2016 Volvo V60: MOT pass rate and reliability

82.1% of 2016 Volvo V60s pass the MOT first time, measured across 3,792 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 86,230 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Volvo V60s (79.3%, 32,001 tests): +2.8 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): +1.2 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volvo V60 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2016 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volvo V60:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2010 67.5% 240 118,174
2011 73% 2,515 124,924
2012 71.1% 4,522 120,111
2013 75.6% 3,532 114,889
2014 77.1% 3,601 107,618
2015 81.6% 3,280 95,365
2016 82.1% 3,792 86,230
2017 81% 3,172 75,828
2018 86.2% 3,878 59,992
2019 87.2% 3,417 51,670

What this means if you are buying a 2016 V60

The 2016 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 2.8 points more often than the Volvo V60 average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 10-year-old car fails on

A 2016 car is 10 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is above average, the point where suspension bushes, drop links and exhaust corrosion start showing up as advisories before they become failures. On a 2016 Volvo V60 the average at test was 86,230 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2019 at 87.2%, and the weakest in our data is 2010 at 67.5%. That 19.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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