Citroen C4 Grand Picasso: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Citroen C4 Grand Picasso fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 3.4 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 14,676 individual Citroen C4 Grand Picasso tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 73.3% first-time pass rate means roughly 27 in every 100 Citroen C4 Grand Picassos presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Citroen C4 Grand Picasso tested had covered 65,304 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 C4 Grand Picasso bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

Before you bid: run the lot through the analyzer, check the car's own record, check the mileage, decode the VIN, and if it carries a marker use the write-off value calculator. Or compare it against another model.

Looking at a specific Citroen C4 Grand Picasso rather than the model in general? The free check covers its MOT and mileage history, and the full HPI report confirms the insurance write-off category, outstanding finance and whether it is recorded stolen, from licensed data for 5 credits. Already own one that has been damaged? Work out whether fixing it beats selling it with the repair or scrap calculator, and see what damaged Citroen C4 Grand Picassos actually sold for at UK salvage auction, from 6 real settled sales.

Most common MOT failures on a Citroen C4 Grand Picasso

1. A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 3.8% of tests (3.4x the national rate for this defect)
2. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 4.4% of tests (2.86x the national rate for this defect)
3. A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, 1.5% of tests (2.33x the national rate for this defect)
4. A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED, 1.8% of tests (2.03x the national rate for this defect)
5. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 1.8% of tests (1.87x the national rate for this defect)
6. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 1.9% of tests (1.6x the national rate for this defect)
7. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.7% of tests (1.53x the national rate for this defect)
8. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 1.8% of tests (1.49x the national rate for this defect)
9. Brake disc or drum significantly and obviously worn, 0.9% of tests (1.48x the national rate for this defect)
10. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 4.9% of tests (1.33x the national rate for this defect)

From 20,315 DVSA-tracked Citroen C4 Grand Picasso tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 7.52% of these flagged Citroen C4 Grand Picasso defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 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 C4 Grand Picasso year:

• 2015 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - 71.3% first-time pass, 307 tests
• 2016 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - 71.9% first-time pass, 3,516 tests
• 2017 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - 73.3% first-time pass, 7,087 tests
• 2018 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - 78.5% first-time pass, 3,206 tests

Citroen C4 Grand Picasso by fuel type

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

• Diesel Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - 73.3% first-time pass, 13,581 tests
• Petrol Citroen C4 Grand Picasso - 78.2% first-time pass, 1,017 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

• Mazda 2 - 73.4%
• Mazda 3 - 73.4%
• Mitsubishi Shogun - 73.3%
• Volkswagen Crafter - 73.2%
• BMW 123 - 73.2%
• BMW Z3 - 73.1%

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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