Volvo MOT failure rates by model
Volvo cars fail 26.0% of MOT tests. Here is every Volvo model ranked by failure rate, and the item each loses most tests to.
What is the MOT failure rate for Volvo cars?
Across 13,489,735 MOT tests in the DVSA record, 26.0% of Volvo cars fail. That is 0.3 points above the 25.7% national average across all cars. The Volvo models below are ranked worst to best by failure rate, each with the failure area it loses most tests to.
| Model | Failure rate | Tests | Top failure area |
|---|---|---|---|
| Volvo Xc | 37.9% | 1,136 | Tyres |
| Volvo 400 | 36.4% | 322,541 | Brakes |
| Volvo 300 | 34.1% | 60,780 | Brakes |
| Volvo 800 | 33.7% | 373,199 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo 700 | 33.0% | 195,198 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo 240 | 32.9% | 135,513 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo 900 | 31.0% | 412,938 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo S70 | 30.4% | 77,901 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo S40 | 30.1% | 1,402,770 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo V70 | 29.0% | 1,946,358 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo Fm12 | 28.3% | 1,189 | , |
| Volvo C70 | 27.5% | 353,521 | Suspension |
| Volvo Fl6 | 27.4% | 1,341 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo V50 | 27.3% | 933,127 | Suspension |
| Volvo S60 | 26.6% | 779,553 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo S80 | 26.6% | 426,978 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo V40 | 26.2% | 1,912,087 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo C30 | 25.4% | 515,556 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo P120 | 25.3% | 6,742 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo Not | 25.2% | 1,530 | Suspension |
| Volvo 100 | 24.9% | 3,811 | Brakes |
| Volvo Xc90 | 24.6% | 1,208,733 | Brakes |
| Volvo P130 | 24.6% | 1,998 | Brakes |
| Volvo 1800 | 23.6% | 3,126 | Brakes |
| Volvo Xc70 | 23.1% | 367,919 | Suspension |
| Volvo P1800 | 22.2% | 2,696 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo B10m | 20.8% | 1,051 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo Fmx | 18.6% | 1,331 | , |
| Volvo Fl | 18.3% | 2,102 | Suspension |
| Volvo V60 | 17.6% | 390,743 | Tyres |
| Volvo Fm | 17.1% | 10,558 | , |
| Volvo. | 16.5% | 3,165 | Suspension |
| Volvo Xc60 | 16.2% | 1,083,285 | Suspension |
| Volvo / | 15.5% | 1,039 | , |
| Volvo V90 | 14.8% | 105,515 | Tyres |
| Volvo Unknown | 13.7% | 12,296 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo S90 | 12.7% | 52,654 | Tyres |
| Volvo Fh | 11.0% | 15,505 | Lamps & electrical |
| Volvo C40 | 9.4% | 4,519 | Tyres |
| Volvo Xc40 | 9.1% | 333,857 | Tyres |
Which Volvo fails its MOT most, and which least?
The Volvo Xc has the highest failure rate at 37.9%, and the Volvo Xc40 the lowest at 9.1%. A higher rate reflects how old and how hard a model tends to be used as much as how it was built, so the oldest models in the range usually sit near the top.
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Failure rates for other makes with a large MOT sample.
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Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain