Volvo S60 Recorded MOT Outcomes

27.8%
historical failure rate from 91,540 tests
0.9 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: This page summarises past outcomes for a make/model group. It does not use the condition, service history or current defects of a particular vehicle, so it is not a pass prediction, diagnosis or buying recommendation.

Recorded Failure Rate by Age Band

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 8.7% 3,017 Tyres
3-5 years 13.9% 13,680 Tyres
6-10 years 22.7% 30,002 Tyres
11-15 years 30.5% 17,798 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 40.7% 27,043 Lamps & Electrics

Recorded Component-Category Rates

Each percentage is a sample-size-weighted historical category rate across the included age and mileage groups.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics6.3%
Brakes4.7%
Tyres3.5%
Suspension3.1%
Visibility1.7%
Body & Chassis1.5%
Steering1.4%

These categories describe aggregate records. They do not show that a specific vehicle has a component fault.

Other Volvo Model Groups

Groups With Similar Recorded Rates

Method: Failure and component-category rates are sample-size weighted. Only age/mileage groups with at least 100 tests are included. The checked-in source contains 148,509,908 tests and 39,969,903 failures.

Source: DVSA anonymised MOT tests and results, reused under the Open Government Licence v3.

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