Does the Citroen Xsara fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?

The Citroen Xsara records 0.11 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.63 expected for a car of the same age mix: less than expected for its class and age (−0.52, 95% interval −0.55 to −0.49). It ranks 516 of 516 models on road wheels (1 = most failures above expected).

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What exactly fails on road wheels?

The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Citroen Xsara is “A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud”, recorded 256 times in 2019–2024.

Citroen Xsara: most frequent road wheels defect wordings, 2019–2024 (30+ items each)
DVSA defect wording	Items	Per 100 tests
A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud	256	0.08
A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting	60	0.02

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 327,241 (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

If a Citroen Xsara gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?

0.4% of Citroen Xsara MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12 months and 5,617 miles later (691 advisories followed).

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 691 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

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