15+-Year Volvo V40 Recorded MOT Outcomes

50.6%
historical failure rate from 20,533 tests in this age band
23.6 percentage points above the dataset-wide reference of 26.9%

Evidence scope: The source groups vehicles into broad age bands. It does not provide a model-year-specific result here, and it does not include an individual vehicle's condition, service history or current defects. This page is descriptive, not predictive or diagnostic.

Recorded Component-Category Rates

These percentages are sample-size-weighted historical rates for this model and age band.

Component categoryRecorded rate
Lamps & Electrics13.6%
Suspension10.6%
Brakes9.6%
Body & Chassis5.3%
Steering4.6%
Visibility4.5%
Tyres3.9%

A category rate does not show that a particular vehicle has a fault in that area.

Other Recorded Age Bands

Age bandFailure rateTestsHighest recorded component category
0-2 years 10.5% 17,041 Tyres
3-5 years 17.2% 128,774 Suspension
6-10 years 27.0% 236,085 Suspension
11-15 years 32.2% 7,940 Lamps & Electrics
15+ years 50.6% 20,533 Lamps & Electrics

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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