Does the Citroen Saxo fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

The Citroen Saxo records 3.93 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 3.94 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (−0.01, 95% interval −0.20 to +0.18). It ranks 282 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Citroen Saxo is “An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction”, recorded 746 times in 2019–2024.

Citroen Saxo: most frequent seat belts and airbags defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction	746	1.78
The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any seat belt anchorage (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired	614	1.47
Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended	63	0.15
A statutory seat belt missing	49	0.12
An airbag fitted as original equipment obviously missing	39	0.09

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 41,905 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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Does the Citroen Saxo fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?

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