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Volvo Xc70 MOT pass rate by year

How the Volvo Xc70's MOT pass rate changes year by year, from 2002 to 2016, across the DVSA record.

What is the Volvo Xc70 MOT pass rate by year?

The MOT pass and failure rate for each Volvo Xc70 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 Xc70 averages 23.1% failures across all years.

YearPass rateFailure rateTests
200267.9%32.1%6,508
200368.8%31.2%25,797
200470.7%29.3%33,160
200573.3%26.7%44,320
200673.4%26.6%37,071
200775.0%25.0%34,383
200879.5%20.5%21,934
200980.2%19.8%20,212
201079.6%20.4%25,536
201180.3%19.7%30,410
201280.3%19.7%19,934
201382.4%17.6%20,525
201484.0%16.0%20,004
201584.7%15.3%16,516
201683.8%16.2%9,551

Does age change how often a Volvo Xc70 fails?

Older Volvo Xc70s fail more often, as expected. The 2002 cars fail 32.1% of tests against 16.2% for the 2016. Across every year the model averages 23.1%. The 2002 is the weakest year at 32.1%, and the 2015 the strongest at 15.3%.

More on the Volvo Xc70

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

See also
Volvo Xc70: 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