Volvo C70 MOT pass rate by year
How the Volvo C70's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1998 to 2013, across the DVSA record.
What is the Volvo C70 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volvo C70 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 C70 averages 27.5% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 70.0% | 30.0% | 8,534 |
| 1999 | 70.3% | 29.7% | 19,995 |
| 2000 | 70.8% | 29.2% | 26,187 |
| 2001 | 71.4% | 28.6% | 31,177 |
| 2002 | 72.2% | 27.8% | 30,631 |
| 2003 | 73.4% | 26.6% | 33,043 |
| 2004 | 73.1% | 26.9% | 28,574 |
| 2005 | 73.9% | 26.1% | 18,745 |
| 2006 | 72.5% | 27.5% | 38,041 |
| 2007 | 71.7% | 28.3% | 36,788 |
| 2008 | 72.0% | 28.0% | 29,643 |
| 2009 | 73.1% | 26.9% | 20,484 |
| 2010 | 75.0% | 25.0% | 14,564 |
| 2011 | 76.4% | 23.6% | 8,379 |
| 2012 | 77.9% | 22.1% | 4,301 |
| 2013 | 79.4% | 20.6% | 3,262 |
Does age change how often a Volvo C70 fails?
Older Volvo C70s fail more often, as expected. The 1998 cars fail 30.0% of tests against 20.6% for the 2013. Across every year the model averages 27.5%. The 1998 is the weakest year at 30.0%, and the 2013 the strongest at 20.6%.
More on the Volvo C70
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Volvo C70: 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