Citroen RELAY - 2020
157.5 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2020 is 91.3 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Citroen RELAY, model year 2020.
Sample size: 5,658 cars, 12,078 tests and 19,023 recorded faults.
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Quick summary
Total: 5,658 cars
The 2020 Citroen Relay has a significantly higher overall defect rate of 158 per 100 vehicles compared to the average of 90 per 100, indicating it performs worse than its peers by about 75%. Notably, as mileage increases, defect rates also rise, suggesting that older vehicles of this model tend to have more issues. The Relay particularly struggles with brakes, steering, visibility, and electrical systems, showing much higher defect percentages than the average car in these categories. However, there is no mention of tyre wear being a common issue, which may imply better performance in that area compared to other models.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 5,658 cars
Categories
Brakes
▼ 50.8% worse
76.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 50.8 / 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
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
Steering
▼ 240.0% worse
5.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering pipe, hose or wiring: excessively damaged or corroded
- Power steering component: fractured or insecure
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
Visibility
▼ 210.6% worse
43.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 14.1 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: defective
Lights & Electrics
▼ 382.1% worse
54.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.2 / 100 tests
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
- A lens defective: which has no effect on emitted light
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 1.2% better
96.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 97.5 / 100 tests
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- A shock absorber damaged … or showing signs of severe leakage
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
Body/Structure
▼ 341.7% worse
10.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 2.4 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A body panel or body component: damaged or corroded and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted, or 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
▼ 253.3% worse
5.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 1.5 / 100 tests
- A seat belt:
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: or flexible stalk damaged
Other
▼ 524.3% worse
23.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 3.7 / 100 tests
- 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
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- 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: 2,088
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,354
Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
MINOR
Occurrences: 914
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 906
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 826
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 730
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 720
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 479
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 469
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 456
Serious faults (Top 10)
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 469
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 456
A headlamp: missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
FAIL
Occurrences: 354
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
FAIL
Occurrences: 301
Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
FAIL
Occurrences: 237
A tyre: with a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords
FAIL
Occurrences: 230
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 203
Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 192
Parking brake efficiency: less than 50% of the required value
FAIL
Occurrences: 187
The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 184