54.6%
Citroën DS4
Citroën DS4 MOT pass rate and common problems
The Citroën DS4 passed 54.6% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 17.7 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was coil spring fractured or broken.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the DS4 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 DS4 runs 8.9 points behind the Citroën average. It is 18th of the 21 Citroën models in the data. The average DS4 arrived at its test 11.9 years old with 96,614 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.
DS4 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Citroën DS4 cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 58.1% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 53.6%, a drop of 4.4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years | 2,143 | 58.1% | 14.3 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 7,414 | 53.6% | 18.7 pts below |
That is a smaller decline than most cars show. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where DS4 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Citroën DS4 cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 47.9% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common DS4 MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Citroën DS4 cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 51% of everything testers recorded against failed Citroën DS4 cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a DS4
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and ball joint excessively worn. 15.5% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, headlamp aim too low and stop lamp not working. 15.4% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 8% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm. 6.2% of failure items.
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Citroën DS4 MOT FAQs
What is the Citroën DS4 MOT pass rate?
54.6% of Citroën DS4 cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 9,559 tests. That is 17.7 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 542nd of 575 models.
What does a Citroën DS4 most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Citroën DS4 cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 10.1% of failure items. Next were joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (8%) and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps (6.9%).
Which area causes the most Citroën DS4 MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 24.6%, followed by suspension at 23.3%.
Do older Citroën DS4 cars fail their MOT more often?
Citroën DS4 cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 58.1% of MOT tests in 2025, against 53.6% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Citroën DS4 has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Citroën DS4 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 DS4'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.