Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto passes its MOT first time more often than the average UK car, by 12.5 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 623 individual Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 89.2% first-time pass rate means roughly 11 in every 100 Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Autos presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is better than average, so a well-kept example is a reasonably safe used buy. The average Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto tested had covered 45,128 miles and was built around 2020.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto bought as a repairable salvage, the mechanical side is less likely to spring surprises, so your repair estimate should hold up reasonably well.

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Most common MOT failures on a Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto

1. A tyre seriously damaged, 3.9% of tests (1.91x the national rate for this defect)
2. A tyre cords visible or damaged, 1.3% of tests
3. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 1.3% of tests
4. Engine MIL illuminated indicating a malfunction, 0.6% of tests
5. A tyre has a lump, bulge or tear caused by separation or partial failure of its structure. This includes any lifting of the tread rubber, 0.5% of tests (3.44x the national rate for this defect)
6. Number plate does not conform to the specified requirements, 0.4% of tests (2.47x the national rate for this defect)
7. Brake performance unable to be tested, 0.3% of tests (2.47x the national rate for this defect)
8. Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 0.2% of tests
9. Flexible brake hose excessively damaged, chafed, twisted or stretched, 0.2% of tests (3.09x the national rate for this defect)
10. A tyre not fitted in compliance with the manufacturers sidewall instruction, 0.2% of tests (3.4x the national rate for this defect)

From 1,246 DVSA-tracked Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 8.98% of these flagged Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto year:

• 2019 Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto - 90.5% first-time pass, 241 tests
• 2020 Volvo Xc90 R-Design Pro B5 Awd Auto - 89.4% first-time pass, 378 tests

Other Volvo models

• Volvo V40 - 76.1%
• Volvo Xc60 - 81.2%
• Volvo Xc90 - 75.2%
• Volvo Xc40 - 90.5%
• Volvo V70 - 69%
• Volvo V60 - 79%
• Volvo V50 - 60.4%
• Volvo C30 - 65.2%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Audi A6 S Lne Blk Ed 40 Tdi Quat Sa - 89.2%
• Audi Rs 6 V-Sprung Tfsi Mhev Quat A - 89.2%
• Dacia Duster Prestige Lpg Tce 4x2 - 89.2%
• Vauxhall Corsa Se Turbo Auto - 89.2%
• MINI Countryman - 89.1%
• Vauxhall Grandland X Elite Nav Turbo - 89.1%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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