2022 Volvo XC40: MOT pass rate and common faults

16,847 initial MOT tests in 2025 on cars first used in 2022 · DVSA data · For guidance only · How we count

91.8%passed first time

Share of initial MOT tests passed with no repairs. Repairs made at the test centre count as a fail. 95% range 91.4% to 92.2% (±0.5 points).

2022 Volvo XC4091.8%
All vehicles first used in 202288.5%

That is 3.3 points above the average for all vehicles first used in 2022 (88.5%). These cars were about 3 years old at the test.

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Failure areas compared with all 2022 vehicles

Compared with all vehicles first used in 2022, less common in tyres (0.9×), lights and electrics (0.6×) and windscreen, wipers, mirrors (0.4×). Other differences are within the margin of error.

Failed tests with a fault in each area, per 100 tests. The right-hand column shows how many times as often as all vehicles first used in 2022.

Tyres4.4 in 100 tests0.9× compared with 5.1 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2022
Lights and electrics1.4 in 100 tests0.6× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2022
Brakes1.2 in 100 tests– no reliable figure for all vehicles first used in 2022
Windscreen, wipers, mirrors1.1 in 100 tests0.4× compared with 2.5 in 100 for all vehicles first used in 2022

All vehicles first used in 2022: the 217 models in our data, 1,692,367 tests (95.8% of all 1,765,878 tests on vehicles first used in 2022). Areas with fewer than 50 failures in a model aren't published, so an area is only compared when that leaves the all-vehicles figure at most 10% short; otherwise it shows –.

Typical mileage at test25,900

Median odometer reading at the 2025 MOT test, in miles. Half had more and half had less.

After an MOT advisory

Not enough 2022 Volvo XC40 cars with a tyre or brake advisory to show figures for this year alone.

Volvo XC40, all first-use years together

What MOT data can't tell you about any 2022 Volvo XC40

Outstanding finance, write-offs, theft and plate changes aren't in MOT records. For a particular car, you need a history check.

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Other Volvo XC40 years

Volvo XC40: every year, common faults and what to check

Other cars first used in 2022

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