Volvo XC90 MOT pass rate, common failures and mileage
In 2023, 75.7% of 62,177 MOT tests on the Volvo XC90 ended in a pass, 0.8 points below the 76.5% average for all cars. Comparing like for like at ages 3 to 10, it passed 82.2% against 82.0%, ranking 77th of 148 models.
Pass rate and mileage by age
Each row covers the Volvo XC90 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 |
|---|---|---|
| 2455 tests | 88.4% | 27,000 · 19k to 37k |
| 33,390 tests | 87.7% | 35,000 · 27k to 47k |
| 45,936 tests | 87.6% | 43,000 · 33k to 55k |
| 55,488 tests | 86.1% | 53,000 · 43k to 69k |
| 65,378 tests | 83.0% | 65,000 · 51k to 83k |
| 74,128 tests | 80.7% | 75,000 · 59k to 93k |
| 81,926 tests | 77.6% | 83,000 · 67k to 103k |
| 92,676 tests | 77.8% | 93,000 · 73k to 113k |
| 102,597 tests | 76.4% | 99,000 · 79k to 121k |
| 113,564 tests | 74.8% | 111,000 · 89k to 133k |
| 125,055 tests | 72.3% | 119,000 · 97k to 143k |
| 135,522 tests | 69.4% | 125,000 · 105k to 149k |
| 142,141 tests | 69.0% | 133,000 · 111k to 157k |
| 152,271 tests | 67.9% | 141,000 · 119k to 165k |
| 162,917 tests | 62.9% | 147,000 · 121k to 169k |
| 173,307 tests | 62.6% | 149,000 · 125k to 173k |
| 183,344 tests | 61.1% | 155,000 · 131k to 181k |
| 191,710 tests | 62.6% | 159,000 · 129k to 185k |
| 20372 tests | 62.9% | 153,000 · 127k to 181k |
Most common MOT failures and advisories
How often each item came up, per 100 MOT tests on the Volvo XC90. 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 XC90
The parts that come up most often in Volvo XC90 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.
- 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.
- Rust underneathLook underneath at the sills, sub-frames and suspension mountings for heavy rust, not just surface marks.
- Number platesCheck the plates are clean, legal and match the registration on the V5C logbook.
Check a specific XC90
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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.