Pass rate
93.9%
Above average — 1.9 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 427 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £40–£91
2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 32,435 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
67.3% 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 →
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 93.9% pass · this year
- Avoid 2023 92.3% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 1.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 93.5%
- Typical mileage
- 32k mi
The 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge MOT pass rate is 93.9% of its MOT tests — 1.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 67.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volvo XC40 Core Recharge does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 3.4× the national share
Tyres make up 67.3% of everything recorded on the 2022 Volvo Xc40 Core Recharge, against 19.8% nationally — 47.5 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 15% 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 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 1.9 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 93.5%. The median 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge in this dataset had covered 32,435 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 93.9% of the time, April–September 94.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 2.11% of tests.
- 427 recorded tests behind this page.
- 93.9% overall pass rate, 93.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volvo XC40 Core Recharge, the average is 93.7% — best year 2022 (93.9%), worst 2023 (92.3%).
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
- 427
- Typical mileage (median)
- 32,435 mi
- Make and model
- Volvo XC40 Core Recharge
- 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 XC40 Core Recharge MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 83% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the XC40 Core Recharge
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 78 | 89.7% |
| East Midlands | 58 | 91.4% |
| North West | 49 | 93.9% |
| Yorkshire | 47 | 93.6% |
| West Midlands | 46 | 95.7% |
| Scotland | 39 | 100.0% |
| South West | 37 | 94.6% |
| East of England | 26 | 96.2% |
| London | 20 | 95.0% |
| North East | 17 | 94.1% |
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 2022 XC40 Core Recharge
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 2022 XC40 Core Recharge
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 tyre tread 1.2% of tests
“tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm”
Check all four tyres cold, including the inner shoulder where wear hides — 1.6mm across the central three-quarters is the legal limit, and most testers fail at 1.6mm without argument.
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Check the wipers and washers 0.7% 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.
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Check the lights 0.5% of tests
“headlamp aim too high”
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 2022 XC40 Core Recharge through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £40–£91 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £40–£91
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 427 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 Recharge, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2022 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 92.3% to 93.9% — a spread of 1.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2022 93.9%has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 92.3% has a cut in excess of 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 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Ford Fiesta 93.9%
- Nissan Leaf 93.9%
- Volkswagen T-Cross 93.9%
- Kia EV6 GT-Line 93.9%
- Ford Kuga 94.0%
- Volkswagen Polo 94.0%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge 10 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 199 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 | 134 | 67.30% | 19.76% | +47.54 |
| Non-component advisories | 32 | 16.10% | 4.18% | +11.92 |
| Brakes | 15 | 7.50% | 20.89% | −13.39 |
| Visibility | 9 | 4.50% | 4.97% | −0.47 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 5 | 2.50% | 12.21% | −9.71 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 1.00% | 5.57% | −4.57 |
| Suspension | 1 | 0.50% | 20.98% | −20.48 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.50% | 0.75% | −0.25 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 2.1% | £45–95 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.94% | £45–95 |
| Size/type of different sizes are fitted on the same axle. Tyres | Major | 0.94% | £45–95 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 0.70% | £8–22 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.47% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.47% | £30–80 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 0.47% | £80–250 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 0.47% | £8–22 |
| Fixing missing Road Wheels | Major | 0.23% | £20–55 |
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 | 16.9% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 3.3% | £45–110 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.0% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 3.0% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.8% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 175 | 94.9% | 19,610 mi |
| 30-60k | 227 | 93.4% | 40,859 mi |
| 60-90k | 24 | 91.7% | 70,350 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 104,896 mi |
Source: 427 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.
2022 XC40 Core Recharge MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge?
93.9% of the 427 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 93.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (2.11%), tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm (1.17%), has ply or cords exposed (0.94%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 94.9% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge in this dataset had covered 32,435 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 Volvo XC40 Core Recharge MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 93.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 94.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.