74.9%
Citroën Spacetourer
Citroën Spacetourer MOT pass rate and common problems
The Citroën Spacetourer passed 74.9% of its initial MOT tests in 2025, 2.6 percentage points above the 72.3% UK average. The item testers recorded most often was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively.
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How the Spacetourer 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 Spacetourer runs 11.3 points ahead of the Citroën average. It is 3rd of the 21 Citroën models in the data. The average Spacetourer arrived at its test 5.8 years old with 55,517 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.
Spacetourer MOT pass rate by age
The same 2025 tests split by the car's age at test.
Citroën Spacetourer cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 76.7% of MOT tests. For cars aged 6 to 10 years that fell to 72.7%, a drop of 3.9 percentage points.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate | vs UK average |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3 to 5 years | 1,281 | 76.7% | 4.4 pts above |
| 6 to 10 years | 1,805 | 72.7% | In line |
| 11 years and over (small sample) | 1 | 0% | 72.3 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 Spacetourer failures cluster
Every failure item recorded on Citroën Spacetourer cars in 2025, grouped into the DVSA's test areas.
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment and tyres together account for 44.4% of recorded failure items. These are recorded failures across the model, not faults every car has.
The 10 most common Spacetourer MOT failures
Specific items recorded on Citroën Spacetourer cars that failed their 2025 MOT, as a share of all recorded failure items.
Together these 10 items make up 54.2% of everything testers recorded against failed Citroën Spacetourer cars. The rest is spread across many smaller items, and one failed test often records several at once.
What to look at on a Spacetourer
The recorded failures above, grouped by area, biggest first.
1
Tyres
Recorded most often: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm, condition has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords and condition has ply or cords exposed. 13.6% 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 too low and stop lamp not working. 13.4% of failure items.
3
Visibility
Recorded most often: wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively. 11.1% of failure items.
4
Brakes
Recorded most often: brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick. 6.8% of failure items.
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Citroën Spacetourer MOT FAQs
What is the Citroën Spacetourer MOT pass rate?
74.9% of Citroën Spacetourer cars passed their initial MOT first time in 2025, from 3,411 tests. That is 2.6 percentage points above the 72.3% average for all cars, and ranks 268th of 575 models.
What does a Citroën Spacetourer most commonly fail its MOT on?
The item testers recorded most often on Citroën Spacetourer cars failing their 2025 MOT was wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively, on 11.1% of failure items. Next were brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (6.8%) and tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (6.4%).
Which area causes the most Citroën Spacetourer MOT failures?
Across every recorded failure item, the largest area was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment at 27.5%, followed by tyres at 16.9%.
Do older Citroën Spacetourer cars fail their MOT more often?
Citroën Spacetourer cars aged 3 to 5 years passed 76.7% of MOT tests in 2025, against 72.7% for cars aged 6 to 10 years.
Does this mean every Citroën Spacetourer has these problems?
No. These are the items testers recorded across every Citroën Spacetourer 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 Spacetourer'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.