded against failed Citroën Dispatch cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Dispatch
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, headlamp not working on dipped beam and headlamp aim too low. 22.9% of failure items.
2
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 9% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 4.5% of failure items.
4
Suspension
Recorded most often: ball joint excessively worn. 3.7% of failure items.
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Citroën Dispatch MOT FAQs
What is the Citroën Dispatch MOT pass rate?
60.4% of Citroën Dispatch cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 47,534 tests. That is 11.9 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 490th of 575 models.
What does a Citroën Dispatch most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Citroën Dispatch cars failing their 2025 MOT was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 9% of failure items. Next were position lamp not working (7.5%) and stop lamp not working (5.2%).
Which area causes the most Citroën Dispatch MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 34.5%, followed by body, chassis, structure at 15.1%.
Do older Citroën Dispatch cars fail their MOT more often?
Citroën Dispatch cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 72.5% of MOT tests in 2025, against 51% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Citroën Dispatch has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Citroën Dispatch 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 Dispatch'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.