Used car guide
2004 Citroen C5: petrol or diesel?
Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.
Petrol
54% pass first time (all 2004 cars: 57%)
Stands out: shock absorbers 2.3×
198 MOTsSee the petrol guide ›
Diesel
55% pass first time (all 2004 cars: 57%)
Stands out: air/gas/fluid suspension: pipes null×, anti-roll bar link joints 2.4×, side repeaters 3.3×
914 MOTsSee the diesel guide ›
Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.
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Other years
Every year of the Citroen C5 compared
| Year | MOT tests | Most flagged |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2025 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2024 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2023 | – | Too new for MOT data |
| 2022 | 242 | Tyres 21% |
| 2021 | 1,959 | Tyres 28% |
| 2020 | 15,367 | Tyres 29% |
| 2019 | 19,556 | Tyres 29% |
| 2018 | – | Too few tests |
| 2016 | 304 | Tyres 23% |
| 2015 | 556 | Tyres 26% |
| 2014 | 695 | Suspension 28% |
| 2013 | 1,051 | Tyres 29% |
| 2012 | 1,090 | Suspension 39% |
| 2011 | 1,727 | Suspension 39% |
| 2010 | 3,535 | Suspension 41% |
| 2009 | 5,321 | Suspension 42% |
| 2008 | 3,583 | Suspension 44% |
| 2007 | 1,278 | Suspension 44% |
| 2006 | 1,298 | Brakes 41% |
| 2005 | 903 | Brakes 42% |
| 2003 | 951 | Brakes 46% |
| 2002 | 726 | Brakes 42% |
| 2001 | 283 | Suspension 39% |