2019 Citroen Relay 2.0L Diesel · CF19 ABZ

Annual mileage of around 12,200 miles places this Relay firmly in higher-use territory, and the MOT trajectory bears that out. Across four consecutive annual passes from 2022 through 2025, the pattern shows accumulating wear items rather than a clean sheet. The 2023 advisory flagged nearside front tyre wear on the edge, the 2024 test introduced an oil leak and a handful of minor lighting and mirror defects, while the most recent examination on 11 June 2025 closed out the recorded history with a clean pass and no defects. There are no failures, no structural advisories, and no corrosion call-outs to date, which is reassuring, but the year-on-year accretion of advisories from 2023 onwards is the kind of slow drift that merits attention on a high-mileage commercial platform. The mileage profile is unusual and worth interrogating closely. At roughly twelve thousand miles per year against a seven-year-old chassis, the odometer has been climbing consistently without the gaps or stagnation that often hint at extended off-road periods or clock anomalies. The annual increments between tests cluster around the eleven to fifteen thousand mark, which reads as steady operational use rather than pulses of activity. Mechanically, that kind of steady accumulation on a Relay translates into higher than average wear on the clutch, dual-mass flywheel if equipped, front brake discs and pads, suspension bushes, and the anti-roll bar linkages, none of which have yet surfaced as advisories but which are the typical failure points once a van of this type passes the eighty-thousand-mile threshold. Given the oil leak advisory from 2024, the most worthwhile inspection on a test drive is a careful look underneath while the engine is warm. Check the sump, timing cover, and turbo oil feed area for fresh seepage, and sniff the underside for the acrid smell of hot oil contacting the exhaust. On the road, listen for any clutch judder on take-off or a rising biting point, which on these vehicles can betray wear in the release bearing or pressure plate, and watch for any blue tinge to the exhaust smoke under load that could link back to the leak area. Cold-start behaviour is also worth noting; any timing-chain rattle on start-up would be a concern given the mileage. The tyre wear pattern on the 2023 advisory is a useful pointer for a road test. Drive over uneven surfaces and listen for any clonking from the front suspension, then perform several tight low-speed turns in both directions to feel for knocking or wandering that would point to worn anti-roll bar drop links or top mounts. Check that the steering returns positively to centre without kickback, and inspect the nearside front tyre shoulder closely for uneven wear, as the edge-wear pattern flagged in 2023 can recur if geometry is out. Finally, verify the operation of the passenger-side mirror adjustment and the nearside registration plate illumination, since both were flagged as loose or inoperative in 2024, and confirm that the side repeater lens has been replaced or is intact, to avoid inheriting the same minor defects at the next test.