Volvo S70 MOT reliability

Volvo S70s passed their MOT first time 64% of the time across 407 tests in 2025. 321 are still licensed in Great Britain.

First-time pass rate

64%

MOTs analysed

407

Still licensed (GB)

321

Body type

Sedan

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

2000 petrol

2 MOTs

These figures come from only 2 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 50%. Typical mileage 192,230 (most between 173,514 and 210,945).

2005: 82% → 2006: 62% → 2007: 69% → 2008: 60% → 2009: 59% → 2010: 49% → 2011: 59% → 2012: 31% → 2013: 42% → 2014: 65% → 2015: 65% → 2016: 64% → 2017: 57% → 2018: 50% → 2019: 71% → 2020: 50% → 2021: 100% → 2022: 60% → 2023: 100% → 2024: 75% → 2025: 50%

Most common failures

Headlamp: not working on dipped beam (50.0%)

Where 2000 S70s fail

Lights & electrics

50.0%

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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.