Volvo XC60 MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a Volvo XC60 in Great Britain in 2025 — 119,336 tests. Figures cover every XC60 first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the XC60 ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
80.2%
7.9 points above the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
119,336
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
5.8%
of XC60 first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
93,750
middle half: 73,750–116,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many Volvo XC60 cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 153,874 Volvo XC60 cars that were taxed or on SORN: 151,191 taxed and 2,683 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 XC60 vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
151,191
98.3% of the 153,874 XC60 cars taxed or on SORN; 262 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
2,683
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.7% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed XC60 cars is still rising: 151,191 at the end of 2025, up 10,191 (7.2%) on the end of 2024, and the highest in the years shown. Cars on SORN went from 213 at the end of 2014 to 2,683 at the end of 2025, up 1159.6%. 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 XC60 cars, year by year

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

050k100k150k200k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed XC60 cars, year 2014: 34kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2015: 47kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2016: 63kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2017: 78kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2018: 88kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2019: 98kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2020: 105kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2021: 114kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2022: 121kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2023: 130kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2024: 141kTaxed XC60 cars, year 2025: 151k151k
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YearTaxed XC60 cars
201433,581
201547,207
201662,976
201777,721
201887,526
201998,406
2020104,702
2021113,678
2022120,881
2023129,822
2024141,000
2025151,191

XC60 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.

01k2k3k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)XC60 cars on SORN, year 2014: 213XC60 cars on SORN, year 2015: 240XC60 cars on SORN, year 2016: 241XC60 cars on SORN, year 2017: 473XC60 cars on SORN, year 2018: 428XC60 cars on SORN, year 2019: 618XC60 cars on SORN, year 2020: 978XC60 cars on SORN, year 2021: 735XC60 cars on SORN, year 2022: 1kXC60 cars on SORN, year 2023: 2kXC60 cars on SORN, year 2024: 2kXC60 cars on SORN, year 2025: 3k3k
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YearXC60 cars on SORN
2014213
2015240
2016241
2017473
2018428
2019618
2020978
2021735
20221,000
20231,550
20241,865
20252,683

Which model years survive

Taxed XC60 cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 151,191 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 XC60 cars
202511,6027.7%
202412,4168.2%
202310,5006.9%
20226,7554.5%
20219,4716.3%
20207,7765.1%
201911,1737.4%
201810,7097.1%
201714,8249.8%
201614,6479.7%
201512,4538.2%
20148,6375.7%
20134,9433.3%
20124,6033.0%
20114,1162.7%
20103,7592.5%
20092,5831.7%
All other build years (one year, each under 1%)2240.1%

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 XC60 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 XC60 ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, XC60 vs all cars, 2025.

Volvo XC60All cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)Volvo XC60, vehicle age 3: 90.9%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 4: 90.1%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 5: 89.9%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 6: 88.2%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 7: 87.6%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 8: 80.3%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 9: 76.6%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 10: 74.3%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 11: 72%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 12: 73.1%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 13: 70.3%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 14: 68.1%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 15: 66.7%Volvo XC60, vehicle age 16: 66%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 XC60 66%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)XC60 testsXC60 pass rateAll cars
37,13890.9%88.5%
49,85390.1%87.2%
57,86489.9%86.0%
611,28388.2%83.5%
710,78487.6%80.9%
814,73580.3%78.2%
914,69176.6%74.9%
1012,57674.3%71.9%
118,74072.0%68.6%
125,11973.1%65.8%
134,79170.3%63.5%
144,27668.1%61.2%
153,97066.7%59.3%
162,74066.0%58.3%

Better or worse than the average car?

The XC60's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the XC60 beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

XC60 ahead
-8-4+0+4+8Age 3: +2.4 points vs the average car3Age 4: +2.9 points vs the average carAge 5: +3.9 points vs the average car5Age 6: +4.7 points vs the average carAge 7: +6.7 points vs the average car7Age 8: +2.1 points vs the average carAge 9: +1.7 points vs the average car9Age 10: +2.4 points vs the average carAge 11: +3.4 points vs the average car11Age 12: +7.3 points vs the average carAge 13: +6.8 points vs the average car13Age 14: +6.9 points vs the average carAge 15: +7.4 points vs the average car15Age 16: +7.7 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3+2.4
4+2.9
5+3.9
6+4.7
7+6.7
8+2.1
9+1.7
10+2.4
11+3.4
12+7.3
13+6.8
14+6.9
15+7.4
16+7.7

The XC60 fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the XC60 fleet still in use.

