Pass rate
95.6%
Above average — 0.8 pts ahead of the 94.8% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 137 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£63
2023 Volvo XC60 + B4 MOT pass rate
- 2023
- typical 28,682 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
52.4% 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 2023 95.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2022 94.4% pass
Across the 2 years on record, a spread of 1.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 95.4%
- Typical mileage
- 29k mi
The 2023 Volvo XC60 + B4 MOT pass rate is 95.6% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 52.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Volvo XC60 + B4 does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Tyres: 2.7× the national share
Tyres make up 52.4% of everything recorded on the 2023 Volvo Xc60 + B4, against 19.8% nationally — 32.6 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.
- Based on a small sample. 137 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 XC60 + B4 compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 94.8%, so this figure is 0.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 95.4%. The median 2023 Volvo XC60 + B4 in this dataset had covered 28,682 mi.
59% of the tests on this vehicle ran on Hybrid, which passed 96.3% of the time.
The single most recorded failure item is "Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively", noted on 2.19% of tests.
- 137 recorded tests behind this page.
- 95.6% overall pass rate, 95.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Volvo XC60 + B4, the average is 94.6% — best year 2023 (95.6%), worst 2022 (94.4%).
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
- 137
- Typical mileage (median)
- 28,682 mi
- Make and model
- Volvo XC60 + B4
- 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 XC60 + B4 MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Hybrid is the most common here (59% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the XC60 + B4
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Scotland | 23 | 100.0% |
| East of England | 20 | 80.0% |
| South East | 18 | 100.0% |
| Yorkshire | 18 | 94.4% |
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 2023 XC60 + B4
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 XC60 + B4
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 2.2% 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 suspension joints 0.7% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the brakes 0.7% 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 2023 XC60 + B4 through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£63 — and 43% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£63
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 43%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 137 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 XC60 + B4, side by side
2 model years on record, from 2022 to 2023. Across them the pass rate runs from 94.4% to 95.6% — a spread of 1.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2022 94.4% has a cut in excess of the…
- 2023 95.6%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 XC60 + B4 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
- Kia Niro 95.5%
- Toyota Corolla 95.7%
- Mercedes-Benz Eqe 96.5%
- Ford Puma 96.5%
- Polestar Polestar 94.6%
- Levc Tx 97.0%
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 XC60 + B4 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 7 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 42 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 | 22 | 52.40% | 19.76% | +32.64 |
| Visibility | 7 | 16.70% | 4.97% | +11.73 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 16.70% | 4.18% | +12.52 |
| Brakes | 3 | 7.10% | 20.89% | −13.79 |
| Suspension | 1 | 2.40% | 20.98% | −18.58 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 1 | 2.40% | 5.52% | −3.12 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 2.40% | 1.76% | +0.64 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 2.2% | £8–22 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.5% | £45–95 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.5% | £8–22 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 0.73% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 0.73% | £18–45 |
| Has ply or cords exposed Tyres | Major | 0.73% | £45–95 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Major | 0.73% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Major | 0.73% | £45–95 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 0.73% | £80–200 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 0.73% | £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 | 9.5% | £45–95 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.4% | £20–80 |
| Tread depth tread pattern not visible over the whole tread area when minimum depth required is 1.0mm Tyres | Advisory | 2.2% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 0.73% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 0.73% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 0.73% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 80 | 98.8% | 20,575 mi |
| 30-60k | 50 | 92.0% | 38,109 mi |
| 60-90k | 3 | 100.0% | 73,134 mi |
| 90-120k | 4 | 75.0% | 106,300 mi |
Source: 137 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 XC60 + B4 MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2023 Volvo XC60 + B4?
95.6% of the 137 2023 Volvo XC60 + B4 tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 94.8% for cars first used in 2023. First-attempt pass rate: 95.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2023 Volvo XC60 + B4?
The three most recorded items are wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.19%), has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (1.46%), wipers blade defective (1.46%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2023 Volvo XC60 + B4 MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 98.8% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2023 Volvo XC60 + B4 in this dataset had covered 28,682 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2023 Volvo XC60 + B4?
Hybrid: 96.3% pass rate across 81 tests. Other: 94.6% pass rate across 56 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.