Pass rate
80.2%
Around average — 1.6 pts ahead of the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 12,880 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £33–£81
2013 Volvo V60 MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 112,583 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
26.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tread depth below 1.6 mm. What fitting it takes →
2.2 pts down across model years — 7.8% in 2011, 5.6% in 2019.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 89.9% pass
- Avoid 2010 76.8% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 13.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 75.8%
- Typical mileage
- 113k mi
The 2013 Volvo V60 MOT pass rate is 80.2% of its MOT tests — 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.3% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.3× the national share
Tyres make up 26.3% of everything recorded on the 2013 Volvo V60, against 19.8% nationally — 6.5 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 19% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2013 Volvo V60 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 1.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 75.8%. The median 2013 Volvo V60 in this dataset had covered 112,583 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 94% of tests, with a 80.0% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.5% of the time, April–September 79.9%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 3.70% of tests.
- 12,880 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.2% overall pass rate, 75.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volvo V60, the average is 82.9% — best year 2020 (89.9%), worst 2010 (76.8%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 12,880
- Typical mileage (median)
- 112,583 mi
- Make and model
- Volvo V60
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the V60 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (94% of tests).
Where the Volvo V60 is most common
Across all V60 model years on record (2010–2020): 47,042 Volvo V60 cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 113,125 tests. Birmingham (B) has the most, with 1,186 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.
| # | Postcode area | Cars | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Birmingham (B) | 1,186 | 85.0% |
| 2 | Peterborough (PE) | 1,128 | 83.4% |
| 3 | Sheffield (S) | 999 | 84.7% |
| 4 | Nottingham (NG) | 975 | 82.7% |
| 5 | Leicester (LE) | 919 | 86.5% |
| 6 | York (YO) | 884 | 80.5% |
| 7 | Coventry (CV) | 851 | 86.8% |
| 8 | Newcastle upon Tyne (NE) | 817 | 84.5% |
| 9 | Doncaster (DN) | 745 | 84.1% |
| 10 | Reading (RG) | 739 | 83.9% |
| 11 | Ipswich (IP) | 718 | 82.7% |
| 12 | Southampton (SO) | 712 | 84.3% |
| 13 | Bristol (BS) | 709 | 82.0% |
| 14 | Derby (DE) | 699 | 85.1% |
| 15 | Norwich (NR) | 684 | 80.3% |
| 16 | Oxford (OX) | 678 | 81.9% |
| 17 | Northampton (NN) | 667 | 83.7% |
| 18 | Glasgow (G) | 663 | 83.7% |
| 19 | Edinburgh (EH) | 644 | 78.2% |
| 20 | Guildford (GU) | 618 | 82.1% |
The twenty areas with the most Volvo V60 cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →
Regional pass rates for the V60
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 2,165 | 82.0% |
| South West | 1,742 | 77.5% |
| East of England | 1,515 | 81.0% |
| Yorkshire | 1,460 | 79.7% |
| North West | 1,446 | 80.3% |
| West Midlands | 1,213 | 82.0% |
| East Midlands | 1,091 | 81.1% |
| Scotland | 1,021 | 76.9% |
| Wales | 557 | 78.8% |
| North East | 503 | 80.3% |
| London | 167 | 89.2% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2013 V60
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2013 V60
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 3.7% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 3.3% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 2.1% of tests
“track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated,”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2013 V60 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £33–£81 — and 19% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £33–£81
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 19%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 12,880 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the V60, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2010 to 2020. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.8% to 89.9% — a spread of 13.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2010 76.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 78.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 78.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2013 80.2%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2014 81.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2015 83.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 84.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 84.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 87.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2019 88.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2020 89.9% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2013 Volvo V60 with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2013 cars with a similar record
- Skoda Rapid 80.2%
- Mitsubishi Shogun 80.2%
- Volkswagen Amarok 80.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Cla 80.1%
- Vauxhall Agila 80.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 80.0%
Closest pass rates among 2013 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2013 Volvo V60 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 19,702 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 5,281 | 26.30% | 19.76% | +6.54 |
| Suspension | 4,476 | 22.30% | 20.98% | +1.32 |
| Brakes | 4,093 | 20.40% | 20.89% | −0.49 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,497 | 7.50% | 12.21% | −4.71 |
| Steering | 1,112 | 5.50% | 2.57% | +2.93 |
| Visibility | 1,031 | 5.10% | 4.97% | +0.13 |
| Non-component advisories | 901 | 4.50% | 4.18% | +0.32 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 552 | 2.70% | 1.76% | +0.94 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 479 | 2.40% | 5.52% | −3.12 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 280 | 1.40% | 5.57% | −4.17 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.7% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.3% | £80–200 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 2.1% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.9% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 1.7% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £30–75 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.4% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 1.1% | £25–65 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 21.8% | £45–95 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.2% | £25–65 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.0% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.5% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 5.8% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 94 | 92.6% | 22,316 mi |
| 30-60k | 904 | 86.1% | 49,572 mi |
| 60-90k | 2,553 | 83.4% | 76,953 mi |
| 90-120k | 3,877 | 80.0% | 105,290 mi |
| 120k+ | 5,441 | 77.9% | 152,299 mi |
Source: 12,880 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2013 V60 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 Volvo V60?
80.2% of the 12,880 2013 Volvo V60 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 75.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 Volvo V60?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.70%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.30%), track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt (2.06%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 Volvo V60 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.6% of the time, falling to 77.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 Volvo V60 in this dataset had covered 112,583 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2013 Volvo V60?
Diesel: 80.0% pass rate across 12,168 tests. Petrol: 85.1% pass rate across 502 tests. Other: 81.9% pass rate across 210 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2013 Volvo V60 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.9%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.