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Citroen C4 Picasso
MOT 2023
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Citroen

C4 Picasso

8,080 MOT tests analysed. lands in the middle of the pack — here's where C4 Picassos pass, fail, and end up on the retest sheet.

That's 3.9 points above the UK fleet average across our 1,988 tracked models — a confident result.

Pass

79.7%

Pass-after-fix

4.2%

Fail

15.8%

Avg miles

50,338

Pass + Pass-after-fix + Fail = 100%

The picture

C4 Picasso: middle-of-the-pack on first-time pass

Across 8,080 MOT tests, the C4 Picasso returns 79.7% first-time pass — roughly in line with the UK fleet average. The single most-logged Major fail is a number-plate lamp out. Brake pads worn below 1.5 mm and worn suspension bushes round out the top three. Average tested mileage sits at 50,338, which is the lens to read those failure rankings through. If you own one and the next test is close, the ranked list below is a sensible pre-test checklist.

Top ten reasons for rejection.

  1. 01

    A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources

    340 occurrences · 4.2% of tests

  2. 02

    a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm

    207 occurrences · 2.6% of tests

  3. 03

    A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn

    169 occurrences · 2.1% of tests

  4. 04

    Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements

    150 occurrences · 1.9% of tests

  5. 05

    A tyre cords visible or damaged

    142 occurrences · 1.8% of tests

  6. 06

    A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc

    141 occurrences · 1.7% of tests

  7. 07

    Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured but not adversely affecting driver's view

    112 occurrences · 1.4% of tests

  8. 08

    A tyre seriously damaged

    107 occurrences · 1.3% of tests

  9. 09

    A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot severely deteriorated

    83 occurrences · 1.0% of tests

  10. 10

    A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps

    82 occurrences · 1.0% of tests

Counts cover Major and Dangerous defects logged at test. Advisory items excluded so this shows why a car was rejected, not just what the tester flagged in passing.

Worst-case fix budget · top 5 failures

£288–£625

If every one of this C4 Picasso's most-logged Major fails hit at the same MOT, that's the real-world UK garage range. Reality is usually one or two items, not all of them. Open the estimator →

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Tools that pre-empt a retest.

Picked against this car's top failure patterns. Affiliate links to Amazon UK — we earn a small cut at no cost to you. Disclosed up-front, doesn't shape the data.

Item 01 · Amazon UK

H7 / W21W bulb pack

A spare-bulb kit lives in the boot. Test morning is not the time to find your stop-lamp's gone.

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Item 02 · Amazon UK

Brake pad measurement gauge

Testers fail pads under 1.5mm. A wear gauge tells you if you've got two months left or two weeks.

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Item 03 · Amazon UK

Digital tyre-tread depth gauge

Five quid for a gauge beats £150 for a retest. UK MOT minimum is 1.6mm — most testers fail anything below 2mm to be safe.

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Buying or keeping a C4 Picasso?

Use the failure ranking as a pre-test checklist or a haggling lever. Treat the headline pass rate as a fleet-wide trend, not a guarantee on any individual car.

If you own a C4 Picasso and your last MOT looked nothing like the ranked failures above, that's normal — individual cars vary widely. The ranking shows the patterns testers flag most often across the country.