Volvo V70 MOT pass rate by year
How the Volvo V70's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 1997 to 2016, across the DVSA record.
What is the Volvo V70 MOT pass rate by year?
The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volvo V70 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 V70 averages 29.0% failures across all years.
| Year | Pass rate | Failure rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1997 | 66.4% | 33.6% | 107,017 |
| 1998 | 66.6% | 33.4% | 133,394 |
| 1999 | 68.5% | 31.5% | 140,817 |
| 2000 | 68.0% | 32.0% | 189,333 |
| 2001 | 67.8% | 32.2% | 187,367 |
| 2002 | 68.5% | 31.5% | 211,923 |
| 2003 | 69.1% | 30.9% | 169,419 |
| 2004 | 70.3% | 29.7% | 147,860 |
| 2005 | 72.5% | 27.5% | 133,555 |
| 2006 | 72.8% | 27.2% | 93,942 |
| 2007 | 74.2% | 25.8% | 79,040 |
| 2008 | 78.0% | 22.0% | 80,851 |
| 2009 | 76.6% | 23.4% | 79,352 |
| 2010 | 78.5% | 21.5% | 54,353 |
| 2011 | 79.6% | 20.4% | 35,386 |
| 2012 | 79.3% | 20.7% | 23,605 |
| 2013 | 81.4% | 18.6% | 22,628 |
| 2014 | 83.5% | 16.5% | 23,022 |
| 2015 | 85.1% | 14.9% | 20,762 |
| 2016 | 86.3% | 13.7% | 6,947 |
Does age change how often a Volvo V70 fails?
Older Volvo V70s fail more often, as expected. The 1997 cars fail 33.6% of tests against 13.7% for the 2016. Across every year the model averages 29.0%. The 1997 is the weakest year at 33.6%, and the 2016 the strongest at 13.7%.
More on the Volvo V70
The full failure breakdown for this model, and how it compares to others.
| See also |
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| Volvo V70: 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