MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Skoda Citigo MOT pass rate
The Skoda Citigo passed 83.39% of its 51,764 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 6.1 percentage points better than average.
How the Skoda Citigo 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 Skoda Citigo 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 | 32,018 | 84.93% |
| 11 years and over | 19,745 | 80.89% |
The Skoda Citigo drops 19.1 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 Skoda Citigo fails its MOT
Across every Skoda Citigo that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was brakes, accounting for 23.98% 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 23.98% | 4,372 |
| Suspension | 16.31% | 2,974 |
| Tyres | 14.83% | 2,703 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 14.81% | 2,700 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 13.99% | 2,551 |
| Visibility | 7.37% | 1,343 |
How the Skoda Citigo compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Skoda Citigo sits 261st of 651 models in this data , and 6th of the 12 Skoda models covered . Skoda as a whole averaged 80.35%, so this model runs 3 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Skoda Citigo
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Skoda Citigo came to its 2025 test at 53,314 miles and 9.6 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
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 Skoda Citigo
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 Skoda models
- Skoda Fabia 75.71% pass rate · 226,072 tests
- Skoda Octavia 79.8% pass rate · 196,913 tests
- Skoda Yeti 77.8% pass rate · 74,810 tests
- Skoda Superb 80.63% pass rate · 64,194 tests
- Skoda Karoq 90.93% pass rate · 60,637 tests
- Skoda Kodiaq 89.35% pass rate · 43,040 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Land Rover Range 83.61% pass rate
- Ford Kuga 83.58% pass rate
- Volkswagen Tiguan 83.85% pass rate
- BMW 118 83.02% pass rate
- Audi Q3 84.17% pass rate
- Volkswagen UP 84.36% 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.