2016 Volvo V90: MOT pass rate and reliability

79.1% of 2016 Volvo V90s pass the MOT first time, measured across 445 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 84,782 miles.

How the 2016 compares

  • Against all Volvo V90s (84.7%, 10,048 tests): -5.6 points
  • Against all 2016 cars (80.9%): -1.8 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volvo V90 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 V90:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2016 79.1% 445 84,782
2017 83.7% 2,897 77,222
2018 85.9% 3,989 64,668
2019 85.3% 2,521 53,523

What this means if you are buying a 2016 V90

The 2016 is a weaker year for this model, passing 5.6 points less often than the Volvo V90 average. Some of that is simply age, so compare it against the 2016 figure for all cars above rather than against newer examples. 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 V90 the average at test was 84,782 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 2018 at 85.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2016 at 79.1%. That 6.8 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2016 car against a newer one tells you very little.

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