2020 Volvo Xc40: MOT pass rate and reliability

91.9% of 2020 Volvo Xc40s pass the MOT first time, measured across 16,378 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 32,550 miles.

How the 2020 compares

• Against all Volvo Xc40s (90.9%, 48,917 tests): +1 points
• Against all 2020 cars (89.4%): +2.5 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 2020 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Volvo Xc40:

What this means if you are buying a 2020 Xc40

The 2020 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 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 the average at test was 32,550 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 91.9%, ahead of every other year we hold data for.

Nearby model years

• 2018 Volvo Xc40 - 89%
• 2019 Volvo Xc40 - 90%
• 2021 Volvo Xc40 - 91.7%

All Volvo Xc40 MOT data · Every model