Citroen Berlingo years to avoid: the later ones

Based on 182,380 real MOT tests from DVSA records. Each year is compared against every other car first registered the same year — otherwise the numbers would only tell you that older cars fail more, which you knew.

The short answer

Avoid 2010 to 2020. The worst is the 2020, which fails its MOT 112% more often than other cars of the same age.

Found a Citroen Berlingo you like?

Averages tell you what to expect. Its registration tells you what actually happened — every MOT, every advisory, and whether the mileage adds up.

Every Berlingo model year

Shaded rows are the years that differ most from other cars of the same age — worse, better.

MOT failure rate by registration year for the Citroen Berlingo
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2001	1,167	37.2%	about average
2002	2,046	39.0%	about average
2003	3,538	40.2%	about average
2004	4,366	40.5%	about average
2005	4,674	38.7%	about average
2006	6,266	38.3%	about average
2007	6,486	38.7%	about average
2008	6,514	38.7%	about average
2009	8,983	37.7%	about average
2010	8,100	38.2%	19% worse
2011	8,761	37.3%	24% worse
2012	10,363	36.1%	29% worse
2013	13,032	32.0%	25% worse
2014	14,933	32.0%	41% worse
2015	15,623	29.3%	50% worse
2016	14,583	26.3%	56% worse
2017	12,701	25.6%	79% worse
2018	13,414	22.9%	91% worse
2019	14,725	19.5%	90% worse
2020 Worst	12,105	19.4%	112% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Citroen Berlingo, grouped by the year the car was first registered. Retests are excluded, so a car that failed and was fixed still counts as a failure. Each year's rate is then divided by the rate for all cars first registered that year — so 120 means 20% more failures than its contemporaries, not 20% more than a brand new car.

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