Does the Citroen Spacetourer fail the MOT on seat belts and airbags more than it should?
The Citroen Spacetourer records 1.12 seat belts and airbags failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.28 expected for a car of the same age mix: more than expected for its class and age (+0.84, 95% interval +0.63 to +1.05). It ranks 117 of 627 models on seat belts and airbags (1 = most failures above expected).
Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · all models on seat belts and airbags · check a Citroen Spacetourer by registration
What exactly fails on seat belts and airbags?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Citroen Spacetourer is “Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type”, recorded 32 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Seat belt not functioning as intended or of an incorrect type | 32 | 0.32 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 10,091 (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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