2020 Volvo Xc40 Inscription T5 Recharge A: MOT pass rate and reliability

94.3% of 2020 Volvo Xc40 Inscription T5 Recharge As pass the MOT first time, measured across 333 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 39,500 miles.

How the 2020 compares

  • Against all Volvo Xc40 Inscription T5 Recharge As (93.4%, 709 tests): +0.9 points
  • Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): +4.9 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volvo Xc40 Inscription T5 Recharge A model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volvo Xc40 Inscription T5 Recharge A:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2020 94.3% 333 39,500
2021 92.7% 368 34,038

What this means if you are buying a 2020 Xc40 Inscription T5 Recharge A

The 2020 sits close to the Volvo Xc40 Inscription T5 Recharge A average, so there is no strong model-year signal either way. Judge the individual car on its own history. 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 6-year-old car fails on

A 2020 car is 6 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 below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2020 Volvo Xc40 Inscription T5 Recharge A the average at test was 39,500 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.

2020 is the strongest year on record for this model at 94.3%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

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