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33.7%fail rate

Volvo 800 MOT pass rate by year

How the Volvo 800's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1992 to 1997, across the DVSA record.

What is the Volvo 800 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volvo 800 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 800 averages 33.7% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
199268.4%31.6%4,739
199366.9%33.1%30,855
199466.4%33.6%67,673
199566.3%33.7%104,485
199666.2%33.8%140,934
199766.2%33.8%23,527

Does age change how often a Volvo 800 fails?

Older Volvo 800s fail more often, as expected. The 1992 cars fail 31.6% of tests against 33.8% for the 1997. Across every year the model averages 33.7%. The 1996 is the weakest year at 33.8%, and the 1992 the strongest at 31.6%.

More on the Volvo 800

The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.

See also
Volvo 800: 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