Citroen C6
Registered from 2006 to 2010.
About this model
The Citroën C6 is an executive car (E) produced by the French car maker Citroën from 2005 to 2012. Production started up again in China in 2016, before ending in 2023. The Citroën C6 was inspired by the Citroën C6 Lignage concept car with fastback-saloon like styling.
From the Wikipedia article Citroën C6, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2007 2.7 diesel. 25 of 130 tests failed, 19%.
Better than 85% of 2007 cars. The typical one fails 27%, across 935 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 48% | 12 |
| Lights and electrics | 44% | 11 |
| Suspension | 28% | 7 |
| Tyres and wheels | 28% | 7 |
| Visibility | 12% | 3 |
| Body and structure | 8% | 2 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- Warning device shows system malfunction
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
Before you buy one
Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.
- Brakes — 48% of its failures
- Significant brake effort recorded with no brake applied indicating a binding brake
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Suspension — 28% of its failures
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Tyres and wheels — 28% of its failures
- Brakes imbalance across an axle such that the braking effort from any wheel is less than 70% of the maximum effort recorded from the other wheel on the same axle.
- A tyre cords visible or damaged
- Lights and electrics — 44% of its failures
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Visibility — 12% of its failures
- Body and structure — 8% of its failures