2019 Citroen C4: MOT pass rate and reliability

83.8% of 2019 Citroen C4s pass the MOT first time, measured across 4,790 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 40,567 miles.

How the 2019 compares

  • Against all Citroen C4s (66.5%, 128,506 tests): +17.3 points
  • Against all 2019 cars (87.9%): -4.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Citroen C4 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2019 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Citroen C4:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2005 63% 922 96,020
2006 59.9% 1,809 95,122
2007 59.5% 5,505 104,895
2008 57% 7,135 106,096
2009 58.2% 5,107 103,158
2010 58% 6,088 103,581
2011 62.6% 6,991 102,338
2012 63.6% 8,424 95,767
2013 63.1% 12,121 88,991
2014 64.5% 20,597 85,307
2015 69.6% 27,553 77,048
2016 73.1% 17,438 70,181
2017 80.8% 991 77,240
2018 82.2% 2,751 50,503
2019 83.8% 4,790 40,567

What this means if you are buying a 2019 C4

The 2019 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 17.3 points more often than the Citroen C4 average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. 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 a 7-year-old car fails on

A 2019 car is 7 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 2019 Citroen C4 the average at test was 40,567 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.

2019 is the strongest year on record for this model at 83.8%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

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