2019 Volvo Xc40: MOT pass rate and reliability

90% of 2019 Volvo Xc40s pass the MOT first time, measured across 15,139 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 41,102 miles.

How the 2019 compares

  • Against all Volvo Xc40s (90.9%, 48,917 tests): -0.9 points
  • Against all 2019 cars (87.9%): +2.1 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Volvo Xc40 model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2019 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volvo Xc40:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2018 89% 6,645 47,509
2019 90% 15,139 41,102
2020 91.9% 16,378 32,550
2021 91.7% 10,560 26,313

What this means if you are buying a 2019 Xc40

The 2019 sits close to the Volvo Xc40 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 7-year-old car fails on

A 2019 car is 7 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 2019 Volvo Xc40 the average at test was 41,102 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 2020 at 91.9%, and the weakest in our data is 2018 at 89%. That 2.9 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2019 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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