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Citroen Dispatch: reliability by registration year

2005-2022 · 18 registration years · 44,064 first tests

Registration years

First-attempt MOT results for every Dispatch registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table.

Citroen Dispatch first-attempt MOT results by registration year
Year First tests First-attempt pass Incl. PRS Most common failure
2022 3,755 68.9% 78.6% Brake pads (rear) 14.6%
2021 2,931 69.0% 79.5% Windscreen wipers 18.0%
2020 2,800 75.0% 83.5% Brake pads (rear) 10.0%
2019 3,943 69.7% 79.4% Number plate lights 11.0%
2018 4,090 69.4% 79.6% Number plate lights 12.2%
2017 4,102 66.7% 76.1% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 13.3%
about 6 in every 100 better than the years either side. What most often failed a 2017 Dispatch: Drive shaft joints and boots (front) (13.3%) · Number plate lights (11.4%) · Brake light (7.6%)
2016 3,382 52.1% 62.8% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 29.1%
about 6 in every 100 worse than the years either side. What most often failed a 2016 Dispatch: Drive shaft joints and boots (front) (29.1%) · Individual sidelight or tail light (front) (20.7%) · Number plate lights (10.1%)
2015 3,773 50.0% 60.6% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 30.6%
2014 2,979 50.5% 61.1% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 31.5%
2013 2,238 52.7% 63.0% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 25.4%
2012 1,550 50.8% 60.5% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 29.2%
2011 1,659 49.8% 59.8% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 23.3%
2010 1,711 50.2% 60.6% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 26.6%
2009 1,257 49.2% 59.1% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 19.4%
2008 1,451 48.9% 57.8% Individual sidelight or tail light (front) 18.9%
2007 1,228 50.8% 59.7% Drive shaft joints and boots (front) 19.6%
2006 696 46.8% 53.2%
2005 519 47.2% 55.3%

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