2018 Citroen C4 Cactus: MOT pass rate and reliability

80.7% of 2018 Citroen C4 Cactus pass the MOT first time, measured across 5,387 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 44,470 miles.

How the 2018 compares

  • Against all Citroen C4 Cactus (79.6%, 21,387 tests): +1.1 points
  • Against all 2018 cars (85.9%): -5.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Citroen C4 Cactus model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2018 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Citroen C4 Cactus:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2015 65.6% 393 69,111
2016 71.8% 3,513 61,948
2017 77.8% 5,854 52,706
2018 80.7% 5,387 44,470
2019 82.6% 3,958 36,498
2020 91.1% 1,902 27,028
2021 93.1% 331 27,990

What this means if you are buying a 2018 C4 Cactus

The 2018 sits close to the Citroen C4 Cactus average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What an 8-year-old car fails on

A 2018 car is 8 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2018 Citroen C4 Cactus the average at test was 44,470 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2021 at 93.1%, and the weakest in our data is 2015 at 65.6%. That 27.5 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2018 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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