Pass rate
89.6%
Above average — 1.6 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 77 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £35–£75
2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 30,166 mi
Only 77 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Tyres
68.6% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Part only £55–£85 for Tyre has a tear. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 89.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2021 89.6% pass · this year
Across the 1 years on record, a spread of 0 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 88.4%
- Typical mileage
- 30k mi
The 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 MOT pass rate is 89.6% of its MOT tests — 1.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 68.6% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volvo V60 R-Design B6 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.5× the national share
Tyres make up 68.6% of everything recorded on the 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6, against 19.8% nationally — 48.8 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 27% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 77 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 1.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 88.4%. The median 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 in this dataset had covered 30,166 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 83.8% of the time, April–September 95.0%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has ply or cords exposed", noted on 6.49% of tests.
- 77 recorded tests behind this page.
- 89.6% overall pass rate, 88.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volvo V60 R-Design B6, the average is 89.6% — best year 2021 (89.6%), worst 2021 (89.6%).
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
- 77
- Typical mileage (median)
- 30,166 mi
- Make and model
- Volvo V60 R-Design B6
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the V60 R-Design B6 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the V60 R-Design B6
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 17 | 94.1% |
| South West | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2021 V60 R-Design B6
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 2021 V60 R-Design B6
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 wipers and washers 2.6% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the lights 1.3% of tests
“headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative”
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.
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 2021 V60 R-Design B6 through its MOT
Across the 5 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £35–£75 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 5 common items
- £35–£75
- Cheapest common item: wipers blade defective
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: has ply or cords exposed
- £45–£95
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 77 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 →
Compare the 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Cla 89.6%
- Mercedes-Benz E 89.6%
- SEAT Arona Fr 89.6%
- BMW X5 XDRIVE30D 89.6%
- Hyundai Kona Ultimate Gdi 89.7%
- Peugeot Rifter 89.7%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 5 failure items · 6 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 35 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 | 24 | 68.60% | 19.76% | +48.84 |
| Brakes | 3 | 8.60% | 20.89% | −12.29 |
| Suspension | 2 | 5.70% | 20.98% | −15.28 |
| Visibility | 2 | 5.70% | 4.97% | +0.73 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 2.90% | 12.21% | −9.31 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 2.90% | 5.57% | −2.67 |
| Non-component advisories | 1 | 2.90% | 4.18% | −1.28 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 2.90% | 0.75% | +2.15 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 6.5% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.6% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.6% | £8–22 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.3% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £5–25 |
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 | 14.3% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 5.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 3.9% | £18–45 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 2.6% | £30–75 |
| Badly distorted Road Wheels | Advisory | 1.3% | £20–55 |
| Engine mounting condition damaged or deteriorated resulting in excessive movement Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 1.3% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 37 | 91.9% | 22,552 mi |
| 30-60k | 38 | 89.5% | 37,086 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 50.0% | 96,765 mi |
Source: 77 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.
2021 V60 R-Design B6 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6?
89.6% of the 77 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 88.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6?
The three most recorded items are has ply or cords exposed (6.49%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.60%), wipers blade defective (2.60%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 91.9% of the time, falling to 50.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 in this dataset had covered 30,166 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 Volvo V60 R-Design B6 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 83.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 95.0%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.