56.2%
Citroën Saxo
Citroën Saxo MOT pass rate and common problems
The Citroën Saxo passed 56.2% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 16.1 percentage points below the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength.
Checking a specific car? Its own results, advisories and recorded mileages are in a free MOT history check.
How the Saxo 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 Saxo runs 7.4 points behind the Citroën average. It is 17th of the 21 Citroën models in the data. The average Saxo arrived at its test 23.7 years old with 75,483 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.
Saxo MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 11 years and over | 2,906 | 56.2% | 16.1 pts below |
Every Citroën Saxo tested in 2025 was aged 11 years and over, so there is no other age group to compare with. The UK average of 72.3% covers cars of every age, so compare like with like.
Where Saxo failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Citroën Saxo cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and brakes together account for 43.6% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Saxo MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Citroën Saxo cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 35% of everything testers recorded against failed Citroën Saxo cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Saxo
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
Recorded most often: position lamp not working and stop lamp not working. 7.3% of failure items.
2
Brakes
Recorded most often: service brake imbalance across an axle and service brake performance efficiency below requirements. 6.8% of failure items.
3
Body, chassis, structure
Recorded most often: joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt and exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases. 6% of failure items.
4
Suspension
Recorded most often: component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength. 5.5% of failure items.
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Citroën Saxo MOT FAQs
What is the Citroën Saxo MOT pass rate?
56.2% of Citroën Saxo cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 2,906 tests. That is 16.1 percentage points below the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 523rd of 575 models.
What does a Citroën Saxo most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Citroën Saxo cars failing their 2025 MOT was component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength, on 5.5% of failure items. Next were service brake imbalance across an axle (3.8%) and position lamp not working (3.7%).
Which area causes the most Citroën Saxo MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 24.2%, followed by brakes at 19.3%.
Does this mean every Citroën Saxo has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Citroën Saxo 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 Saxo'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.