How often does the Citroen E-Dispatch fail its MOT?

6.6% of 151 first-time tests in 2024 were failures, against 12.0% for all electric cars.

What does the Citroen E-Dispatch most often fail on?

Tyres, 46.7% of failing defects. The single most common defect was: A tyre seriously damaged.

Citroen · Fully electric · 151 inspections in 2024 · Rank 17 of 81DVSA MOT analysis

The Citroen E-Dispatch beats the petrol fleet at every age it has been tested

151 inspections in a single year make the E-DISPATCH a modestly documented electric car in the data. Tyres cause 46.7% of its failures; tyres take 2.0× the share they take on petrol and diesel cars of the same age.

FIGURE 1 // WHERE IT WEARSCitroen E-Dispatch

Top three failure systems, annotated from 10 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-DISPATCH 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-Dispatch fails 7.5% of the time, under the 8.2% of a petrol car the same age. Tyres cause 46.7% of its failures.

FIGURE 2 // TYRE SECTION5 certificates in 2024

The tyre that wears from the inside

Tyres take 46.7% of the defects that fail this car, 2.0× the share seen on petrol and diesel cars of the same age. The most common item in that group is "A tyre seriously damaged", recorded 5 times in 2024.

SECTION // TYRES CONCENTRATION

Where it concentrates

The E-DISPATCH 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-DISPATCH tyres share46.7%

Petrol and diesel average23.7%

The single most common item on a E-DISPATCH certificate is "A tyre seriously damaged", recorded 5 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 when the brakes were last stripped and cleaned. Regenerative braking barely wears the pads, so discs and calipers corrode and seize instead. 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

✓ Rear caliper drag and disc lip

✓ 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: 151
Passed: 128
Failed: 10
Passed after repair: 13
Failure rate: 6.6% (all EV 12.0%)
Average age: 3.1 years
Best year: 3 yrs · 7.5%
Worst year: 3 yrs · 7.5%
Top cause: Tyres 46.7%

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

System	Share	vs petrol/diesel
Tyres	46.7%	2.0× more
Suspension	0.0%	in line
Brakes	20.0%	in line
Visibility	13.3%	in line
Lighting	20.0%	in line
Steering	0.0%	in line
Body	0.0%	in line

TABLE 2 // TOP DEFECTS ON THE CERTIFICATE

A tyre seriously damaged5
Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning2
Excessive fluctuation in brake effort through each wheel revolution.1
Obligatory mirror or device slightly damaged or loose1
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements1
Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement1

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%)
Steering fail less often than on petrol and diesel cars (0.0% of defects vs 3.1%)
Body fail less often than on petrol and diesel cars (0.0% of defects vs 4.1%)
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 (46.7% vs 23.7%)

VERSIONS SEEN IN THE TESTSas recorded

E-DISPATCH 1000 ENTERPRISE115
E-DISPATCH 1000 ENTERPRISE PRO17
E-DISPATCH 1000 DRIVER14
E-DISPATCH 1000 X5

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

Vauxhall Combo-e6.7% fail · 163 tests BMW i46.4% fail · 266 tests Volkswagen e-Up6.4% fail · 1,540 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-Berlingo6.9% fail first time Citroen e-C414.2% fail first time

Three things the data shows

151 inspections in 2024 make this one of the adequately-documented electric cars in the data.
Tyres take 2.0× the share of failures they take on petrol and diesel cars of the same age.
It ranks 17 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.