Citroen C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Auto: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Citroen C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Auto passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 19.3 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 524 individual Citroen C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Auto tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 96% first-time pass rate means roughly 4 in every 100 Citroen C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Autos 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 C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Auto tested had covered 16,412 miles and was built around 2021.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. The Citroen C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Auto sits 19.3 points above the national average, ranked 28 of 2,005 models. On one bought as repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Common failure reasons

We hold no separate DVSA failure-reason breakdown for the Citroen C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Auto itself, which fails on much the same things as most cars. National car failure mix, DVSA latest quarter:

1. Lights and electrics, 10.36% of tests
2. Suspension, 8.65% of tests
3. Tyres, 6.23% of tests
4. Brakes, 6.1% of tests
5. Visibility (wipers, washers, glass), 4.65% of tests

Most common MOT advisories on a Citroen C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Auto

An advisory doesn't fail the car - the tester flags it as worth watching, but it still passes. A different list from the failures above: what testers are noting on a Citroen C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Auto before it actually fails on it.

1. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 4.8% of tests (1.5x the national rate for this advisory)
2. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 11.6% of tests
3. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 10.7% of tests
4. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 4% of tests
5. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.9% of tests
6. Fluid leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users, 0.8% of tests
7. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 0.4% of tests
8. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 0.4% of tests
9. Parking brake control missing, defective or inoperative, 0.2% of tests (3.23x the national rate for this advisory)
10. 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., 0.2% of tests

From 524 DVSA-tracked Citroen C3 Shine + Puretech S/S Auto tests, 2024.

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%

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• Suzuki Ignis Sz5 Dualjet Mhev Cvt - 95.9%
• Lexus Ux - 95.8%

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
• Do you need an HPI check on a car you know is a write-off?

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