Pass rate
100.0%
Above average — 5.2 pts ahead of the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 59 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £8–£22
2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3 MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 21,568 mi
Only 59 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
57.1% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2023 100.0% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 96.7% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 3.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 100.0%
- Typical mileage
- 22k mi
The 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3 MOT pass rate is 100.0% of its MOT tests — 5.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 57.1% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.9× the national share
Tyres make up 57.1% of everything recorded on the 2023 Volvo Xc40 Core B3, against 19.8% nationally — 37.3 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.
- 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 94.8% and this one manages 100.0% — 5.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 100% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 5.2 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 100.0%. The median 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3 in this dataset had covered 21,568 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 1.69% of tests.
- 59 recorded tests behind this page.
- 100.0% overall pass rate, 100.0% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volvo XC40 Core B3, the average is 97.1% — best year 2023 (100.0%), worst 2022 (96.7%).
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
- 59
- Typical mileage (median)
- 21,568 mi
- Make and model
- Volvo XC40 Core B3
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Wiper Blade
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the XC40 Core B3 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 92% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2023 XC40 Core B3
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 2023 XC40 Core B3
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 1.7% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
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.
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 2023 XC40 Core B3 through its MOT
Across the 1 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £8–£22 — and 100% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 1 common items
- £8–£22
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 100%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 100%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 59 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 XC40 Core B3, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2022 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 96.7% to 100.0% — a spread of 3.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2022 96.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2023 100.0%wipers does not clear the…
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 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3 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 2023 cars with a similar record
- Levc Tx 97.0%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
Closest pass rates among 2023 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 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3 1 failure items · 5 advisories · 3 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 7 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 | 57.10% | 19.76% | +37.34 |
| Non-component advisories | 2 | 28.60% | 4.18% | +24.42 |
| Visibility | 1 | 14.30% | 4.97% | +9.33 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 1.7% | £8–22 |
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 | 3.4% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.7% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 1.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 51 | 100.0% | 19,160 mi |
| 30-60k | 8 | 100.0% | 38,310 mi |
Source: 59 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.
2023 XC40 Core B3 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3?
100.0% of the 59 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 100.0%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (1.69%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Volvo XC40 Core B3 in this dataset had covered 21,568 mi.