Volvo V60 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Volvo V60 in Great Britain in 2025 — 41,210 tests. Figures cover every V60 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the V60 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
77.5%
5.2 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
41,210
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
8.7%
of V60 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
98,750
middle half: 73,750–126,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Volvo V60 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 43,671 Volvo V60 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 42,788 taxed and 883 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. Volvo V60 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
42,788
98.0% of the 43,671 V60 cars taxed or on SORN; 278 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
883
declared off the road by their keepers — 2.0% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed V60 cars is still rising: 42,788 at the end of 2025, up 743 (1.8%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 43 at the end of 2014 to 883 at the end of 2025, up 1953.5%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed V60 cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

010k20k30k40k50k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed V60 cars, year 2014: 16kTaxed V60 cars, year 2015: 20kTaxed V60 cars, year 2016: 23kTaxed V60 cars, year 2017: 26kTaxed V60 cars, year 2018: 30kTaxed V60 cars, year 2019: 34kTaxed V60 cars, year 2020: 37kTaxed V60 cars, year 2021: 40kTaxed V60 cars, year 2022: 42kTaxed V60 cars, year 2023: 42kTaxed V60 cars, year 2024: 42kTaxed V60 cars, year 2025: 43k43k
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YearTaxed V60 cars
201416,286
201519,664
201623,357
201726,401
201830,107
201934,079
202036,802
202140,421
202241,687
202342,191
202442,045
202542,788

V60 cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

02004006008001k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)V60 cars on SORN, year 2014: 43V60 cars on SORN, year 2015: 78V60 cars on SORN, year 2016: 103V60 cars on SORN, year 2017: 190V60 cars on SORN, year 2018: 220V60 cars on SORN, year 2019: 395V60 cars on SORN, year 2020: 406V60 cars on SORN, year 2021: 277V60 cars on SORN, year 2022: 350V60 cars on SORN, year 2023: 467V60 cars on SORN, year 2024: 616V60 cars on SORN, year 2025: 883883
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YearV60 cars on SORN
201443
201578
2016103
2017190
2018220
2019395
2020406
2021277
2022350
2023467
2024616
2025883

Which model years survive

Taxed V60 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 42,788 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed V60 cars
20251,6203.8%
20231,1112.6%
20221,4073.3%
20213,4818.1%
20203,0117.0%
20194,62510.8%
20183,7728.8%
20173,1127.3%
20163,7238.7%
20153,1997.5%
20143,4278.0%
20133,3227.8%
20124,1909.8%
20112,2035.1%
All other build years (three years, each under 1%)5851.4%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name V60 under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the V60 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, V60 vs all cars, 2025.

Volvo V60All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Volvo V60, vehicle age 3: 88%Volvo V60, vehicle age 4: 87.5%Volvo V60, vehicle age 5: 85.9%Volvo V60, vehicle age 6: 83.7%Volvo V60, vehicle age 7: 83%Volvo V60, vehicle age 8: 74.8%Volvo V60, vehicle age 9: 76.8%Volvo V60, vehicle age 10: 75.4%Volvo V60, vehicle age 11: 71.4%Volvo V60, vehicle age 12: 70.6%Volvo V60, vehicle age 13: 68.2%Volvo V60, vehicle age 14: 68%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%Volvo V60 68%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)V60 testsV60 pass rateAll cars
31,48488.0%88.5%
43,66587.5%87.2%
53,07485.9%86.0%
64,81783.7%83.5%
73,87183.0%80.9%
83,16174.8%78.2%
93,76876.8%74.9%
103,27675.4%71.9%
113,55871.4%68.6%
123,49370.6%65.8%
134,38768.2%63.5%
142,37468.0%61.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

The V60's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the V60 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

V60 aheadV60 behind
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: -0.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: +0.3 points vs the average carAge 5: -0.1 points vs the average car5Age 6: +0.2 points vs the average carAge 7: +2.1 points vs the average car7Age 8: -3.4 points vs the average carAge 9: +1.9 points vs the average car9Age 10: +3.5 points vs the average carAge 11: +2.8 points vs the average car11Age 12: +4.8 points vs the average carAge 13: +4.7 points vs the average car13Age 14: +6.8 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-0.5
4+0.3
5-0.1
6+0.2
7+2.1
8-3.4
9+1.9
10+3.5
11+2.8
12+4.8
13+4.7
14+6.8

The V60 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the V60 fleet still in use.

