MOT History from tests of diesel CITROEN C3s year 2004

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Pass percent:54.42%

(The average a diesel CITROEN C3 year 2004 passes without issue)

Based on:68,378 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Headlamp aim out of alignment	6869
Registration plate lamp issues	6635
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	5148
Nearside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1237
Rear brake binding	1180
Offside Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	1082
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements \|3.7.B.7\|	1069
Brake pipe excessively corroded	1046
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	997
Offside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	939
Nearside Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	911
Brakes imbalanced across an axle	884
Nearside Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	860
Nearside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	831
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	780
Offside Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	770
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	733
Exhaust emits an excessive level of metered smoke for a turbo charged engine \|7.4.B.3b\|	698
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort	692
Centre Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	682
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	681
Offside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	635
Nearside Rear coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	624
Front brake disc in such a condition that it is seriously weakened	618
Nearside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	614
Offside Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	581
Offside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	560
Registration plate issues	536
Offside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	534
Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault	529
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	524
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	511
Offside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	492
Offside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	487
Nearside Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	476
Offside Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	475
Parking brake lever has no reserve travel \|3.1.6b\|	462
Nearside Front Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	461
Nearside Front Track rod end ball joint has excessive play \|2.2.B.1f\|	461
Nearside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	446
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	416
Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	394
Offside Front Headlamp not working on dipped beam \|1.7.5a\|	388
Offside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	387
Nearside Rear Direction indicator incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	340
Offside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	339
Nearside Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	319
Offside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	316
Nearside Front Lower Suspension arm has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	309
Nearside Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	292
Windscreen has damage	264
Nearside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	263
Offside Front Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	255
Front Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	240
Offside Front Front position lamp\|s\| not working \|1.1.A.3b\|	234
Offside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	229
Nearside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	222
Nearside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	221
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	220
Nearside Front Side repeater incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	220
Windscreen wiper blade insecure	214
Offside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	213
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	200
Fuel system component leaking \|7.2.3\|	199
Offside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	198
Battery insecure \|1.9.1\|	195
Horn not working \|1.6.2a\|	195
Offside Front Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a ball joint \|2.4.G.2\|	194
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively damaged so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	192
Offside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	188
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt \|2.4.G.2\|	185
Centre Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases \|7.1.2\|	181
Nearside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	180
Nearside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	176
Offside Front Headlamp aim beam image obviously incorrect \|1.8.A.1b\|	174
Offside Rear wheel bearing rough when rotated \|2.6.1\|	173
Nearside Rear coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	171
Nearside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	163
Front brake application uneven	158
Offside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	155
Nearside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	151
Offside Front Position lamp not working (4.2.1 (a) (ii))	151
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	150
Windscreen washer not working	147
Offside Headlamp not working on main beam \|1.7.5a\|	146
Nearside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	145
Nearside Front coil spring broken \|2.4.C.1a\|	141
Rear Mechanical brake component has restricted free movement	141
Centre Rear Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	140
Exhaust system not adequately supported \|7.1.1\|	139
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	136
Rear brake application uneven	136
Windscreen has a sticker or other obstruction encroaching into the swept area by more than 40mm outside zone `A` \|8.3.1e\|	135
Stop lamp not working \|1.2.1b\|	132
Offside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	131
Offside Front Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	131
Offside Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	122
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image \|1.2.4a\|	121
Rear fog lamp not working \|1.3.2b\|	120
Offside Front front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	119
Offside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	118
Offside Front coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	117
Supplementary Restraint System warning lamp indicates a fault \|5.4.2\|	116
Nearside Headlamp aim aimed so that it dazzles other road users \|1.8.A.1a\|	113
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	112
Nearside front brake binding \|3.7.B.1\|	111
Offside Side repeater incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	111
Nearside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	111
Nearside Side repeater not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	110
Offside Front coil spring incomplete \|2.4.C.1a\|	109
Brake hose excessively deteriorated	106
Emissions not tested \|7.0\|	105
Front brake excessively fluctuating	104
Nearside Front Front suspension has excessive play in a lower suspension ball joint \|2.5.B.1a\|	104
Offside Front Direction indicator incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	104
Nearside Front Position lamp not working \|4.2.1 \|a\|\|	103
Nearside Rear coil spring fractured \|2.4.C.1a\|	103
Nearside Front Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect (4.1.2 (c))	102
Nearside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	102
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage has excessive play in a pin/bush \|2.4.G.2\|	102
Offside Rear Coil spring fractured or broken \|5.3.1 \|b\| \|i\|\|	102
Parking brake efficiency below requirements \|1.4.2 \|a\| \|i\|\|	100
Offside Front Direction indicator not working \|1.4.A.2c\|	100
Nearside Side repeater incorrect colour (4.4.3 (a))	99
Nearside Front Anti-roll bar linkage ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	97
Offside Front Suspension arm ball joint excessively worn (5.3.4 (a) (i))	96
Nearside Rear Shock absorber has a serious fluid leak \|2.7.3\|	95
Nearside Rear Direction indicators incorrect colour \|1.4.A.2f\|	94

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

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MOT History from tests of diesel CITROEN C3s year 2004

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