Citroen C5 Aircross Shine Puretech S/S: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Citroen C5 Aircross Shine Puretech S/S passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 14.1 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 677 individual Citroen C5 Aircross Shine Puretech S/S tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

First-time pass rate90.8%
UK national average76.7%
Difference+14.1 points
Tests analysed677
Average mileage at test25,453 miles
Average year of manufacture2021
Reliability rank580 of 2,005 models

What this means if you are buying one

A 90.8% first-time pass rate means roughly 9 in every 100 Citroen C5 Aircross Shine Puretech S/S 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 C5 Aircross Shine Puretech S/S tested had covered 25,453 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. On a Citroen C5 Aircross Shine Puretech S/S 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 C5 Aircross Shine Puretech S/S

  1. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 2.6% of tests
  2. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 1.3% of tests
  3. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 0.8% of tests
  4. A tyre seriously damaged, 0.7% of tests
  5. Brake disc or drum excessively weakened, insecure or fractured, 0.4% of tests (1.69x the national rate for this defect)
  6. Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen, 0.3% of tests
  7. A tyre pressure monitoring system malfunctioning or obviously inoperative, 0.3% of tests (1.51x the national rate for this defect)
  8. A direction indicator lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.3% of tests
  9. Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 0.3% of tests
  10. Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution., 0.3% of tests

From 1,038 DVSA-tracked Citroen C5 Aircross Shine Puretech S/S tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 10.57% of these flagged Citroen C5 Aircross Shine Puretech S/S defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

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