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Citroen Berlingo Multispace MOT failures and reliability

In 2023 the Citroen Berlingo Multispace took 3,228 MOT tests in Britain and passed 75% of them first time, above the national average of 71% for all cars. The figures below come from the DVSA's record of every test, so they show what testers actually found on these cars rather than what owners report.

MOT tests in 2023
3,228
First-time pass rate
75%
All cars
71%

What the Berlingo Multispace fails on

Share of tests with at least one failure in each area, against the figure for all cars.

Most common failure items

Share of tests on which each item was recorded.

  1. Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt 5.6%
  2. Stop lamp: not working 3.2%
  3. Headlamp: not working on dipped beam 2.5%
  4. Position lamp: not working 2.2%
  5. Wipers: does not clear the windscreen effectively 1.9%
  6. Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm 1.7%
  7. Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps 1.4%
  8. Tyres, condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords 1.3%

Most common advisories

  1. Tread depth: worn close to legal limit/worn on edge 13.4%
  2. Tyres, condition: slightly damaged/cracking or perishing 8.4%
  3. Brake pads: wearing thin 6.9%
  4. Brake discs: worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened 4.2%
  5. Individual direction indicators: slightly discoloured 2.8%
  6. Suspension arms, pins and bushes: pin or bush worn but not resulting in excessive movement 2.5%
  7. Brake discs: worn, but not excessively 1.8%
  8. Non-component advisories: Nail in tyre 1.8%

Pass rate by year of registration

Older cars fail more often whatever the model, so compare a car with others of the same age.

First registeredTestsPass rate
201632773%
20171,31076%
20181,00278%

Typical mileage by age

Average odometer reading at the MOT, by the car's age in years at the test.

Age at testAverage mileage
4 years21,049 miles
5 years30,550 miles
6 years38,785 miles
7 years43,642 miles

Check a particular Berlingo Multispace

Model figures tell you what to look out for. To see one car's own MOT history, mileage and tax, enter its registration.

Other Citroen models

Source: Department for Transport, Anonymised MOT tests and results, 2023, cars and light vans, normal tests only. Pass rates are first-time passes; a pass after repair at the test station counts as a fail. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.