Wheel badly distorted on the Volvo V70

Wheel badly distorted on the Volvo V70 is recorded on 3,925 tests — 2.7% of all its MOT tests, against 1.0% across every car in the data. That is 2.7× the national share.

Is this unusual for this model?

Compared with	What it says
Every car in the data	1.0% of tests record it — this model is 2.7× that share
The 283 models compared	21 of 283, highest first
The model's own record	146,306 tests · every year of the V70 →

A share of tests is not a probability for your car: it counts every Volvo V70 tested, whatever its mileage, service history and use. The like-for-like comparison on the model page is the fairer number.

Year by year

In 2000, 0.7% of this model's tests recorded it; in 2016, 1.7%. The share has risen 1.0 points over that time. Worst year 2012 at 2.1%; best 2001 at 0.5%.

Year	Failures recorded	Tests	Share of tests
2000	35	4,959	0.7%
2001	62	12,308	0.5%
2002	282	17,998	1.6%
2003	374	19,566	1.9%
2004	341	22,554	1.5%
2005	345	25,854	1.3%
2006	239	19,886	1.2%
2007	327	20,202	1.6%
2008	490	37,089	1.3%
2009	316	27,692	1.1%
2010	215	20,666	1.0%
2011	133	7,507	1.8%
2012	120	5,628	2.1%
2013	179	12,358	1.4%
2014	189	13,660	1.4%
2015	193	13,766	1.4%
2016	85	5,086	1.7%

Years with fewer than 0.2% of tests recording the item are left out: a year with two failures in 400 tests is noise, and this table is not here to make noise look like a trend.

What it costs

A typical UK repair for this item is £20–£55 fitted. It is a job a careful owner can do at home. What the part is, and what to buy →

Prices are typical UK supply-and-fitting estimates, not quotes. What happens if it fails covers the retest rules.

Where this sits

Wheel badly distorted: every model, every year → — the item's own page, with the part guide.
Volvo V70 MOT pass rate by year → — the model's whole record, and what else it fails on.
Every Volvo model →