Volvo V70 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 70.4% of 45,316 MOT tests on the Volvo V70 ended in a pass, 6.1 points below the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Volvo V70 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6389 tests | 89.2% | 63,000 · 47k to 87k |
| 71,645 tests | 85.7% | 69,000 · 51k to 93k |
| 81,900 tests | 84.2% | 81,000 · 61k to 109k |
| 91,835 tests | 80.2% | 95,000 · 71k to 123k |
| 101,535 tests | 79.2% | 109,000 · 85k to 139k |
| 111,860 tests | 78.8% | 117,000 · 89k to 149k |
| 122,523 tests | 78.4% | 125,000 · 97k to 155k |
| 133,625 tests | 74.0% | 129,000 · 101k to 159k |
| 143,546 tests | 72.3% | 135,000 · 107k to 167k |
| 153,400 tests | 71.7% | 137,000 · 109k to 165k |
| 162,785 tests | 66.1% | 143,000 · 113k to 173k |
| 173,326 tests | 65.3% | 147,000 · 117k to 179k |
| 183,785 tests | 63.5% | 151,000 · 119k to 185k |
| 193,091 tests | 63.1% | 155,000 · 119k to 189k |
| 202,809 tests | 61.6% | 155,000 · 121k to 189k |
| 212,195 tests | 62.3% | 151,000 · 117k to 183k |
| 221,618 tests | 63.3% | 147,000 · 117k to 183k |
| 231,472 tests | 65.1% | 155,000 · 121k to 189k |
| 24869 tests | 64.6% | 157,000 · 123k to 191k |
| 25826 tests | 67.3% | 165,000 · 127k to 199k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Volvo V70. 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 V70
The parts that come up most often in Volvo V70 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 V70
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.