Volvo S40 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 63.5% of 21,201 MOT tests on the Volvo S40 ended in a pass, 13.0 points below the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Volvo S40 MOT tests at that age. Mileage shows the median and the middle half of odometer readings, from the 25th to the 75th percentile.
| Age | Pass rate | Mileage |
|---|---|---|
| 10598 tests | 67.7% | 89,000 · 63k to 115k |
| 111,648 tests | 65.1% | 97,000 · 71k to 123k |
| 121,772 tests | 63.5% | 101,000 · 75k to 129k |
| 132,593 tests | 64.2% | 101,000 · 77k to 127k |
| 142,702 tests | 62.7% | 105,000 · 83k to 131k |
| 152,971 tests | 63.5% | 111,000 · 85k to 137k |
| 162,113 tests | 66.1% | 115,000 · 87k to 141k |
| 171,938 tests | 63.0% | 113,000 · 83k to 141k |
| 181,640 tests | 61.0% | 109,000 · 81k to 139k |
| 191,137 tests | 59.3% | 101,000 · 75k to 129k |
| 20684 tests | 62.3% | 99,000 · 71k to 127k |
| 21477 tests | 60.6% | 97,000 · 73k to 125k |
| 22350 tests | 68.9% | 89,000 · 67k to 115k |
| 23215 tests | 67.0% | 89,000 · 63k to 115k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Volvo S40. Advisories are things the tester noted that did not fail the car, often wear that will need attention soon. Follow an item to see what it means and how serious it is.
Failures
Advisories and minor defects
What to check on a used S40
The parts that come up most often in Volvo S40 MOTs, and how to look at them on a viewing.
- Brake discs and padsAsk when the discs and pads were last replaced, and look through the wheel for a raised lip on the edge of the disc.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- Oil leaksLook under the engine and gearbox, and at the ground where the car was parked, for fresh oil.
- LightsWalk round with every light on, and ask someone to press the brake pedal so you can see both brake lights.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
Check a specific S40
Fleet averages only go so far. Enter the registration to see that car's own MOT history, mileage record and current condition, free.
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Other Volvo models
Overall MOT pass rate in 2023. Compare all Volvo models or see every make.
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.