Citroen Berlingo 2018: MOT failure rate for its age

33.8% of 57,908 MOT tests of the Citroen Berlingo first registered in 2018 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 109.6 (95% CI 108.0–111.1; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2018 Citroen Berlingo fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Citroen Berlingo built in 2018 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	33.8	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	57908
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 108.0–111.1)	109.6	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	57908
Rank among this model's 23 build years	23	of 23	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	57908
Tested in 2024	13882	tests	median 66,988 miles	2024	13882

Built 2018 against Citroen Berlingo normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 30.8% vs 27.4%; age 4: 32% vs 29.2%; age 5: 35.1% vs 31.7%; age 6: 37.5% vs 35.3%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2018 Citroen Berlingo by registration · All Citroen Berlingo MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2018 Citroen Berlingo fail at each age?

Cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Citroen Berlingo built 2018: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
3	14,986	30.8	30.1–31.6	27.4	112.3
4	14,624	32	31.2–32.8	29.2	109.7
5	14,416	35.1	34.3–35.9	31.7	110.8
6	13,882	37.5	36.7–38.3	35.3	106

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 57,908 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2018 Citroen Berlingo?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2018 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 30.5 items per 100 first tests, against 38.5 across all build years of the Citroen Berlingo. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2018 were tested at ages 3 to 6.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Citroen Berlingo built 2018 against the Citroen Berlingo in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2018, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	30.5	38.5	17,807
Visibility	11.2	14.3	6,547
Body, chassis, structure	7.7	11.7	4,520
Tyres	7.7	10	4,478
Brakes	7.6	14.1	4,460

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 58,382 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2018 compare with the years around it?

Among the 23 published build years of the Citroen Berlingo, 2018 ranks 23 (1 = fails least for its age). 2017: index 100.4. 2019: index 96.4.

Citroen Berlingo build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1998	97.8	87.8–107.8	no different (rough estimate)	742
1999	97.1	89.9–104.3	no different (rough estimate)	1,424
2000	101.9	97.3–106.5	no different (rough estimate)	3,740
2001	98.7	95.9–101.5	no different	9,593
2002	100.2	98.1–102.3	no different	18,005
2003	101.0	99.4–102.6	no different	29,697
2004	100.1	98.6–101.5	no different	35,405
2005	99.4	98.0–100.9	no different	36,931
2006	96.9	95.6–98.1	better	47,098
2007	97.9	96.6–99.2	better	47,838
2008	99.0	97.7–100.3	no different	44,557
2009	98.9	97.7–100.1	no different	57,446
2010	101.1	99.8–102.3	no different	51,306
2011	101.6	100.4–102.9	worse	54,685
2012	100.4	99.2–101.6	no different	64,461
2013	99.6	98.5–100.7	no different	80,685
2014	100.6	99.6–101.6	no different	92,302
2015	100.2	99.1–101.2	no different	96,625
2016	99.0	97.9–100.1	no different	91,538
2017	100.4	99.2–101.7	no different	75,233
2018	109.6	108.0–111.1	worse	57,908
2019	96.4	94.7–98.0	better	48,378
2020	101.8	99.5–104.1	no different	25,711

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,071,308 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Citroen Berlingo 2018 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/citroen-berlingo/2018/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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