Volvo S60 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 75.5% of 19,926 MOT tests on the Volvo S60 ended in a pass, 1.0 points below the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 83.9% against 82.0%.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Volvo S60 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 3453 tests | 92.1% | 27,000 · 21k to 35k |
| 4645 tests | 87.4% | 35,000 · 25k to 49k |
| 51,083 tests | 85.8% | 49,000 · 35k to 71k |
| 61,114 tests | 84.6% | 65,000 · 45k to 87k |
| 71,182 tests | 83.1% | 79,000 · 55k to 103k |
| 81,381 tests | 81.2% | 91,000 · 67k to 123k |
| 91,419 tests | 80.3% | 99,000 · 73k to 125k |
| 101,745 tests | 75.5% | 101,000 · 77k to 131k |
| 111,762 tests | 75.5% | 107,000 · 83k to 137k |
| 121,468 tests | 78.4% | 109,000 · 85k to 139k |
| 13207 tests | 72.5% | 119,000 · 95k to 149k |
| 14216 tests | 74.5% | 113,000 · 87k to 147k |
| 15542 tests | 65.9% | 125,000 · 95k to 157k |
| 16929 tests | 67.0% | 125,000 · 95k to 155k |
| 171,333 tests | 67.9% | 129,000 · 97k to 157k |
| 181,504 tests | 67.0% | 135,000 · 103k to 169k |
| 191,227 tests | 64.4% | 131,000 · 101k to 167k |
| 20979 tests | 67.4% | 131,000 · 99k to 169k |
| 21545 tests | 65.3% | 125,000 · 97k to 163k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Volvo S60. 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 S60
The parts that come up most often in Volvo S60 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.
- Coil springsCompare the gap between each tyre and its wheel arch. A corner sitting lower than the others can mean a broken spring.
- LightsWalk round with every light on, and ask someone to press the brake pedal so you can see both brake lights.
- Oil leaksLook under the engine and gearbox, and at the ground where the car was parked, for fresh oil.
- Number platesCheck the plates are clean, legal and match the registration on the V5C logbook.
Check a specific S60
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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.