Chevrolet Volt MOT reliability

Chevrolet Volts passed their MOT first time 70% of the time across 100 tests in 2025. 89 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

70%

MOTs analysed

100

Still licensed (GB)

89

Body type

Hatchback

Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2012 electric

41 MOTs

These figures come from 41 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

Passed first time 73%. Typical mileage 110,484 (most between 71,223 and 128,089).

2014: 100% → 2015: 84% → 2016: 77% → 2017: 84% → 2018: 70% → 2019: 81% → 2020: 84% → 2021: 80% → 2022: 69% → 2023: 78% → 2024: 83% → 2025: 73%

Most common failures

Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (7.3%)
Side repeaters: not working (2.4%)
Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (2.4%)
Bumpers: damaged and likely to cause injury when grazed or contacted (2.4%)
Service brake performance: excessively fluctuating (2.4%)

2012 hybrid

5 MOTs

These figures come from only 5 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 60%. Typical mileage 105,622 (most between 82,388 and 123,280).

2015: 100% → 2016: 100% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 75% → 2020: 60% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 57% → 2023: 50% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 60%

Most common failures

Side repeaters: not working (20.0%)
Individual direction indicators: not working (20.0%)

Where 2012 Volts fail

Suspension & axles

9.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

7.3%

Wheels & tyres

4.9%

Lights & electrics

4.9%

Body, structure & corrosion

2.4%

Brakes

2.4%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.