Citroen NEMO - 2015
239.2 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2015 is 174.5 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Citroen NEMO, model year 2015.
Sample size: 1,806 cars, 4,074 tests and 9,746 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 1,806 cars
The 2015 Citroën Nemo has an overall defect rate of 239 per 100 vehicles, which is significantly higher than the yearly average of 170 per 100, representing a 40% increase. Notably, the defect rates rise with mileage, peaking at 351 defects per 100 vehicles in the highest mileage category. While the Nemo excels in brakes, with a defect rate of 51 compared to the average of 84, it struggles in several areas such as steering, visibility, and lights and electrics, where it reports much higher defect rates than the average. These insights suggest that while the Nemo performs well in braking, it faces challenges in key safety and electrical components.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 1,806 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 39.3% better
51.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 84.7 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 11.1% worse
11.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 9.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid: level below minimum mark
Visibility
▼ 170.8% worse
43.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 16.1 / 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
- Wiper blade: defective
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 105.8% worse
63.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 31.0 / 100 tests
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- Lamp emitted colour, position or intensity not in accordance with the requirements
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
- Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
Wheels & Suspension
▼ 42.7% worse
254.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 178.3 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A shock absorber bush excessively worn
- 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
▲ 4.3% better
11.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.7 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
Equipment
▼ 25.0% worse
5.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.0 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- Audible warning:
- A seat belt:
Other
▼ 186.4% worse
37.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 13.2 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Exhaust emits excessive smoke or vapour of any colour to an extent likely to obscure the vision of other road users
- Exhaust on a vehicle fitted with a diesel particulate filter emits visible smoke of any colour
- Smoke opacity levels exceed default 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: 1,554
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 673
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 605
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 537
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 377
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: 335
A shock absorber bush excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 329
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 303
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 286
A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 275
Serious faults (Top 10)
A shock absorber bush excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 329
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
FAIL
Occurrences: 286
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 199
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 176
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 161
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 104
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 91
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 85
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: 79
Stop lamp(s): all missing or inoperative
FAIL
Occurrences: 69