Pass rate
95.3%
Above average — 3.3 pts ahead of the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 128 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£101
2022 Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 30,577 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
54.8% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2022 95.3% pass · this year
- Avoid 2020 93.0% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 2.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 95.1%
- Typical mileage
- 31k mi
The 2022 Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 MOT pass rate is 95.3% of its MOT tests — 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 54.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.8× the national share
Tyres make up 54.8% of everything recorded on the 2022 Volvo Xc40 Inscription T5, against 19.8% nationally — 35.0 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 92.0% and this one manages 95.3% — 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 21% 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 Inscription T5 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 3.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 95.1%. The median 2022 Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 in this dataset had covered 30,577 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 3.13% of tests.
- 128 recorded tests behind this page.
- 95.3% overall pass rate, 95.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volvo XC40 Inscription T5, the average is 93.7% — best year 2022 (95.3%), worst 2020 (93.0%).
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
- 128
- Typical mileage (median)
- 30,577 mi
- Make and model
- Volvo XC40 Inscription T5
- 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 XC40 Inscription T5 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 85% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the XC40 Inscription T5
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 21 | 85.7% |
| West Midlands | 17 | 100.0% |
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 Inscription T5
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 Inscription T5
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 3.1% 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 lights 1.6% 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.
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Check the brakes 0.8% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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 Inscription T5 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£101 — and 21% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£101
- Cheapest common item: all position lamps have a product on the…
- £5–£25
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 21%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 128 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 Inscription T5, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2020 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 93.0% to 95.3% — a spread of 2.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2020 93.0% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2021 94.8% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2022 95.3%windscreen damaged but not…
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 Inscription T5 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
- Toyota C-Hr Gr 95.3%
- Porsche Macan 95.3%
- Toyota YARIS 95.2%
- Toyota C-Hr 95.2%
- Ford Puma 95.1%
- Mazda Cx-30 95.1%
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 Inscription T5 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 6 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 62 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 | 34 | 54.80% | 19.76% | +35.04 |
| Brakes | 8 | 12.90% | 20.89% | −7.99 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 11.30% | 4.18% | +7.12 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 6 | 9.70% | 12.21% | −2.51 |
| Visibility | 5 | 8.10% | 4.97% | +3.13 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 3.20% | 1.76% | +1.44 |
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 | 3.1% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.6% | £30–80 |
| All position lamps have a product on the lenses or light sources which significantly reduces light intensity Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.78% | £5–25 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.78% | £18–45 |
| Has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 0.78% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp aim too far to the right Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 0.78% | £30–80 |
| Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.78% | £5–25 |
| Rear reflectors insecure Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.78% | £5–25 |
| Registration plates does not conform to the specified requirements Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.78% | £20–80 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.78% | £20–80 |
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 | 17.2% | £45–95 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Advisory | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 3.1% | £20–80 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.3% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 1.6% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 1.6% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 62 | 93.5% | 18,834 mi |
| 30-60k | 50 | 96.0% | 40,926 mi |
| 60-90k | 14 | 100.0% | 70,879 mi |
| 90-120k | 2 | 100.0% | 101,636 mi |
Source: 128 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 Inscription T5 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 Volvo XC40 Inscription T5?
95.3% of the 128 2022 Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 95.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 Volvo XC40 Inscription T5?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (3.13%), headlamp aim too high (1.56%), all position lamps have a product on the lenses or light sources which significantly reduces light intensity (0.78%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.5% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 Volvo XC40 Inscription T5 in this dataset had covered 30,577 mi.