Volvo S80 MOT pass rate by year
How the Volvo S80's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1998 to 2016, across the DVSA record.
What is the Volvo S80 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volvo S80 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 S80 averages 26.6% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1998 | 68.6% | 31.4% | 5,929 |
| 1999 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 36,101 |
| 2000 | 68.9% | 31.1% | 44,288 |
| 2001 | 69.4% | 30.6% | 51,195 |
| 2002 | 70.8% | 29.2% | 58,587 |
| 2003 | 72.0% | 28.0% | 47,449 |
| 2004 | 73.5% | 26.5% | 35,457 |
| 2005 | 74.2% | 25.8% | 28,319 |
| 2006 | 77.3% | 22.7% | 17,000 |
| 2007 | 79.2% | 20.8% | 27,267 |
| 2008 | 79.0% | 21.0% | 19,795 |
| 2009 | 78.3% | 21.7% | 11,198 |
| 2010 | 80.4% | 19.6% | 12,112 |
| 2011 | 80.8% | 19.2% | 7,771 |
| 2012 | 79.6% | 20.4% | 5,872 |
| 2013 | 82.6% | 17.4% | 5,927 |
| 2014 | 84.7% | 15.3% | 4,564 |
| 2015 | 85.9% | 14.1% | 4,057 |
| 2016 | 88.3% | 11.7% | 1,569 |
Does age change how often a Volvo S80 fails?
Older Volvo S80s fail more often, as expected. The 1998 cars fail 31.4% of tests against 11.7% for the 2016. Across every year the model averages 26.6%. The 1998 is the weakest year at 31.4%, and the 2016 the strongest at 11.7%.
More on the Volvo S80
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Volvo S80: 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