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Volvo MOT Pass Rate 2025

How often did a Volvo pass its MOT first time in 2025? Here’s the year-keyed pass-rate estimate, the change vs the prior year, top advisories, and how it sits against the UK national average.

By Bertram Sargla, Founder, MOT CheckupLast updated: 2026-05-16Data sourced from DVSA

Volvo MOT pass rate 2025: approximately 82.8% (failure rate 17.2%) — that’s 18.8 pp above the UK national first-time pass rate of 64%. The Volvo brand-wide pass-rate baseline is 81.8%; this year-keyed figure adjusts for the typical age-related variation between recent test years.

Volvo · MOT pass rate · 2025

82.8%

Implied failure rate: 17.2% · UK average: 64%

vs 2024 (82.3%):+0.5 pp

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How Volvo 2025 compares

Volvo’s 2025 first-time MOT pass rate of 82.8% sits above the UK national figure of 64% for that period. Pass rates tend to rise slowly year on year as newer, better-built cars enter the testable fleet and older, end-of-life vehicles attrit out — so a 1-2 pp gap between adjacent years is normal at brand level.

Volvo 202582.8%
UK average (64%)64%
Volvo brand baseline81.8%

Top advisory and failure categories for Volvo

These are the categories most likely to trigger an MOT advisory or failure on a Volvo across 15 models in our dataset — aggregated for the same period this page covers.

1

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment

14.5%
2

Suspension

13.5%
3

Brakes

11.6%
4

Tyres

9.6%
5

Exhaust, fuel and emissions

7.6%

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Full reliability breakdown across all years and models.

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Volvo pass rate 2024

Year-on-year comparison: 82.3%.

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Volvo MOT pass rate 2025 — FAQ

What was the Volvo MOT pass rate in 2025?
In 2025, the Volvo first-time MOT pass rate was approximately 82.8% — 18.8 pp above the UK national average of 64%. The corresponding failure rate is 17.2%.
How did the Volvo pass rate change between 2024 and 2025?
The Volvo pass rate moved from 82.3% in 2024 to 82.8% in 2025 — an improvement of 0.5 percentage points. Year-on-year movement at brand level is usually small; vehicle age and maintenance still dominate.
Is a 82.8% pass rate good for Volvo in 2025?
Against the UK national first-time MOT pass rate of 64%, Volvo's 82.8% in 2025 is better than average. The figure is brand-wide; individual models and years vary significantly.
Are these pass rates official DVSA figures?
These year-keyed pass rates are MOT Checkup's modelled estimates, anchored to the Volvo brand-average pass rate (81.8%) and adjusted for the typical age-related variation between recent test years. DVSA does not publish per-brand per-year first-time pass tables; for a single car, the registration-level MOT history is the canonical record.

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Source: MOT Checkup analysis. Year-keyed pass rates are modelled estimates anchored on the Volvo brand-average pass rate of 81.8% derived from our reliability dataset, with an explicit age-related adjustment between adjacent test years. DVSA does not publish per-brand per-year first-time pass tables; for a single car, the registration-level MOT history is the canonical record.