01k2k3k5kAge 3: 1k3Age 4: 3kAge 5: 3k5Age 6: 4kAge 7: 3k7Age 8: 3kAge 9: 3k9Age 10: 3kAge 11: 3k11Age 12: 3kAge 13: 4k13Age 14: 2k14Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
31,484
43,665
53,074
64,817
73,871
83,161
93,768
103,276
113,558
123,493
134,387
142,374

What a V60 fails on

Where the failure items land when a V60 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Tyres26.9%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.9%
Brakes16.6%
Suspension13.9%
Visibility8.0%
Body, chassis, structure5.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks5.1%
Steering4.5%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.2% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a V60, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 41.1% of advisories41.1%Brakes: 25.3% of advisories25.3%Suspension: 18.7% of advisories18.7%Non-component advisories: 5.7% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 2.6% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.0% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleNoise, emissions and leaks
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres41.1%
Brakes25.3%
Suspension18.7%
Non-component advisories5.7%
Identification of the vehicle2.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.0%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid V60?

First-time pass rate for the four most-tested V60 fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 74.5% of 29,364 tests74.5%Diesel29,364 testsHybrid electric: 87.6% of 5,315 tests87.6%Hybrid5,315 testsPetrol: 83.5% of 5,038 tests83.5%Petrol5,038 testsElectric diesel: 80.8% of 1,493 tests80.8%Electric diesel1,493 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel29,36474.5%
Hybrid electric5,31587.6%
Petrol5,03883.5%
Electric diesel1,49380.8%

What mileage is normal for a V60?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) V60; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical V60 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k3579111314Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–43,750)Age 4: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–51,250)Age 5: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 33,750–61,250)Age 6: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 41,250–73,750)Age 7: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 48,750–83,750)Age 8: typical 78,750 miles (middle half 56,250–103,750)Age 9: typical 88,750 miles (middle half 68,750–113,750)Age 10: typical 98,750 miles (middle half 73,750–126,250)Age 11: typical 111,250 miles (middle half 86,250–138,750)Age 12: typical 118,750 miles (middle half 91,250–146,250)Age 13: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 98,750–148,750)Age 14: typical 126,250 miles (middle half 101,250–156,250)126k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
323,75031,25043,750
428,75038,75051,250
533,75043,75061,250
641,25056,25073,750
748,75063,75083,750
856,25078,750103,750
968,75088,750113,750
1073,75098,750126,250
1186,250111,250138,750
1291,250118,750146,250
1398,750121,250148,750
14101,250126,250156,250

What fails at each age

The V60's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilitySuspensionBody, chassis, structureSteeringEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres54.8%
3-5 yrsBrakes13.2%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment10.7%
3-5 yrsVisibility7.5%
3-5 yrsSuspension6.1%
3-5 yrsEverything else7.7%
6-9 yrsTyres33.8%
6-9 yrsBrakes20.7%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure10.8%
6-9 yrsSuspension10.4%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment9.1%
6-9 yrsEverything else15.2%
10-13 yrsTyres24.9%
10-13 yrsSuspension19.6%
10-13 yrsBrakes17.5%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.1%
10-13 yrsSteering7.7%
10-13 yrsEverything else18.2%
14+ yrsSuspension20.9%
14+ yrsBrakes20.3%
14+ yrsTyres18.5%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.6%
14+ yrsSteering8.3%
14+ yrsEverything else15.4%

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How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.