Volvo Xc40 — reliability by registration year
2018–2023 · 6 registration years · 85,369 first tests
Registration years
First-attempt MOT results for every Xc40 registration year with at least 500 first tests in 2025. Pass rates rise with newer cars, so read a year against its neighbours rather than against the top of the table. Years without their own report are listed here with the same figures.
| Year | First tests | First-attempt pass | Incl. PRS | Most common failure |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | 808 | 94.6% | 95.8% | |
| 2022 | 15,928 | 91.7% | 93.5% | Tyres — Condition (rear) 22.8% |
| 2021 | 23,898 | 90.9% | 92.3% | Tyres — Condition (rear) 19.8% |
| 2020 | 23,682 | 90.1% | 91.4% | Brake pads (rear) 23.5% |
| 1.0 pp better than the years either side What failed 2020 Xc40s most often: Brake pads (rear) (23.5%) · Tyres — Condition (rear) (17.1%) · Tread depth (front) (10.5%) | ||||
| 2019 | 14,578 | 87.2% | 88.7% | Brake pads (rear) 28.7% |
| 1.4 pp worse than the years either side What failed 2019 Xc40s most often: Brake pads (rear) (28.7%) · Tyres — Condition (rear) (15.9%) · Tread depth (front) (9.2%) | ||||
| 2018 | 6,475 | 87.2% | 88.6% | Brake pads (rear) 25.9% |