Citroen Dispatch: every year fails more than average

Based on 40,572 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 2007 and 2009 to 2019. The worst is the 2016, which fails its MOT 94% more often than other cars of the same age.

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

Every Dispatch 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 Dispatch
Registered	MOT tests	Fail rate	vs same-age cars
2006	1,285	41.2%	about average
2007	2,018	41.4%	17% worse
2008	2,231	39.9%	about average
2009	1,805	42.2%	26% worse
2010	2,372	39.2%	22% worse
2011	2,203	39.9%	32% worse
2012	1,928	39.0%	40% worse
2013	2,628	36.1%	41% worse
2014	3,444	37.0%	63% worse
2015	4,275	35.9%	84% worse
2016 Worst	3,732	32.7%	94% worse
2017	4,624	19.0%	33% worse
2018	4,529	19.9%	66% worse
2019	3,498	19.5%	90% worse

How this is worked out

Every MOT test recorded by DVSA in 2023 on a Citroen Dispatch, 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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