Citroen C3 Aircross 2020: MOT failure rate for its age

10.9% of 9,267 MOT tests of the Citroen C3 Aircross first registered in 2020 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 107.0 (95% CI 100.4–113.7; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2020 Citroen C3 Aircross fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Citroen C3 Aircross built in 2020 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	10.9	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	9267
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 100.4–113.7)	107.0	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	9267
Rank among this model's 4 build years	4	of 4	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	9267
Tested in 2024	4597	tests	median 23,072 miles	2024	4597

Built 2020 against Citroen C3 Aircross normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 3: 10.7% vs 9.3%; age 4: 11% vs 11.1%. Axis from 0% to 20%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2020 Citroen C3 Aircross by registration · All Citroen C3 Aircross 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 2020 Citroen C3 Aircross fail at each age?

Cars built in 2020 were tested at ages 3 to 4 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 C3 Aircross built 2020: 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	4,670	10.7	9.9–11.7	9.3	116.2
4	4,597	11	10.1–11.9	11.1	99.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,267 (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 2020 Citroen C3 Aircross?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2020 is tyres: 6.4 items per 100 first tests, against 5.1 across all build years of the Citroen C3 Aircross. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2020 were tested at ages 3 to 4.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Citroen C3 Aircross built 2020 against the Citroen C3 Aircross in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2020, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Tyres	6.4	5.1	610
Brakes	5.6	6.1	530
Visibility	1.6	1.9	150
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	1.4	1.8	132
Body, chassis, structure	1.3	3	122

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,496 (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 2020 compare with the years around it?

Among the 4 published build years of the Citroen C3 Aircross, 2020 ranks 4 (1 = fails least for its age). 2019: index 102.3.

Citroen C3 Aircross build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2017	96.8	89.4–104.1	no different	4,568
2018	102.9	100.1–105.7	worse	38,535
2019	102.3	98.9–105.7	no different	29,590
2020	107.0	100.4–113.7	worse	9,267

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 81,960 (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 C3 Aircross 2020 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-c3-aircross/2020/

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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