2012 Citroen Dispatch: MOT pass rate and reliability

61.2% of 2012 Citroen Dispatch pass the MOT first time, measured across 1,814 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 129,811 miles.

How the 2012 compares

  • Against all Citroen Dispatch (67.6%, 43,643 tests): -6.4 points
  • Against all 2012 cars (70.8%): -9.6 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Citroen Dispatch model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2012 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Citroen Dispatch:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2002 59.1% 232 126,920
2003 54.9% 357 128,551
2004 57.2% 554 132,454
2005 56.2% 744 126,745
2006 57.1% 980 132,992
2007 58.4% 1,653 150,821
2008 60.1% 1,864 147,933
2009 59.7% 1,575 142,757
2010 61.1% 2,063 143,337
2011 59.1% 1,979 139,027
2012 61.2% 1,814 129,811
2013 60.8% 2,538 118,710
2014 62.3% 3,293 113,637
2015 60.5% 4,127 108,385
2016 65.5% 3,738 97,530
2017 78.7% 5,116 88,193
2018 81% 5,086 78,958
2019 79.6% 4,490 71,765
2020 77.4% 705 57,616
2021 76.6% 415 48,790

What this means if you are buying a 2012 Dispatch

The 2012 is a weaker year for this model, passing 6.4 points less often than the Citroen Dispatch average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2012 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 14-year-old car fails on

A 2012 car is 14 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 high mileage, so timing belts, clutches, suspension bushes and corrosion are the items worth budgeting for rather than the MOT itself. On a 2012 Citroen Dispatch the average at test was 129,811 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 2018 at 81%, and the weakest in our data is 2003 at 54.9%. That 26.1 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2012 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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