2017 Skoda Citigo: MOT pass rate and reliability

87% of 2017 Skoda Citigos pass the MOT first time, measured across 6,306 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 39,265 miles.

How the 2017 compares

  • Against all Skoda Citigos (85%, 52,110 tests): +2 points
  • Against all 2017 cars (83.5%): +3.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Skoda Citigo model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2017 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Skoda Citigo:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2012 81.3% 3,780 67,230
2013 82.5% 7,022 64,024
2014 83.2% 9,205 60,980
2015 83.5% 8,046 51,087
2016 82.6% 7,824 45,503
2017 87% 6,306 39,265
2018 89.9% 5,376 32,747
2019 93.4% 4,549 27,939

What this means if you are buying a 2017 Citigo

The 2017 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 2 points more often than the Skoda Citigo 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 9-year-old car fails on

A 2017 car is 9 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 2017 Skoda Citigo the average at test was 39,265 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 2019 at 93.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2012 at 81.3%. That 12.1 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2017 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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