Volvo XC70 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 73.7% of 18,152 MOT tests on the Volvo XC70 ended in a pass, 2.8 points below the 76.5% average for all cars.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Volvo XC70 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 6486 tests | 83.1% | 63,000 · 47k to 81k |
| 71,496 tests | 83.4% | 71,000 · 55k to 91k |
| 81,732 tests | 80.8% | 81,000 · 61k to 103k |
| 91,564 tests | 78.7% | 91,000 · 71k to 113k |
| 101,444 tests | 79.1% | 101,000 · 77k to 129k |
| 111,497 tests | 75.4% | 111,000 · 85k to 139k |
| 121,659 tests | 75.1% | 119,000 · 93k to 149k |
| 131,249 tests | 76.2% | 127,000 · 99k to 155k |
| 14987 tests | 75.2% | 131,000 · 105k to 161k |
| 151,214 tests | 69.4% | 141,000 · 113k to 167k |
| 161,295 tests | 63.4% | 143,000 · 117k to 171k |
| 171,427 tests | 64.8% | 151,000 · 123k to 179k |
| 181,109 tests | 62.4% | 163,000 · 131k to 191k |
| 19704 tests | 59.5% | 163,000 · 131k to 195k |
| 20262 tests | 64.9% | 157,000 · 127k to 191k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Volvo XC70. 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 XC70
The parts that come up most often in Volvo XC70 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.
- Shock absorbersPush down hard on each corner: it should rise once and settle. Oil on the shock absorber body is a sign of a leak.
Check a specific XC70
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.