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MOT statistics · 2023 tests

Volvo MOT pass rates by model

Across 522,038 MOT tests on 15 Volvo models in 2023, 76.1% passed, about the same as the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing models at the same ages, the XC60 does best at 83.1%.

Volvo models

Overall pass rate across all ages, and like-for-like at ages 3 to 10, where the model has enough tests at each age (n/a where it does not). The line marks the all-car average.

ModelTestsPass rateAges
3 to 10
V40100,926
76.5%
78.2%
XC6091,418
82.0%
83.1%
XC9062,177
75.7%
82.2%
V7045,316
70.4%
n/a
XC4038,880
91.3%
n/a
V5033,991
61.0%
n/a
V6032,667
80.4%
82.3%
C3024,617
65.3%
n/a
S4021,201
63.5%
n/a
S6019,926
75.5%
83.9%
XC7018,152
73.7%
n/a
V9010,108
86.1%
n/a
C708,782
64.5%
n/a
S807,862
75.7%
n/a
S906,015
88.8%
n/a

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Questions

What is the MOT pass rate for Volvo cars?
In 2023, 76.1% of 522,038 initial MOT tests on the 15 Volvo models we cover ended in a pass, against 76.5% for all cars and light vans.
Which Volvo model has the most MOT tests?
The Volvo V40, with 100,926 tests in 2023 and a pass rate of 76.5%.
Which Volvo model has the best MOT pass rate?
Comparing models at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix, the Volvo XC60 had the highest pass rate of the 4 Volvo models with enough tests, at 83.1%.

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How these figures are made. We counted every initial MOT test (not retests) of cars and light vans in Great Britain in 2023 from the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 33,842,940 tests in all. Pass rate is the share of initial tests that ended in a pass, counting faults fixed during the test. Age is whole years from first registration to the test, so a car having its first MOT a few weeks early counts as 2.

Like-for-like pass rates average each model's pass rate at ages 3 to 10 with the same age mix for every model, so a model is not flattered by a young fleet or penalised by an old one. Models are grouped by the first word of the DVSA model name, and names that cover several models are left out.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. RegTail's analysis of the DVSA anonymised MOT dataset, 2023 tests.