Volvo V60 Cross Country MOT reliability

Volvo V60 Cross Countrys passed their MOT first time 89% of the time across 502 tests in 2025.

First-time pass rate

89%

MOTs analysed

502

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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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

2019 diesel

113 MOTs

Passed first time 90%. Typical mileage 57,945 (most between 45,717 and 73,112).

2022: 89% → 2023: 88% → 2024: 92% → 2025: 90%

Most common failures

Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (1.8%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (1.8%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (1.8%)
Ball joint excessively worn (0.9%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (0.9%)

2019 petrol

89 MOTs

These figures come from 89 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 87%. Typical mileage 44,646 (most between 34,433 and 55,234).

2022: 95% → 2023: 91% → 2024: 89% → 2025: 87%

Most common failures

Condition: has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (4.5%)
Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick (2.2%)
Condition: has ply or cords exposed (2.2%)
Headlamp cleaning device: for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (2.2%)
Condition: has a bulge, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure (1.1%)

Where 2019 V60 Cross Countrys fail

Wheels & tyres

3.5%

Suspension & axles

2.7%

Brakes

1.8%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

1.8%

Steering

0.9%

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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 (CC BY 4.0, adapted).