Citroen C4 Grand Picasso 2014: MOT failure rate for its age

32.6% of 482 MOT tests of the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso first registered in 2014 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 104.7 (95% CI 88.3–121.1; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2014 build year is no different from other years of the same model at the same age. This is a rough estimate from a smaller sample.

Citroen C4 Grand Picasso built in 2014 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	32.6	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	482
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 88.3–121.1)	104.7	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	482
Rank among this model's 7 build years	7	of 7	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	482
Tested in 2024	169	tests	median 83,099 miles	2024	169

Built 2014 against Citroen C4 Grand Picasso normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 5: 23.5% vs 26.6%; age 6: 30.6% vs 28.8%; age 7: 27.2% vs 32.4%; age 8: 41% vs 32.8%; age 9: 38% vs n/a%; age 10: 49.1% vs n/a%. Axis from 0% to 50%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

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

How does the 2014 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso fail at each age?

Cars built in 2014 were tested at ages 5 to 10 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 C4 Grand Picasso built 2014: 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)
5	51 (rough estimate)	23.5	14–36.8	26.6	88.5
6	111 (rough estimate)	30.6	22.8–39.7	28.8	106.3
7	147 (rough estimate)	27.2	20.7–34.9	32.4	84
8	173 (rough estimate)	41	34–48.5	32.8	125
9	187 (rough estimate)	38	31.3–45.1	not available	not available
10	169 (rough estimate)	49.1	41.7–56.6	not available	not available

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 838 (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 2014 Citroen C4 Grand Picasso?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2014 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 22.4 items per 100 first tests, against 12.6 across all build years of the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2014 were tested at ages 5 to 10.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Citroen C4 Grand Picasso built 2014 against the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2014, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	22.4	12.6	188
Suspension	19.9	6.3	167
Tyres	11.1	9.2	93
Brakes	10.3	8.2	86
Visibility	8.6	4.7	72

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 838 (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 2014 compare with the years around it?

Among the 7 published build years of the Citroen C4 Grand Picasso, 2014 ranks 7 (1 = fails least for its age). 2015: index 100.8.

Citroen C4 Grand Picasso build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
2014	104.7	88.3–121.1	no different (rough estimate)	482
2015	100.8	89.7–111.9	no different (rough estimate)	1,065
2016	104.0	101.3–106.8	worse	20,756
2017	102.9	100.8–105.0	worse	37,605
2018	100.5	96.8–104.2	no different	13,120
2019	84.2	72.9–95.4	better (rough estimate)	1,294
2020	87.5	79.9–95.1	better (rough estimate)	3,273

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 77,595 (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 C4 Grand Picasso 2014 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-c4-grand-picasso/2014/

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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