15+-Year Volvo V50 Recorded MOT Outcomes

46.9%
historical failure rate from 30,034 tests in this age band
20.0 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
Suspension11.6%
Lamps & Electrics10.4%
Brakes7.1%
Body & Chassis6.4%
Tyres5.9%
Visibility3.1%
Steering2.5%

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
6-10 years 35.4% 17,439 Suspension
11-15 years 42.9% 98,621 Suspension
15+ years 46.9% 30,034 Suspension

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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