Citroen Berlingo Multispace: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Citroen Berlingo Multispace passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 3.5 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 3,431 individual Citroen Berlingo Multispace tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 80.2% first-time pass rate means roughly 20 in every 100 Citroen Berlingo Multispaces presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Citroen Berlingo Multispace tested had covered 44,030 miles and was built around 2017.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Citroen Berlingo Multispace bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Citroen Berlingo Multispace

1. Audible warning inoperative, 1.4% of tests (6.6x the national rate for this defect)
2. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 4.6% of tests (4.11x the national rate for this defect)
3. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 1.5% of tests (1.66x the national rate for this defect)
4. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.4% of tests (1.4x the national rate for this defect)
5. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 1.8% of tests
6. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.7% of tests
7. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 1.7% of tests
8. A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 1.4% of tests
9. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 1.4% of tests
10. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 1.1% of tests

From 4,648 DVSA-tracked Citroen Berlingo Multispace tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.25% of these flagged Citroen Berlingo Multispace defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Citroen Berlingo Multispace pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Citroen Berlingo Multispace year:

• 2016 Citroen Berlingo Multispace - 80.3% first-time pass, 325 tests
• 2017 Citroen Berlingo Multispace - 81.6% first-time pass, 1,338 tests
• 2018 Citroen Berlingo Multispace - 80.7% first-time pass, 997 tests
• 2019 Citroen Berlingo Multispace - 86.6% first-time pass, 277 tests

Citroen Berlingo Multispace by fuel type

Diesel and petrol versions of the same car fail on different things, so the fuel type moves the number:

• Diesel Citroen Berlingo Multispace - 80% first-time pass, 2,902 tests
• Petrol Citroen Berlingo Multispace - 83.5% first-time pass, 515 tests

Other Citroen models

• Citroen C3 - 70.4%
• Citroen Berlingo - 68.3%
• Citroen C1 - 75.1%
• Citroen C4 - 66%
• Citroen Ds3 - 60.4%
• Citroen Dispatch - 66.2%
• Citroen Xsara - 58%
• Citroen C3 Aircross - 86.4%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Vauxhall Vivaro 2900 Dynamic S/S - 80.2%
• Nissan E-Nv200 - 80.2%
• Tesla Model X - 80.2%
• MG 3 - 80.1%
• Nissan Serena - 80.1%
• Skoda Superb - 80%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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