considering buying this car, MOT fail/advisories question

[Rrrooosss]

I'm looking at this car, it's a 2015 Citroen Berlingo.
It has a seemingly high-ish MOT fail rate.
This is the history, what do you think? Thanks!


2023 june
Advice
Offside Rear Inner Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))
Advice
Nearside Rear Outer Tyre worn close to legal limit/worn on edge (5.2.3 (e))


2023 feb
Fail
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))
Fail
Offside Front Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))

2022 feb
Advice
Offside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Fail
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))
Advice
Nearside Front Brake disc worn, pitted or scored, but not seriously weakened (1.1.14 (a) (ii))
Advice
Front Brake pad(s) wearing thin (1.1.13 (a) (ii))


2020 feb
Fail
Nearside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))
Fail
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))
Fail
Offside Rear Service brake excessively binding (1.2.1 (f))
Fail
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))

[Dynion Araf Uchaf]

Tyres don’t worry about them. Just look em over when you see the car. Spring should have been replaced, again just check it. The driveshaft’s are interesting as they twice been highlighted as failed across a 3 year period, so I suspect they just glued the bellows and got it through the MOT. I’d be asking the seller - if trade to swap out the shafts for new ones. SOGA is your friend on this.

If private the. A heft discount asking to pay for the repairs. They are easy to do, but not if you’re not a competent diyer

[ARHarh]

to be fair a 5 year old car with sticky sliders on the rear brakes, a 7 years old car with worn front brakes, and an 8 year old with a broken spring. All just normal wear and tear stuff. My concern would be the gaiter not being picked up during servicing. My guess is the only servicing it has seen is an oil change, plus the sort of person who doesn't at least check for worn tyres before putting their car in for an MOT is not really going to be on top of maintaining it to the required standard.

[stevieturbo]

There is a real lack of choice with vans these days when most are based around the same stboxes.

I drive a 2015 Berlingo in work. All I can say is it is st.

OK it's a van, it's reasonably comfortable when driving, but there is just no room in the cabin. Storage is ste too. And cup holders on the floor ? Like WTF ? that would never hold a cup anyway and it'd fall over.
Mine must be a base model, as it's genuinely one of the slowest vehicles I've driven in the last 30 years.

Now when I say comfortable, I'm not overly tall, and I still need the drivers seat fully back, I'd hate to imagine what they're like for a tall person.

Room in the back, not too bad

But I just cannot bring myself to like it. But it's a work van, it doesn't cost me anything....and I still dislike it ( although doesn't help that it's too small for what I actually need )

But lack of driver usefulness up front aside, it has electric windows, air con, cruise control etc so in that regard not bad. Just not enough room to put stuff.
And for a van with only 80k on it, the steering wheel, gearstick etc and even carpet really seem more like something with 2-300k upwards would be like.
Just doesn't seem to wear well at all.