Citroen DISPATCH - 2012
313.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2012 is 249.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Citroen DISPATCH, model year 2012.
Sample size: 1,844 cars, 4,106 tests and 12,857 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 1,844 cars
The 2012 Citroen Dispatch has an overall defect rate of 313 per 100 vehicles, which is 27% higher than the average defect rate of 246 per 100 for cars of the same year. Notably, the Dispatch shows significantly higher issues related to steering, visibility, and lights and electrics compared to its peers. Additionally, it performs poorly in the body/structure category, with a defect rate of 83 per 100, markedly above the average of 25. As mileage increases, defects also rise, particularly in the highest mileage category where the Dispatch has a defect rate of 428 per 100, indicating potential concerns for long-term reliability.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,844 cars
Categories
Brakes
▲ 1.2% better
102.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 103.8 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Brake hose ferrules: excessively corroded
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
Steering
▼ 45.5% worse
19.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▼ 103.6% worse
39.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 19.2 / 100 tests
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- 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
▼ 89.2% worse
117.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 61.9 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 20.4% better
194.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 244.4 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
Body/Structure
▼ 217.6% worse
83.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.2 / 100 tests
- 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: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▼ 88.7% worse
11.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 6.2 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- Audible warning:
Other
▼ 148.7% worse
58.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 23.6 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Smoke opacity levels exceed default limit
- 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)
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 961
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 957
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 659
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 577
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 531
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: 471
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 464
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 416
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 372
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 349
Serious faults (Top 10)
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 464
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 324
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 293
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 151
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 131
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 124
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
FAIL
Occurrences: 123
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 121
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 114
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 110