Skoda CITIGO - 2014
138.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2014 is 198.0 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Skoda CITIGO, model year 2014.
Sample size: 9,295 cars, 19,467 tests and 26,882 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 9,295 cars
The 2014 SKODA CITIGO shows a significantly lower overall defect rate compared to the average car of the same year, with 138 defects per 100 vehicles against the average of 194. This model performs particularly well in categories such as Brakes and Steering, where it has notably fewer defects than average, along with improvements in Lights & Electrics and Body/Structure. As mileage increases, the defect rate rises, but the CITIGO still maintains a better performance across all mileage segments compared to its peers. Overall, this model demonstrates reliability in critical areas while exhibiting a better-than-average defect rate.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 9,295 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 19.7% better
74.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 92.8 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
Steering
▲ 87.4% better
1.5 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 11.9 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- 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
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 12.8% better
15.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 17.2 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▲ 55.2% better
17.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 39.5 / 100 tests
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has only one lamp or all lamps not working
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
- 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
- The aim of a headlamp is not within limits laid down in the requirements
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 28.7% better
141.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 198.8 / 100 tests
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
Body/Structure
▲ 27.6% better
11.3 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.6 / 100 tests
- Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
- 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
Equipment
▲ 42.2% better
2.6 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 4.5 / 100 tests
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt:
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
Other
▲ 25.5% better
11.7 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 15.7 / 100 tests
- Emissions levels exceed default limits
- Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer’s specified limits
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: 4,462
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 4,208
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,979
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,468
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 981
Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 874
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 798
Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 666
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 479
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 468
Serious faults (Top 10)
Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
FAIL
Occurrences: 468
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 416
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 378
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 316
Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
FAIL
Occurrences: 287
Emissions levels exceed default limits
FAIL
Occurrences: 280
Fuel system: leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap
FAIL
Occurrences: 236
Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer
FAIL
Occurrences: 217
Brakes imbalance across an axle such that: the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle. Or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight lin
FAIL
Occurrences: 205
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: 170