2020 Volvo Xc40 R-Design T4 Recharge Auto: MOT pass rate and reliability

95.1% of 2020 Volvo Xc40 R-Design T4 Recharge Autos pass the MOT first time, measured across 205 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 45,445 miles.

How the 2020 compares

  • Against all Volvo Xc40 R-Design T4 Recharge Autos (93.8%, 2,082 tests): +1.3 points
  • Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): +5.7 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volvo Xc40 R-Design T4 Recharge Auto 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 R-Design T4 Recharge Auto:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2020 95.1% 205 45,445
2021 93.5% 1,842 37,326

What this means if you are buying a 2020 Xc40 R-Design T4 Recharge Auto

The 2020 sits close to the Volvo Xc40 R-Design T4 Recharge Auto 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 R-Design T4 Recharge Auto the average at test was 45,445 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 95.1%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

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