Pass rate
93.7%
Above average — 3.0 pts ahead of the 90.7% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 63 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £50–£134
2020 Volvo V90 B6 MOT pass rate
- 2020
- typical 92,930 mi
Only 63 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
Visibility
21.4% of faults · 5.0% nationally
mostly wipers, washers and chips in the driver’s view.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 94.4% pass
- Avoid 2020 93.7% pass · this year
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 0.7 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.4%
- Typical mileage
- 93k mi
The 2020 Volvo V90 B6 MOT pass rate is 93.7% of its MOT tests — 3.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Visibility is the biggest single reason it fails, at 21.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volvo V90 B6 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Visibility: 4.3× the national share
Visibility accounts for 21.4% of everything recorded on the 2020 Volvo V90 B6, against 5.0% nationally — 16.4 points above. Wipers, washers and a chip in the driver’s eyeline are the three quickest ways to fail a test that the car otherwise deserves to pass.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 90.7% and this one manages 93.7% — 3.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 11% 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 2020 Volvo V90 B6 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 90.7%, so this figure is 3.0 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.4%. The median 2020 Volvo V90 B6 in this dataset had covered 92,930 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.8% of the time, April–September 93.5%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 4.76% of tests.
- 63 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.7% overall pass rate, 93.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volvo V90 B6, the average is 94.1% — best year 2022 (94.4%), worst 2020 (93.7%).
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
- 63
- Typical mileage (median)
- 92,930 mi
- Make and model
- Volvo V90 B6
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the V90 B6 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 77% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the V90 B6
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 18 | 88.9% |
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 2020 V90 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 2020 V90 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 windscreen 4.8% 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 exhaust and emissions 1.6% of tests
“catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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Check the lights 1.6% of tests
“headlamp aim too low”
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 2020 V90 B6 through its MOT
Across the 6 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £50–£134 — and 11% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 6 common items
- £50–£134
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at…
- £60–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 50%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 11%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 63 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 V90 B6, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.7% to 94.4% — a spread of 0.7 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 93.7%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 94.4% catalyst emissions lambda reading…
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 2020 Volvo V90 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 2020 cars with a similar record
- Volkswagen T-Roc 93.7%
- Ford Puma 93.6%
- Toyota Aygo 93.6%
- Audi Q3 93.6%
- Volkswagen Up 93.6%
- Hyundai I20 93.5%
Closest pass rates among 2020 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 2020 Volvo V90 B6 6 failure items · 5 advisories · 8 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 14 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Visibility | 3 | 21.40% | 4.97% | +16.43 |
| Suspension | 2 | 14.30% | 20.98% | −6.68 |
| Brakes | 2 | 14.30% | 20.89% | −6.59 |
| Tyres | 2 | 14.30% | 19.76% | −5.46 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 2 | 14.30% | 5.52% | +8.78 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1 | 7.10% | 12.21% | −5.11 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 7.10% | 5.57% | +1.53 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 7.10% | 1.76% | +5.34 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.8% | £80–200 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.2% | £45–95 |
| Catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim too low Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £30–80 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 1.6% | £3–12 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Major | 1.6% | £30–75 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 1.6% | £18–45 |
| Engine mounting condition damaged or deteriorated resulting in excessive movement Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 1.6% | £200–700 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 1.6% | £20–80 |
| Shock absorbers has a serious fluid leak Suspension | Advisory | 1.6% | £30–75 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 7 | 85.7% | 19,657 mi |
| 30-60k | 16 | 93.8% | 48,164 mi |
| 60-90k | 8 | 100.0% | 71,694 mi |
| 90-120k | 17 | 94.1% | 110,213 mi |
| 120k+ | 15 | 93.3% | 136,791 mi |
Source: 63 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.
2020 V90 B6 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2020 Volvo V90 B6?
93.7% of the 63 2020 Volvo V90 B6 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 90.7% for cars first used in 2020. First-attempt pass rate: 93.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2020 Volvo V90 B6?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.76%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.17%), catalyst emissions carbon monoxide content at idle exceeds default limits (1.59%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2020 Volvo V90 B6 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 85.7% of the time, falling to 93.3% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2020 Volvo V90 B6 in this dataset had covered 92,930 mi.
Does the season affect the 2020 Volvo V90 B6 MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 93.5%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.