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Volvo V50 MOT pass rate by year

How the Volvo V50's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2004 to 2012, across the DVSA record.

What is the Volvo V50 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volvo V50 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 V50 averages 27.3% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
200471.5%28.5%64,842
200572.1%27.9%132,822
200673.3%26.7%116,906
200772.2%27.8%100,472
200871.9%28.1%161,740
200973.1%26.9%115,754
201073.7%26.3%103,928
201173.1%26.9%80,004
201274.4%25.6%51,747

Does age change how often a Volvo V50 fails?

Older Volvo V50s fail more often, as expected. The 2004 cars fail 28.5% of tests against 25.6% for the 2012. Across every year the model averages 27.3%. The 2004 is the weakest year at 28.5%, and the 2012 the strongest at 25.6%.

More on the Volvo V50

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

See also
Volvo V50: 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