60.5%
Citroën DS5
Citroën DS5 MOT pass rate and common problems
The Citroën DS5 passed 60.5% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 11.8 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.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the DS5 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 DS5 runs 3.1 points behind the Citroën average. It is 12th of the 21 Citroën models in the data. The average DS5 arrived at its test 11.8 years old with 102,821 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.
DS5 MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Citroën DS5 cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 65.2% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 59.1%, a drop of 6.1 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years | 884 | 65.2% | 7.1 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 3,015 | 59.1% | 13.2 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 DS5 failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Citroën DS5 cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Suspension and lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment together account for 49.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common DS5 MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Citroën DS5 cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 53.7% of everything testers recorded against failed Citroën DS5 cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a DS5
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken, ball joint excessively worn and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn. 19.6% of failure items.
2
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt. 9.2% of failure items.
3
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 9% of failure items.
4
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 8.5% of failure items.
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Citroën DS5 MOT FAQs
What is the Citroën DS5 MOT pass rate?
60.5% of Citroën DS5 cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,899 tests. That is 11.8 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 486th of 575 models.
What does a Citroën DS5 most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Citroën DS5 cars failing their 2025 MOT was joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt, on 9.2% of failure items. Next were coil spring fractured or broken (8.7%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6%).
Which area causes the most Citroën DS5 MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was suspension at 27%, followed by lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 22.7%.
Do older Citroën DS5 cars fail their MOT more often?
Citroën DS5 cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 65.2% of MOT tests in 2025, against 59.1% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Citroën DS5 has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Citroën DS5 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 DS5'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.