How often does the Citroen e-Berlingo fail its MOT?

6.9% of 102 first-time tests in 2024 were failures, against 12.0% for all electric cars.

What does the Citroen e-Berlingo most often fail on?

Tyres, 37.5% of failing defects. The single most common defect was: Audible warning inoperative.

Citroen · Fully electric · 102 inspections in 2024 · Rank 21 of 81DVSA MOT analysis

Body and structure defects fail the Citroen e-Berlingo 3.0× as often as they fail a petrol or diesel car

102 inspections in a single year make the E-BERLINGO a modestly documented electric car in the data. Tyres cause 37.5% of its failures; body take 3.0× the share they take on petrol and diesel cars of the same age.

FIGURE 1 // WHERE IT WEARSCitroen e-Berlingo

Top three failure systems, annotated from 7 failed first-time tests. Arrows point to where the defect is found on the car.

First-time test findings

The three-year picture

AT THREE YEARS OLD7.5%

E-BERLINGO failure rate. Petrol cars of the same age fail 8.2%.

ALL ELECTRIC CARS12.0%

All electric cars in the data.

At three years old the Citroen e-Berlingo fails 7.5% of the time, under the 8.2% of a petrol car the same age. Tyres cause 37.5% of its failures.

FIGURE 2 // SILL AND UNDERBODY1 certificates in 2024

Corrosion where it should not be yet

Body take 12.5% of the defects that fail this car, 3.0× the share seen on petrol and diesel cars of the same age. The most common item in that group is "Audible warning inoperative", recorded 1 times in 2024.

SECTION // BODY CONCENTRATION

Where it concentrates

The E-BERLINGO stays under the petrol fleet at every age we can measure. What it does fail on is unusually concentrated.

DEFECT CONCENTRATION IN FAILED TESTS:

E-BERLINGO body share12.5%

Petrol and diesel average4.1%

The single most common item on a E-BERLINGO certificate is "Audible warning inoperative", recorded 1 times.

Source: DVSA MOT defect items, 2024 test year.

Buyer's protocolPre-purchase checklist

What to check

Check tyre age and tread across the full width, inner edge included. Electric cars wear tyres faster; a cheap mismatched set on a used car tells you how it was run. Ask for the full MOT history by registration on the free DVSA service: advisories are next year's failures.

3 inspection points:

✓ Tyre inner-edge wear and age

✓ Free DVSA MOT history check

FIGURE 3 // FAILURE RATE BY AGEvs petrol, diesel and all electric cars

Points hidden where fewer than 50 cars of that age were tested. Dashed lines are the same-age petrol and diesel fleets.

Data sheet

Inspections: 102
Passed: 93
Failed: 7
Passed after repair: 2
Failure rate: 6.9% (all EV 12.0%)
Average age: 3.0 years
Best year: 3 yrs · 7.5%
Worst year: 3 yrs · 7.5%
Top cause: Tyres 37.5%

TABLE 1 // WHAT FAILS, BY SYSTEMshare of failing defects

System	Share	vs petrol/diesel
Tyres	37.5%	1.6× more
Suspension	0.0%	in line
Brakes	12.5%	1.5× less
Visibility	12.5%	in line
Lighting	25.0%	1.5× more
Steering	0.0%	in line
Body	12.5%	3.0× more

TABLE 2 // TOP DEFECTS ON THE CERTIFICATE

Audible warning inoperative1
A tyre seriously damaged1
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements1
Windscreen or window in an unacceptable condition e.g. due to excessive scratching1
A tyre cords visible or damaged1
A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc1

Wording as printed by the tester, from the DVSA inspection manual.

Where it holds up

Suspension fail less often than on petrol and diesel cars (0.0% of defects vs 13.6%)
Brakes fail less often than on petrol and diesel cars (12.5% of defects vs 18.7%)
Steering fail less often than on petrol and diesel cars (0.0% of defects vs 3.1%)
At three years old it fails 7.5% of the time, below the 8.2% of petrol cars the same age

Where it fails

Tyres take a bigger share of failures than on petrol and diesel cars of the same age (37.5% vs 23.7%)
Lighting take a bigger share of failures than on petrol and diesel cars of the same age (25.0% vs 16.5%)
Body take a bigger share of failures than on petrol and diesel cars of the same age (12.5% vs 4.1%)

VERSIONS SEEN IN THE TESTSas recorded

E-BERLINGO FLAIR XTR66
E-BERLINGO 800 DRIVER PRO14
E-BERLINGO FEEL12
E-BERLINGO 800 ENTERPRISE PRO7
E-BERLINGO 700 ENTERPRISE PRO2
E-BERLINGO 750 ENTERPRISE PRO1

OWNER REPORTS // MATCHED TO RECORDED DEFECTS0 read · 0 matched

No owner discussion has been matched to this car's recorded defects yet. Reports are re-collected every quarter; the figures on this page do not depend on them.

Summaries written by us, never quotes; every entry links to its source. Owner reports have no denominator and never feed the failure rate.

SIMILAR CARS IN THE DATAclosest rate and age, other brands

Ford Mustang7.0% fail · 2,846 tests Vauxhall Combo-e6.7% fail · 163 tests BMW i46.4% fail · 266 tests Mazda MX-306.4% fail · 2,026 tests

OTHER CITROEN ELECTRIC CARS

Citroen Berlingo18.5% fail first time Citroen C-Zero20.0% fail first time Citroen e-C414.2% fail first time Citroen E-Dispatch6.6% fail first time

Three things the data shows

102 inspections in 2024 make this one of the adequately-documented electric cars in the data.
Body take 3.0× the share of failures they take on petrol and diesel cars of the same age.
It ranks 21 of 81 electric cars by first-time failure rate.

LIMITS // WHAT THE INSPECTION DOES NOT TELL YOU

No battery health, no motor, no charging performance. The test covers brakes, suspension, steering, tyres, lights, visibility and structure. A car with a badly degraded battery passes as long as it stops and steers. Read this page as evidence about the chassis, not the powertrain. Cars are tested from their third year, so the newest model years are missing; every figure carries its sample size for that reason. Full methodology.