Volvo V90 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Volvo V90 in Great Britain in 2025 — 16,684 tests. Figures cover every V90 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the V90 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
84.1%
11.8 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
16,684
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
6.3%
of V90 first tests; national 7.3%

How many Volvo V90 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 18,113 Volvo V90 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 17,825 taxed and 288 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 V90 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
17,825
98.4% of the 18,113 V90 cars taxed or on SORN; 108 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
288
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.6% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed V90 cars is still rising: 17,825 at the end of 2025, up 184 (1.0%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 42 at the end of 2014 to 288 at the end of 2025, up 585.7%. 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 V90 cars, year by year

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

05k10k15k20k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed V90 cars, year 2014: 333Taxed V90 cars, year 2015: 304Taxed V90 cars, year 2016: 713Taxed V90 cars, year 2017: 3kTaxed V90 cars, year 2018: 7kTaxed V90 cars, year 2019: 12kTaxed V90 cars, year 2020: 14kTaxed V90 cars, year 2021: 15kTaxed V90 cars, year 2022: 16kTaxed V90 cars, year 2023: 17kTaxed V90 cars, year 2024: 18kTaxed V90 cars, year 2025: 18k18k
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YearTaxed V90 cars
2014333
2015304
2016713
20173,230
20187,450
201911,566
202013,948
202115,048
202216,479
202317,177
202417,641
202517,825

V90 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.

01002003002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)V90 cars on SORN, year 2014: 42V90 cars on SORN, year 2015: 44V90 cars on SORN, year 2016: 60V90 cars on SORN, year 2017: 163V90 cars on SORN, year 2018: 146V90 cars on SORN, year 2019: 228V90 cars on SORN, year 2020: 251V90 cars on SORN, year 2021: 179V90 cars on SORN, year 2022: 179V90 cars on SORN, year 2023: 216V90 cars on SORN, year 2024: 231V90 cars on SORN, year 2025: 288288
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YearV90 cars on SORN
201442
201544
201660
2017163
2018146
2019228
2020251
2021179
2022179
2023216
2024231
2025288

Which model years survive

Taxed V90 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 17,825 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 V90 cars
20254502.5%
20243612.0%
20238104.5%
20221,1196.3%
20211,2176.8%
20202,39013.4%
20194,29224.1%
20183,86621.7%
20172,80315.7%
20164172.3%
All other build years (five years, each under 1%)1000.6%

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 V90 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 V90 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, V90 vs all cars, 2025.

Volvo V90All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Volvo V90, vehicle age 3: 90.2%Volvo V90, vehicle age 4: 89.7%Volvo V90, vehicle age 5: 85.3%Volvo V90, vehicle age 6: 84.4%Volvo V90, vehicle age 7: 83.6%Volvo V90, vehicle age 8: 80.7%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 V90 80.7%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)V90 testsV90 pass rateAll cars
31,04490.2%88.5%
41,27789.7%87.2%
52,44885.3%86.0%
64,43984.4%83.5%
73,97783.6%80.9%
82,91180.7%78.2%

Better or worse than the average car?

The V90's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the V90 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

V90 aheadV90 behind
-4-2+0+2+4Age 3: +1.7 points vs the average car3Age 4: +2.5 points vs the average carAge 5: -0.7 points vs the average car5Age 6: +0.9 points vs the average carAge 7: +2.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: +2.5 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+1.7
4+2.5
5-0.7
6+0.9
7+2.7
8+2.5

The V90 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the V90 fleet still in use.

01k2k3k5kAge 3: 1k3Age 4: 1kAge 5: 2k5Age 6: 4kAge 7: 3k7Age 8: 2k8Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
31,044
41,277
52,448
64,439
73,977
82,911

What a V90 fails on

Where the failure items land when a V90 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Tyres34.1%
Brakes18.7%
Suspension11.4%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment11.3%
Body, chassis, structure10.4%
Visibility5.5%
Steering2.8%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.4%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (96.7% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a V90, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 46.8% of advisories46.8%Brakes: 30.3% of advisories30.3%Suspension: 8.2% of advisories8.2%Non-component advisories: 6.5% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 2.1% of advisoriesSteering: 2.1% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesIdentification of the vehicleSteering
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres46.8%
Brakes30.3%
Suspension8.2%
Non-component advisories6.5%
Identification of the vehicle2.1%
Steering2.1%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid V90?

First-time pass rate for the four most-tested V90 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: 82.6% of 10,189 tests82.6%Diesel10,189 testsPetrol: 84.1% of 3,511 tests84.1%Petrol3,511 testsHybrid electric: 88.3% of 2,154 tests88.3%Hybrid2,154 testsElectric diesel: 90.2% of 829 tests90.2%Electric diesel829 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel10,18982.6%
Petrol3,51184.1%
Hybrid electric2,15488.3%
Electric diesel82990.2%

What mileage is normal for a V90?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) V90; 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 V90 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k3578Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 31,250 miles (middle half 23,750–46,250)Age 4: typical 41,250 miles (middle half 31,250–56,250)Age 5: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–61,250)Age 6: typical 56,250 miles (middle half 43,750–73,750)Age 7: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 56,250–88,750)Age 8: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 63,750–103,750)81k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
323,75031,25046,250
431,25041,25056,250
536,25048,75061,250
643,75056,25073,750
756,25071,25088,750
863,75081,250103,750

What fails at each age

The V90'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.

TyresBrakesSuspensionVisibilityBody, chassis, structureLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres54.4%
3-5 yrsBrakes20.1%
3-5 yrsSuspension5.1%
3-5 yrsVisibility5.0%
3-5 yrsBody, chassis, structure4.6%
3-5 yrsEverything else10.8%
6-9 yrsTyres32.2%
6-9 yrsBrakes19.8%
6-9 yrsSuspension14.1%
6-9 yrsBody, chassis, structure13.2%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment8.4%
6-9 yrsEverything else12.3%

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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.