Pass rate, all models
81.9% Around average
2,032,388 tests across 164 models, 2000–2023.
Volvo MOT pass rates
Volvo MOT pass rates, ranked across 164 models and 2,032,388 DVSA MOT tests between 2000 and 2023, from the XC40 Inscription Pro (95.4%) to the V50 (71.1%). The tables below compare every model with enough tests to rank, list the most-tested models, and link to each model's own pass-rate and fault pages.
How Volvo models compare on the MOT
The spread across Volvo models is wide — 95.4% for the XC40 Inscription Pro at the top and 71.1% for the V50 at the bottom, a 24.3-point gap across 6,519 and 120,069 recorded tests respectively. Most Volvo models sit much closer to the middle (around 90.4%, on 3,792 tests for the XC60 Inscrpt Pro). The best and worst are both real DVSA results, not opinions: the pass rate is the share of every completed MOT test for that model that ended in a pass.
Every figure above is drawn from the DVSA's class-4 MOT records for the 2000–2023 data years: 2,032,388 tests across 164 Volvo models. A pass rate counts every completed test — first attempt and retests — so the figures above include a van or motorhome being tested twice in one year. The first-time pass figures on each model page are lower as a result. See the methodology page for exactly how each rate is calculated and how the DVSA source data is filtered.
Best model
XC40 Inscription Pro95.4%
Worst model
V5071.1%
All Volvo models ranked by pass rate
| Model | Pass rate | Tests |
|---|---|---|
| XC40 Inscription Pro 2 variants | 95.4% | 6,519 |
| XC40 Inscription B4 | 94.9% | 6,624 |
| XC40 R-Design B4 | 94.8% | 6,204 |
| XC60 Momentum B5 | 94.3% | 4,868 |
| XC40 Inscript Pro | 94.2% | 5,274 |
| XC60 Momentum B4 | 94.2% | 3,858 |
| XC40 R-Design T4 | 94.0% | 4,980 |
| XC40 Inscription T4 | 93.8% | 2,342 |
| XC40 Inscription T5 2 variants | 93.7% | 2,224 |
| XC60 R-Design T6 2 variants | 93.6% | 2,426 |
| XC60 Inscrpt Exp | 93.6% | 2,335 |
| XC60 R-Design B5 | 93.5% | 5,348 |
| XC40 R-Design Pro 3 variants | 93.3% | 5,517 |
| XC40 R-Design T5 2 variants | 93.0% | 4,196 |
| XC60 Inscription B5 | 92.8% | 2,681 |
| XC40 Rdesign Pro 3 variants | 92.7% | 8,263 |
| XC60 Momentum Pro 5 variants | 92.6% | 2,084 |
| XC60 R-Design B4 | 92.0% | 5,334 |
| XC40 2 variants | 91.5% | 151,276 |
| XC90 R-Design T8 | 91.3% | 2,245 |
| S90 Momentum + 2 variants | 91.1% | 3,020 |
| XC90 Momentum B5 | 90.9% | 5,938 |
| XC60 Momentum D4 | 90.9% | 2,635 |
| XC60 Inscription Pro 3 variants | 90.8% | 2,385 |
| XC60 Rdesign Pro 3 variants | 90.7% | 3,938 |
| XC60 R-Design Pro 5 variants | 90.6% | 3,467 |
| XC60 Inscrpt Pro 3 variants | 90.4% | 3,792 |
| XC60 R-Design D4 | 90.4% | 2,397 |
| V90 Cross Country 3 variants | 90.3% | 3,147 |
| XC90 Inscription B5 | 89.8% | 3,619 |
| XC90 R-Design B5 | 89.7% | 8,740 |
| S60 R-Design + 2 variants | 89.6% | 3,541 |
| S90 | 89.4% | 19,063 |
| XC90 R-Design Pro 3 variants | 89.4% | 2,447 |
| XC90 Inscrp Pro | 88.5% | 2,219 |
| V60 Momentum + 4 variants | 88.4% | 4,848 |
| XC90 Rdesign Pro | 88.4% | 2,011 |
| V60 R-Design + 5 variants | 88.2% | 4,117 |
| V90 R-Design + 6 variants | 87.8% | 3,295 |
| V90 Momentum + 2 variants | 87.5% | 4,988 |
| V90 | 87.0% | 33,448 |
| XC60 | 84.3% | 318,706 |
| V60 | 82.9% | 113,134 |
| V40 | 80.5% | 352,255 |
| XC90 | 80.2% | 210,525 |
| S80 | 80.0% | 25,085 |
| S60 | 79.9% | 65,827 |
| XC70 | 79.1% | 63,164 |
| V70 | 76.6% | 146,306 |
| C30 | 73.7% | 88,275 |
| C70 | 73.2% | 29,334 |
| S40 | 72.5% | 69,731 |
| V50 | 71.1% | 120,069 |
Ranked by aggregate pass rate across all years, for the 53 models with at least 2,000 tests — the 111 smaller Volvo models are listed below, unranked.
