Citroen DISPATCH - 2017
192.2 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2017 is 137.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Citroen DISPATCH, model year 2017.
Sample size: 5,402 cars, 11,784 tests and 22,650 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 5,402 cars
The 2017 Citroen Dispatch has an overall defect rate of 192 per 100 vehicles, which is 44% higher than the average for cars of the same year, standing at 134 per 100. Notably, the Dispatch shows increasing defect rates with mileage, particularly in the higher mileage segments. While it performs better than average in steering issues, it significantly underperforms in categories such as brakes, visibility, lights and electrics, and body structure, with defects in these areas being much more common compared to the yearly average. Overall, the Dispatch may require more attention to specific defects, particularly as it accumulates mileage.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 5,402 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 33.2% worse
96.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 72.5 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 50.0% better
2.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.6 / 100 tests
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Power steering fluid: level below minimum mark
- Free play in the steering, measured at the rim of the steering wheel is: excessive
Visibility
▼ 66.2% worse
24.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.5 / 100 tests
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing 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: defective
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
Lights & Electrics
▼ 195.1% worse
60.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.4 / 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
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 14.5% better
122.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 143.1 / 100 tests
- 5.3.2 (d)
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▼ 420.0% worse
36.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 100 tests
- 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
- 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
Equipment
▼ 166.7% worse
7.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.7 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
- Steering lock missing or not functioning
Other
▼ 285.6% worse
34.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.0 / 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
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
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: 2,690
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,124
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,717
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,608
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,421
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: 1,046
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 964
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 670
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 646
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 532
Serious faults (Top 10)
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 432
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: 267
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 256
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 233
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 216
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 183
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 176
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 173
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 169
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 165