# Volvo 400 MOT reliability: pass rate and common failures | RegFlags

The Volvo 400 passes its MOT first time 65% of the time, from 331 MOT tests. See pass rates by year, common failures and typical mileage.

- First-time MOT pass rate: 65%
- MOT tests analysed: 331 (DVSA anonymised MOT data, 2025)
- Most common failure area: Brakes

## By year of first use and fuel

| Year | Fuel | MOT tests | First-time pass rate |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 2011 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1997 | Petrol | 7 (very few mots) | 43% |
| 1996 | Petrol | 20 (few mots) | 60% |
| 1995 | Petrol | 94 (few mots) | 68% |
| 1995 | Diesel | 2 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1994 | Petrol | 54 (few mots) | 50% |
| 1994 | Diesel | 1 (very few mots) | 100% |
| 1993 | Petrol | 57 (few mots) | 67% |
| 1992 | Petrol | 43 (few mots) | 72% |
| 1991 | Petrol | 22 (few mots) | 64% |
| 1990 | Petrol | 12 (very few mots) | 83% |
| 1989 | Petrol | 11 (very few mots) | 73% |
| 1988 | Petrol | 4 (very few mots) | 50% |
| 1987 | Petrol | 3 (very few mots) | 100% |

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