Does the Volvo V70 fail the MOT on brakes more than it should?
The Volvo V70 records 19.79 brakes failure items per 100 initial MOT tests (2019–2024), against 19.27 expected for a car of the same age mix: about as expected for its class and age (the difference is within its interval or under 0.5 items per 100 tests) (+0.52, 95% interval +0.37 to +0.68). It ranks 289 of 712 models on brakes (1 = most failures above expected).
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What exactly fails on brakes?
The most frequent DVSA defect wording in this group on the Volvo V70 is “Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement”, recorded 9,929 times in 2019–2024.
| DVSA defect wording | Items | Per 100 tests |
|---|---|---|
| Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement | 9,929 | 3.26 |
| a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm | 7,693 | 2.53 |
| Parking brake inoperative on one side | 6,987 | 2.30 |
| Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value | 5,206 | 1.71 |
| Warning device shows system malfunction | 4,109 | 1.35 |
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 304,232 (initial tests) · Method: failure items (major and minor) grouped by DVSA's defect tree; wordings with 30+ items · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
If a Volvo V70 gets a brakes advisory, how often does it fail next time?
16.3% of Volvo V70 MOTs with a brakes advisory were followed by a fail in the same group at the next MOT, typically 12.1 months and 5,126 miles later (50,284 advisories followed).
Source: DVSA MOT bulk data (OGL v3.0) · Window: 2019–2024 · n = 50,284 (advisories followed) · Method: the same vehicles followed to their next ordinary MOT · Updated: 30 Sep 2026 · Release: dvsa-2024-v2 · CSV
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