Does the Mercedes-Benz Citan fail the MOT on road wheels more than it should?
The Mercedes-Benz Citan records 0.28 road wheels failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 0.23 expected for a lcv 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) (+0.05, 95% interval +0.02 to +0.09). It ranks 168 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 Mercedes-Benz Citan is “A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting”, recorded 169 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| A wheel badly distorted or wear between wheel and hub at spigot mounting | 169 | 0.17 |
| A wheel with a loose or missing wheel nut, bolt or stud | 90 | 0.09 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 101,471 (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 Mercedes-Benz Citan gets a road wheels advisory, how often does it fail next time?
1.6% of Mercedes-Benz Citan MOTs with a road wheels advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 11.8 months and 9,897 miles later (1,544 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 1,544 (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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