05k10k15k20kAge 3: 7k3Age 4: 9kAge 5: 7k5Age 6: 11kAge 7: 10k7Age 8: 14kAge 9: 14k9Age 10: 12kAge 11: 8k11Age 12: 5kAge 13: 4k13Age 14: 4kAge 15: 3k15Age 16: 2k16Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
37,138
49,853
57,864
611,283
710,784
814,735
914,691
1012,576
118,740
125,119
134,791
144,276
153,970
162,740

What an XC60 fails on

Where the failure items land when an XC60 fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Tyres21.8%
Suspension21.7%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.2%
Brakes13.7%
Visibility7.5%
Steering5.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks3.9%
Body, chassis, structure2.7%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.5% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a XC60, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Tyres: 42.1% of advisories42.1%Brakes: 27.0% of advisories27.0%Suspension: 15.4% of advisories15.4%Non-component advisories: 7.6% of advisories7.6%Noise, emissions and leaks: 2.5% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 2.2% of advisories
TyresBrakesSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Tyres42.1%
Brakes27.0%
Suspension15.4%
Non-component advisories7.6%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.5%
Identification of the vehicle2.2%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid XC60?

First-time pass rate for the four most-tested XC60 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: 76.3% of 83,109 tests76.3%Diesel83,109 testsHybrid electric: 90.1% of 17,977 tests90.1%Hybrid17,977 testsPetrol: 87.0% of 11,452 tests87.0%Petrol11,452 testsElectric diesel: 90.6% of 6,796 tests90.6%Electric diesel6,796 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel83,10976.3%
Hybrid electric17,97790.1%
Petrol11,45287.0%
Electric diesel6,79690.6%

What mileage is normal for an XC60?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) XC60; 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 XC60 (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k150k175k357911131516Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 21,250–38,750)Age 4: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–48,750)Age 5: typical 43,750 miles (middle half 31,250–56,250)Age 6: typical 51,250 miles (middle half 41,250–66,250)Age 7: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 48,750–76,250)Age 8: typical 71,250 miles (middle half 56,250–91,250)Age 9: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 63,750–101,250)Age 10: typical 93,750 miles (middle half 73,750–116,250)Age 11: typical 106,250 miles (middle half 83,750–128,750)Age 12: typical 108,750 miles (middle half 88,750–133,750)Age 13: typical 121,250 miles (middle half 96,250–143,750)Age 14: typical 128,750 miles (middle half 103,750–151,250)Age 15: typical 133,750 miles (middle half 108,750–161,250)Age 16: typical 136,250 miles (middle half 113,750–161,250)136k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
321,25028,75038,750
428,75038,75048,750
531,25043,75056,250
641,25051,25066,250
748,75061,25076,250
856,25071,25091,250
963,75081,250101,250
1073,75093,750116,250
1183,750106,250128,750
1288,750108,750133,750
1396,250121,250143,750
14103,750128,750151,250
15108,750133,750161,250
16113,750136,250161,250

What fails at each age

The XC60'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.

TyresLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityBrakesSuspensionSteeringBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres54.5%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment13.9%
3-5 yrsVisibility11.9%
3-5 yrsBrakes9.5%
3-5 yrsSuspension3.5%
3-5 yrsEverything else6.7%
6-9 yrsTyres28.1%
6-9 yrsSuspension20.5%
6-9 yrsBrakes19.3%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment12.4%
6-9 yrsVisibility6.0%
6-9 yrsEverything else13.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension30.7%
10-13 yrsTyres18.3%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.2%
10-13 yrsBrakes13.9%
10-13 yrsSteering7.0%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.9%
14+ yrsSuspension29.9%
14+ yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment22.0%
14+ yrsTyres13.6%
14+ yrsBrakes12.9%
14+ yrsBody, chassis, structure5.6%
14+ yrsEverything else16.0%

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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.