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Citroën Nemo
Citroën Nemo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Citroën Nemo passed 57% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 15.4 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 Nemo 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 Nemo runs 6.6 points behind the Citroën average. It is 16th of the 21 Citroën models in the data. The average Nemo arrived at its test 12.7 years old with 104,605 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.
Nemo MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Citroën Nemo cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 59.7% of MOT tests. For cars aged 11 years and over that fell to 55.7%, a drop of 4 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 6 to 10 years | 3,901 | 59.7% | 12.6 pts below |
| 11 years and over | 8,472 | 55.7% | 16.6 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 Nemo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Citroën Nemo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension together account for 55.7% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Nemo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Citroën Nemo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 39.8% of everything testers recorded against failed Citroën Nemo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Nemo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Suspension
Recorded most often: coil spring fractured or broken and shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush. 14.1% of failure items.
2
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working, headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect, stop lamp not working and registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps. 12.8% of failure items.
3
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm and condition has ply or cords exposed. 7.7% of failure items.
4
Visibility
Recorded most often: washers provides insufficient washer liquid and wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 5.2% of failure items.
The car's own MOT history matters more than any model average. A free MOT history check shows whether a specific Nemo has failed on these items before, or had them noted as advisories. Buying one? See the used Citroën Nemo buying guide.
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Citroën Nemo MOT FAQs
What is the Citroën Nemo MOT pass rate?
57% of Citroën Nemo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 12,373 tests. That is 15.4 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 520th of 575 models.
What does a Citroën Nemo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Citroën Nemo cars failing their 2025 MOT was coil spring fractured or broken, on 7.9% of failure items. Next were shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush (6.2%) and position lamp not working (4.5%).
Which area causes the most Citroën Nemo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 27.9%, followed by suspension at 27.7%.
Do older Citroën Nemo cars fail their MOT more often?
Citroën Nemo cars aged 6 to 10 years passed 59.7% of MOT tests in 2025, against 55.7% for cars aged 11 years and over.
Does this mean every Citroën Nemo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Citroën Nemo 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 Nemo'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.