Other Volvo models
Fewer than 2,000 tests each, so they are not ranked — every model still has its own pass-rate page.
- XC60 Rdesgn Pro90.4%
- XC60 Inscrp Pro88.3%
- V90 Inscription +87.5%
- V60 Momentum B391.9%
- XC40 Inscrpt Pro93.9%
- XC40 + B396.7%
- XC90 Inscript Pro89.5%
- XC90 Inscrpt Pro91.1%
- XC90 + B590.1%
- XC60 R-Design T893.9%
- XC90 Rdesgn Pro88.5%
- S60 Inscription +91.5%
- XC90 Inscription Pro89.2%
- XC60 Inscription B492.8%
- V60 Inscription +89.4%
- V60 R-Design T690.2%
- V60 Cross Country92.5%
- XC60 Inscript T693.9%
- V60 R-Design B489.7%
- XC40 + T494.7%
- XC40 Pro Recharge92.6%
- XC90 Inscrpt T889.6%
- XC40 Momentum B494.6%
- V60 R-Design B389.5%
- XC60 Inscription D492.4%
- V60 C-Country B591.5%
- XC90 Inscription T891.0%
- V90 Momentum B489.6%
- XC60 Momentum T591.3%
- XC40 Inscription Exp92.7%
- C40 Pro Recharge90.9%
- XC90 Momentum Pro90.1%
- S90 R-Design +89.1%
- XC60 + B494.6%
- V60 Momentum B490.4%
- XC40 Ultimate B497.4%
- XC60 Inscription T893.8%
- XC40 + B495.3%
- XC40 Recharge90.3%
- V90 C-Country B592.2%
- XC40 Ultimate T593.2%
- V90 R-Design B490.2%
- XC60 R-Design T588.9%
- S60 R-Design B594.4%
- V60 Inscription T690.6%
- XC60 + B594.4%
- S90 Inscription +91.6%
- XC40 Core B397.1%
- V60 Inscription B492.7%
- V60 C-Country B491.3%
- XC40 Core Recharge93.7%
- S90 R-Design T893.1%
- XC90 Inscrp Exp93.0%
- XC40 Core T491.9%
- C40 Core Recharge91.6%
- XC90 Ultimate T890.2%
- V60 P-Star Engrd89.1%
- XC60 Pstar Engrd91.9%
- S90 Inscription T892.6%
- XC60 Ultimte T891.2%
- XC90 + T889.3%
- V90 R-Design T690.8%
- XC60 Ultimate B589.2%
- XC90 Ultimate B594.2%
- XC60 Core B594.2%
- XC60 P-Str Engrd94.1%
- XC40 R-Design B594.8%
- XC40 Ultimate Recharge91.7%
- S60 Inscription B591.9%
- XC90 B692.7%
- V60 R-Design B590.3%
- C40 Ultimate Recharge90.6%
- V90 Inscription B491.3%
- V90 Inscription T691.3%
- XC90 Core B590.3%
- V60 Inscription B392.5%
- XC40 Inscription B595.5%
- V60 + T688.7%
- XC60 + T694.4%
- XC60 Inscription T589.9%
- C40 + Recharge93.1%
- XC40 Ultmte Rchrge89.9%
- S60 R-Design T893.0%
- XC40 Momentum Core89.7%
- C40 Ultimte Rchrge92.6%
- XC60 R-Design B692.9%
- XC90 R-Design B688.4%
- XC40 R-Design P889.2%
- V90 R-Design B588.7%
- V90 R-Design+ D578.5%
- V90 B694.1%
- V90 C-Country B493.7%
- XC60 Core T692.1%
- XC90 Inscription B692.1%
- V60 Ultimate T683.1%
- V60 Inscription B593.4%
- V90 B495.0%
- XC40 Start T294.0%
- V90 C-Country B692.0%
- XC90 Momentum T890.3%
- S60 P-Star Engrd91.5%
- V90 Inscription B593.2%
- XC90 Core T897.0%
- XC60 Core B4100.0%
- V90 C-Country +94.0%
- V60 R-Design B689.6%
- XC90 Inscription T693.2%
- V60 + B393.2%
- XC90 Core B6100.0%
- V60 Momentum B587.3%
- V60 Core B392.3%
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Reading the numbers
A pass rate covers every completed test recorded for that model and year, including retests. First-attempt figures are lower. See how we calculate.