MOT pass rate · 2025 data
Volvo XC40 MOT pass rate
The Volvo XC40 passed 91.46% of its 84,677 initial MOT tests in 2025 — above the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 14.2 percentage points better than average.
How the Volvo XC40 holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the Volvo XC40 grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 62,210 | 92.35% |
| 6–10 years | 21,725 | 88.75% |
| 11 years and over | 1 | 100% |
Older Volvo XC40 examples test at least as well as younger ones in this data, which is uncommon and usually reflects how these cars are used and maintained rather than the age itself.
Why the Volvo XC40 fails its MOT
Across every Volvo XC40 that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was tyres, accounting for 44.38% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 44.38% | 4,857 |
| Brakes | 31.87% | 3,488 |
| Visibility | 5.64% | 617 |
| Suspension | 5.19% | 568 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 4.13% | 452 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 3.22% | 352 |
How the Volvo XC40 compares
Ranked on pass rate, the Volvo XC40 sits 48th of 651 models in this data , and 1st of the 17 Volvo models covered . Volvo as a whole averaged 78.37%, so this model runs 13.1 points ahead of its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used Volvo XC40
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average Volvo XC40 came to its 2025 test at 39,597 miles and 4.7 years old. Most examples tested were petrol.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific Volvo XC40
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other Volvo models
- Volvo XC60 82.51% pass rate · 108,847 tests
- Volvo V40 75.14% pass rate · 97,256 tests
- Volvo XC90 79.29% pass rate · 70,524 tests
- Volvo V70 70.32% pass rate · 37,976 tests
- Volvo V60 79.65% pass rate · 35,045 tests
- Volvo V50 61.01% pass rate · 26,134 tests
Models with a similar pass rate
- Kia Niro 91.13% pass rate
- Toyota C-HR 90.73% pass rate
- Audi Q2 92.02% pass rate
- Skoda Karoq 90.93% pass rate
- Hyundai Ioniq 90.39% pass rate
- Honda HR-V 90.36% pass rate
Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.