Volvo 240 MOT pass rate by year
How the Volvo 240's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1980 to 1993, across the DVSA record.
What is the Volvo 240 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volvo 240 model year, from the DVSA record. Only years with at least 1,000 tests are shown, so each figure is a real average rather than a handful of cars. The Volvo 240 averages 32.9% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1980 | 70.4% | 29.6% | 1,429 |
| 1981 | 68.5% | 31.5% | 1,297 |
| 1982 | 70.5% | 29.5% | 1,761 |
| 1983 | 67.1% | 32.9% | 2,527 |
| 1984 | 67.7% | 32.3% | 3,891 |
| 1985 | 65.9% | 34.1% | 2,183 |
| 1986 | 63.7% | 36.3% | 5,258 |
| 1987 | 66.1% | 33.9% | 10,675 |
| 1988 | 67.0% | 33.0% | 15,014 |
| 1989 | 67.4% | 32.6% | 22,401 |
| 1990 | 66.7% | 33.3% | 19,773 |
| 1991 | 68.1% | 31.9% | 11,743 |
| 1992 | 67.6% | 32.4% | 15,543 |
| 1993 | 66.4% | 33.6% | 16,563 |
Does age change how often a Volvo 240 fails?
Older Volvo 240s fail more often, as expected. The 1980 cars fail 29.6% of tests against 33.6% for the 1993. Across every year the model averages 32.9%. The 1986 is the weakest year at 36.3%, and the 1982 the strongest at 29.5%.
More on the Volvo 240
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Volvo 240: common MOT failures and the parts that fix them |
| All Volvo models compared by MOT failure rate |
| MOT failure rates across Britain |
Sources: DVSA MOT History API: MOT test results and defect data ยท DVSA MOT testing data for Great Britain