MOT pass rate · 2025 data
DS DS4 MOT pass rate
The DS DS4 passed 69.94% of its 4,352 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 7.4 percentage points worse than average.
How the DS DS4 holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the DS DS4 grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 1 | 100% |
| 6–10 years | 4,350 | 69.95% |
| 11 years and over | 1 | 0% |
The DS DS4 drops 100 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the DS DS4 fails its MOT
Across every DS DS4 that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was suspension, accounting for 21.86% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 21.86% | 684 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 17.07% | 534 |
| Tyres | 16.59% | 519 |
| Brakes | 15.56% | 487 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14.54% | 455 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5.59% | 175 |
How the DS DS4 compares
Ranked on pass rate, the DS DS4 sits 522nd of 651 models in this data , and 3rd of the 3 DS models covered . DS as a whole averaged 72.45%, so this model runs 2.5 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used DS DS4
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average DS DS4 came to its 2025 test at 67,784 miles and 8.8 years old. Most examples tested were diesel.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific DS DS4
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other DS models
Models with a similar pass rate
- Fiat 500 70.89% pass rate
- MINI Mini 70% pass rate
- Citroen Berlingo 69.15% pass rate
- Vauxhall Zafira 69.21% pass rate
- Citroen C4 68.83% pass rate
- Peugeot 308 69.7% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.