Citroen BERLINGO - 2016
215.2 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2016 is 154.9 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Citroen BERLINGO, model year 2016.
Sample size: 14,917 cars, 35,479 tests and 76,357 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 14,917 cars
The 2016 Citroën Berlingo has an overall defect rate of 215 defects per 100 vehicles, which is significantly higher than the yearly average of 151 defects per 100 vehicles, representing a 43% increase. Notably, as mileage increases, the defect rate also rises sharply, especially in the highest mileage category (over 124,000 miles) where it reaches 377 defects per 100 vehicles. While this model performs better than average in steering defects, it stands out negatively in several categories, including visibility, lights and electrics, and body structure, with defect rates much higher than the average. These insights point to specific areas for potential improvement in the Citroën Berlingo compared to its peers.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 14,917 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 0.8% worse
78.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 78.2 / 100 tests
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▲ 34.6% better
5.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 8.1 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
- Excessive roughness in operation of steering
Visibility
▼ 68.7% worse
25.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.0 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 283.5% worse
97.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 25.4 / 100 tests
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 3.5% worse
165.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 159.4 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
Body/Structure
▼ 198.9% worse
27.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.1 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▼ 193.9% worse
9.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.3 / 100 tests
- Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt:
Other
▼ 90.3% worse
21.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.3 / 100 tests
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Smoke opacity levels exceed default limit
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 12,540
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 6,231
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,159
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 3,856
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
MINOR
Occurrences: 3,515
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,915
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,351
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,037
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 1,752
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,652
Serious faults (Top 10)
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 2,037
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,652
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,411
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,384
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,346
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,268
A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
FAIL
Occurrences: 1,084
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 837
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 818
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 724