Skoda Citigo: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Skoda Citigo passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 8 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 52,279 individual Skoda Citigo tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 84.7% first-time pass rate means roughly 15 in every 100 Skoda Citigos 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 Skoda Citigo tested had covered 48,402 miles and was built around 2015.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Skoda Citigo 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 Skoda Citigo

1. Fuel system leaking, or missing or ineffective filler cap, 0.9% of tests (9.04x the national rate for this defect)
2. Emissions levels exceed default limits, 1.1% of tests (3.9x the national rate for this defect)
3. Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake, 2.1% of tests (2.74x the national rate for this defect)
4. Emissions levels exceed the manufacturer's specified limits, 0.6% of tests (2.72x the national rate for this defect)
5. Lambda coefficient outside the default limits or the range specified by the manufacturer, 0.8% of tests (2.1x the national rate for this defect)
6. Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle., 0.7% of tests (1.71x the national rate for this defect)
7. A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn, 1.7% of tests
8. A tyre seriously damaged, 1.6% of tests
9. Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements, 1.6% of tests
10. Wiper blade missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen, 1.4% of tests

From 69,435 DVSA-tracked Skoda Citigo tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 4.36% of these flagged Skoda Citigo defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Skoda Citigo 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 Skoda Citigo year:

• 2012 Skoda Citigo - 81.3% first-time pass, 3,780 tests
• 2013 Skoda Citigo - 82.5% first-time pass, 7,022 tests
• 2014 Skoda Citigo - 83.2% first-time pass, 9,205 tests
• 2015 Skoda Citigo - 83.5% first-time pass, 8,046 tests
• 2016 Skoda Citigo - 82.6% first-time pass, 7,824 tests
• 2017 Skoda Citigo - 87% first-time pass, 6,306 tests
• 2018 Skoda Citigo - 89.9% first-time pass, 5,376 tests
• 2019 Skoda Citigo - 93.4% first-time pass, 4,549 tests

Other Skoda models

• Skoda Fabia - 75.3%
• Skoda Octavia - 78.9%
• Skoda Yeti - 80.3%
• Skoda Superb - 80%
• Skoda Karoq - 91.3%
• Skoda Kodiaq - 89.7%
• Skoda Rapid - 77.9%
• Skoda Roomster - 70.8%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Nissan 200 Sx - 84.8%
• Volkswagen Move Up - 84.8%
• Lexus Is250c - 84.8%
• Mercedes-Benz Sl - 84.7%
• BMW 730 - 84.7%
• Land Rover Range Rover Evoque R-Dyn D 4x2 - 84.7%

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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