Volvo S80 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 75.7% of 7,862 MOT tests on the Volvo S80 ended in a pass, 0.8 points below the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Volvo S80 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 7346 tests | 86.1% | 69,000 · 49k to 97k |
| 8373 tests | 83.1% | 75,000 · 57k to 103k |
| 9403 tests | 82.9% | 85,000 · 61k to 117k |
| 10392 tests | 80.1% | 95,000 · 71k to 133k |
| 11398 tests | 79.1% | 109,000 · 79k to 143k |
| 12530 tests | 80.2% | 117,000 · 85k to 153k |
| 13577 tests | 78.0% | 125,000 · 91k to 159k |
| 14569 tests | 79.1% | 129,000 · 101k to 161k |
| 15733 tests | 75.0% | 131,000 · 103k to 161k |
| 16760 tests | 74.7% | 133,000 · 103k to 167k |
| 17409 tests | 68.7% | 141,000 · 105k to 175k |
| 18501 tests | 69.5% | 129,000 · 101k to 161k |
| 19535 tests | 69.0% | 127,000 · 99k to 165k |
| 20478 tests | 65.1% | 123,000 · 93k to 157k |
| 21359 tests | 72.1% | 121,000 · 89k to 157k |
| 22215 tests | 68.4% | 121,000 · 91k to 153k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Volvo S80. 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 S80
The parts that come up most often in Volvo S80 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.
- TyresCheck the tread across the full width of every tyre, including the inner edge, and look for cuts and bulges in the sidewalls.
- 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.
Check a specific S80
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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.