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Citroen DISPATCH - 2018

169.0 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2018 is 123.2 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Citroen DISPATCH, model year 2018. Sample size: 5,327 cars, 11,769 tests and 19,884 recorded faults.
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More faults compared to the average car of same model year

Quick summary

Total: 5,327 cars

The 2018 Citroen Dispatch has a notably higher overall defect rate of 169 defects per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 120 defects per 100 vehicles, making it 41% worse than average. Defect rates increase with mileage, with the highest occurrence in vehicles over 124,000 miles, yet this trend is also reflected in average cars. While the Dispatch excels in steering defects, displaying significantly fewer issues than the average, it struggles in categories such as brakes, visibility, lights and electrics, body/structure, equipment, and other defects, showing much higher rates than the industry norm. Overall, while this model has strengths, it faces several challenges that warrant attention, particularly as it ages.

Cars by mileage segment

Total: 5,327 cars

More model years for Citroen DISPATCH

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Categories

Brakes
▼ 36.5% worse
93.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 68.8 / 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
▲ 64.0% better
1.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.0 / 100 tests
  • 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
  • Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
  • Power steering fluid: level below minimum mark
  • Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
Visibility
▼ 65.5% worse
23.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.9 / 100 tests
  • Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
  • Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
  • Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
  • Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 235.2% worse
59.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.6 / 100 tests
  • 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 2 or more lamps or light sources
  • The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
  • 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
▲ 20.4% better
100.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 126.7 / 100 tests
  • A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
  • A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
  • A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▼ 443.1% worse
27.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 5.1 / 100 tests
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
  • A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
  • A main load-bearing structural member: fractured or deformed such that structural rigidity is significantly reduced
Equipment
▼ 204.5% worse
6.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.2 / 100 tests
  • A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
  • A seat belt:
  • Steering lock missing or not functioning
  • A seat belt:
  • A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▼ 255.7% worse
24.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 7.0 / 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
  • Smoke opacity levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limit
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
  • Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction

Fault rate by mileage segment

Model    Year average
0 307 0–31,000 mi 31,000–62,000 62,000–93,000 93,000–124,000 124,000+
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.

Most common faults (Top 10)

Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,468
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,069
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,627
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,447
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,150
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: 970
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
MINOR
Occurrences: 714
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 613
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 608
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 334

Serious faults (Top 10)

A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
FAIL
Occurrences: 298
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 276
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: 274
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 228
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 184
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 179
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 177
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 165
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 156
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 133