Pass rate
84.4%
Around average — 0.4 pts ahead of the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 13,252 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£96
2016 Volvo V60 MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 82,014 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Tyres
32.6% 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
- 81.7%
- Typical mileage
- 82k mi
The 2016 Volvo V60 MOT pass rate is 84.4% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 32.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 1.6× the national share
Tyres make up 32.6% of everything recorded on the 2016 Volvo V60, against 19.8% nationally — 12.8 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 35% 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 2016 Volvo V60 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 0.4 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 81.7%. The median 2016 Volvo V60 in this dataset had covered 82,014 mi.
87% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Diesel, which passed 84.1% of the time. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 84.2% of the time, April–September 84.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 5.21% of tests.
- 13,252 recorded tests behind this page.
- 84.4% overall pass rate, 81.7% 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
- 13,252
- Typical mileage (median)
- 82,014 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 71% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (87% 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 | 2,182 | 84.6% |
| South West | 1,651 | 83.0% |
| Yorkshire | 1,417 | 84.7% |
| East of England | 1,393 | 84.6% |
| Scotland | 1,381 | 81.9% |
| North West | 1,379 | 84.0% |
| West Midlands | 1,268 | 84.9% |
| East Midlands | 902 | 86.0% |
| Wales | 706 | 84.6% |
| London | 495 | 89.1% |
| North East | 478 | 85.8% |
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 2016 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 2016 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 5.2% 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 2.2% 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 brakes 2.0% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 2016 V60 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£96 — and 35% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£96
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot split or…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 35%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 13,252 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 2016 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Audi A4 84.4%
- Infiniti Q50 84.4%
- Vauxhall Astra 84.3%
- Ford S-Max 84.6%
- Mazda Cx-3 84.6%
- Mercedes-Benz Cls 84.6%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 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 15,109 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 | 4,987 | 32.60% | 19.76% | +12.84 |
| Brakes | 3,936 | 25.80% | 20.89% | +4.91 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,538 | 10.10% | 12.21% | −2.11 |
| Suspension | 1,339 | 8.80% | 20.98% | −12.18 |
| Non-component advisories | 748 | 4.90% | 4.18% | +0.72 |
| Visibility | 739 | 4.80% | 4.97% | −0.17 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 684 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 476 | 3.10% | 5.57% | −2.47 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 450 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
| Road Wheels | 212 | 1.40% | 0.75% | +0.65 |
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 | 5.2% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 2.0% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.8% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.7% | £80–250 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.6% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.4% | £3–12 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 1.1% | £80–250 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 0.93% | £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 | 20.1% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.2% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 3.6% | £45–110 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 3.2% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 397 | 93.2% | 21,940 mi |
| 30-60k | 2,753 | 89.2% | 47,865 mi |
| 60-90k | 4,718 | 85.0% | 75,076 mi |
| 90-120k | 3,224 | 81.4% | 103,495 mi |
| 120k+ | 2,148 | 79.9% | 145,505 mi |
Source: 13,252 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.
2016 V60 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 Volvo V60?
84.4% of the 13,252 2016 Volvo V60 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 81.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 Volvo V60?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (5.21%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.17%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (1.98%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 Volvo V60 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.2% of the time, falling to 79.9% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 Volvo V60 in this dataset had covered 82,014 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2016 Volvo V60?
Diesel: 84.1% pass rate across 11,562 tests. Other: 84.7% pass rate across 885 tests. Petrol: 88.3% pass rate across 803 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2016 Volvo V60 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 84.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 84.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.