Volvo V70 2012: MOT failure rate for its age

27.5% of 9,596 MOT tests of the Volvo V70 first registered in 2012 failed at the first attempt (2019–2024; retests excluded). Against this model's own normal rate at the same ages the index is 105.0 (95% CI 101.0–109.0; 100 = normal for this model at that age): the 2012 Volvo V70 fails more often than other build years of the same model at the same age.

Volvo V70 built in 2012 at a glance
Measure	Value	Unit	Compared with	Years	Tests
Failed first time	27.5	%	all ages tested	2019–2024	9596
Index against this model at the same age (95% CI 101.0–109.0)	105.0	index	100 = normal for this model at that age	2019–2024	9596
Rank among this model's 19 build years	19	of 19	1 = fails least for its age	2019–2024	9596
Tested in 2024	1565	tests	median 118,869 miles	2024	1565

Built 2012 against Volvo V70 normal for the age: first-time MOT failure share at each age, age 7: 27.7% vs 23%; age 8: 26.5% vs 23%; age 9: 27% vs 25.2%; age 10: 26.3% vs 26.5%; age 11: 26.4% vs 28.2%; age 12: 31.2% vs 31.5%. Axis from 0% to 40%. DVSA MOT bulk data, 2019–2024.

Check a 2012 Volvo V70 by registration · All Volvo V70 MOT statistics · Download the build-year table (CSV)

Data release dvsa-2024-v2 (24 Sep 2026) · page updated 30 Sep 2026 · full dataset (v5).

How does the 2012 Volvo V70 fail at each age?

Cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12 between 2019 and 2024. Each row compares their first-time failure share with what this model normally shows at that age, after allowing for the overall failure level of each test year.

Volvo V70 built 2012: first-time MOT failure by age, against the model's normal rate at that age (2019–2024)
Age	Tests	Failed, %	95% interval	Normal for this model at that age, %	Index (100 = normal)
7	1,647	27.7	25.6–30	23	120.8
8	1,581	26.5	24.4–28.7	23	115.4
9	1,614	27	24.8–29.2	25.2	107
10	1,598	26.3	24.2–28.5	26.5	99.1
11	1,591	26.4	24.3–28.6	28.2	93.6
12	1,565	31.2	29–33.6	31.5	99.3

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,596 (initial tests) · Method: normal rate = this model's first-time failure share at that age across its build years (cells of 400+ tests), adjusted for each test year's overall level; cells of 30+ tests, under 500 marked rough · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

What fails most on the 2012 Volvo V70?

The most common failure group on cars built in 2012 is lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 13.1 items per 100 first tests, against 35.5 across all build years of the Volvo V70. These counts are not age-adjusted: cars built in 2012 were tested at ages 7 to 12.

Failure items per 100 first tests, Volvo V70 built 2012 against the Volvo V70 in all build years (2019–2024, not age-adjusted)
Failure group	Built 2012, per 100	All build years, per 100	Items
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment	13.1	35.5	1,257
Tyres	10	11.3	963
Suspension	7.8	15.8	751
Brakes	6.8	19.8	653
Visibility	6.5	9.6	623

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 9,596 (initial tests of this build year) · Method: failure items grouped by DVSA's top-level defect groups, per 100 initial tests; groups with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How does 2012 compare with the years around it?

Among the 19 published build years of the Volvo V70, 2012 ranks 19 (1 = fails least for its age). 2011: index 96.8. 2013: index 99.9.

Volvo V70 build years: index against the model at the same age (2019–2024)
Build year	Index (100 = normal)	95% interval	Verdict	Tests
1998	98.7	93.7–103.7	no different (rough estimate)	3,090
1999	94.5	90.7–98.3	better	5,294
2000	95.9	93.1–98.8	better	9,575
2001	103.8	101.3–106.3	worse	13,600
2002	103.8	101.8–105.8	worse	21,057
2003	104.0	101.9–106.0	worse	21,421
2004	104.0	102.1–106.0	worse	23,397
2005	99.4	97.6–101.3	no different	25,394
2006	102.4	100.2–104.6	worse	19,445
2007	98.9	96.6–101.1	no different	18,898
2008	88.3	86.2–90.3	better	22,538
2009	101.1	98.9–103.3	no different	23,984
2010	96.3	93.8–98.9	better	18,074
2011	96.8	93.6–100.0	no different	12,992
2012	105.0	101.0–109.0	worse	9,596
2013	99.9	96.0–103.9	no different	10,292
2014	94.2	90.4–97.9	better	11,910
2015	86.9	83.1–90.6	better	12,191
2016	87.7	81.3–94.2	better	4,603

Source: DVSA MOT bulk data · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 287,351 (initial tests) · Method: observed failures against those expected for the same model at the same ages, test-year level adjusted; verdict follows the printed one-decimal bound · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV

How to cite this page

MOT Risk Index (2026). Volvo V70 2012 MOT statistics (data release dvsa-2024-v2; full dataset motriskindex-families-2024-v5, DOI 10.5281/zenodo.22975051), updated 30 September 2026. motriskindex.co.uk/cars/volvo-v70/2012/

How every figure is calculated: methodology. Age, test year and build year are tied together (age = test year − build year), so the test-year level is taken as observed, not estimated.

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