64.8%
Citroën Relay pass rate
Used Citroën Relay buying guide
In 2025, Citroën Relay cars passed 64.8% of 15,029 initial MOT tests, 7.5 points below the 72.3% UK average. Here is where it fails and what to check before you buy.
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Citroën Relay MOT record in brief
Initial MOT tests in 2025, retests excluded.
72.3%
UK average, all cars
−7.5
percentage points below average
Ranked on pass rate the Relay sits 435th of 575 models in the data. Citroën as a brand averaged 63.5%, so this model runs 1.3 points ahead of its own brand. Citroën Relay cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 79.8% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 57.9%.
A pass rate is not a reliability score. The full Citroën Relay MOT record has the pass rate by age, every common failure and how the Relay compares with similar cars.
Relay fuel types
Diesel made up 99.8% of Citroën Relay MOT tests in 2025, against 39.3% across all models in this data. Almost every used example you look at will be a diesel.
Where the Relay fails its MOT
Where Citroën Relay cars that failed their 2025 MOT were marked down, as a share of all recorded failure items.
The specific items testers recorded most often were component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (6.3%), rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements (4.7%) and pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn (3.3%). See every common Relay MOT failure.
These are DVSA failure records across every Citroën Relay that failed, not a claim that every Relay has these problems.
What should you check when buying a used Relay?
The areas above, most common first, and what an MOT tester looks at in each.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Walk round with every light on: headlights, brake lights, indicators, fog lights and the number plate lamp. Check no warning lights stay on after starting. 26.1% of Relay failure items.
2
Suspension
Listen for knocks over bumps, check the car sits level, and look for leaking shock absorbers and split rubber gaiters. 21% of Relay failure items.
3
Brakes
Make sure the pedal feels firm, the car stops in a straight line, the handbrake holds on a slope and no brake warning light is showing. 20.6% of Relay failure items.
4
Body, chassis, structure
Look underneath and along the sills for corrosion, and check for damaged or poorly repaired panels. 10.9% of Relay failure items.
5
Visibility
Check the windscreen for chips or cracks in the driver's view, and that the wipers and washers clear it properly. 7.1% of Relay failure items.
None of this replaces the car's own record. Run a free MOT history check on the registration to see every test, advisory and recorded mileage for that car.
What the MOT record doesn't tell you
Knowing Citroën Relay failures cluster around lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and suspension tells you what to inspect. It tells you nothing about whether the car is safe to buy. An MOT does not show money still owed on the car, a write-off, a theft record or a clocked odometer.
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- Outstanding finance
- Write-off records
- Stolen markers
- Mileage history
- Previous keepers
Other used Citroën models
The most-tested Citroën models in 2025, with how their MOT pass rate compares with the Relay.
Used Citroën Relay FAQs
Is the Citroën Relay reliable?
MOT data does not measure reliability. It records whether a car met the roadworthiness standard on the day of its test. What it does show is a 64.8% first-time pass rate for the Citroën Relay across 15,029 tests in 2025, below the 72.3% average for all cars.
Do older Citroën Relay cars fail their MOT more often?
Citroën Relay cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 79.8% of MOT tests in 2025; for examples aged 11 years and over that fell to 57.9%. On an older example, the car's own MOT history tells you more than the model average.
What should I check before buying a used Citroën Relay?
On the car itself, start with the areas it most often fails on: lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, suspension and brakes. Then check the individual car's history: outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers, mileage and previous keepers. None of these appear in the MOT record or on the V5C.
How do I check a Citroën Relay's history?
Enter the registration of the specific car. A Carpeep car history check reports outstanding finance, write-off category, stolen markers, mileage history, previous keepers, MOT and tax status, import and export markers and scrapped status in one £15 report.
MOT figures are aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025 (class 4 initial tests, retests excluded), licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. MOT results describe roadworthiness at test, not mechanical reliability.