Volvo V70 - 2007
320.1 faults per 100 tests
Year average for all cars of 2007 is 357.4 faults per 100 tests
Dataset: MOT tests in Great Britain (period: 2024-01-01 to 2025-09-10) for Volvo V70, model year 2007.
Sample size: 2,791 cars, 6,148 tests and 19,681 recorded faults.
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Less faults compared to the average car of same model year
Quick summary
Total: 2,791 cars
The 2007 Volvo V70 shows a lower overall defect rate of 320 per 100 vehicles, compared to the yearly average of 352 per 100, indicating a performance that is 9% better than average. Mileage-related trends reveal that defect rates increase with mileage, peaking at 442 per 100 vehicles for those over 124,000 miles. Notably, this model outperforms in categories such as visibility, body/structure, and other defects, with significantly lower defect percentages compared to the average. Overall, while the V70 has common issues like tyre wear, it excels in structural integrity and visibility-related defects.
Cars by mileage segment
Total: 2,791 cars
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Categories
Brakes
▲ 17.6% better
116.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 141.7 / 100 tests
- Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
- Flexible brake hose: excessively damaged, deteriorated, chafed, twisted or stretched
- Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
- Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
- Brake disc or drum: significantly and obviously worn
Steering
▼ 0.5% worse
20.1 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 20.0 / 100 tests
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: damaged or deteriorated
- A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
- Power steering fluid leaking or system malfunctioning
- Steering rack gaiter or ball joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
Visibility
▲ 24.5% better
20.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 26.5 / 100 tests
- Windscreen or window damaged or seriously discoloured: but not adversely affecting driver’s view
- Obligatory mirror or device: slightly damaged or loose
- Wiper blade: defective
- Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
- Wiper blade: missing or obviously not clearing the windscreen
Lights & Electrics
▼ 8.6% worse
111.8 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 102.9 / 100 tests
- Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
- Product on the lens or light source which obviously reduces light intensity or changes emitted colour to other than white or yellow
- Beam image obviously incorrect
- A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative: when rear registration plate has 2 or more lamps or light sources
- Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
Wheels & Suspension
▲ 2.3% better
306.9 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 314.0 / 100 tests
- A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
- A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
Body/Structure
▲ 35.8% better
35.2 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 54.8 / 100 tests
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: severely deteriorated
- A transmission shaft constant velocity joint boot: missing, split, insecure or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that: the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced
- Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
Equipment
▲ 13.8% better
9.4 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 10.9 / 100 tests
- ESC MIL indicates a system malfunction
- An SRS malfunction indicator lamp (MIL) indicates a system malfunction
- A seat belt: webbing or flexible stalk significantly stretched or weakened
- A seat belt:
- Seat belt buckle missing, damaged or not functioning as intended
Other
▲ 54.4% better
20.0 faults / 100 tests
Year avg: 43.9 / 100 tests
- Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
- Any part of the noise suppression system: insecure
- Emissions test unable to be completed
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
- Engine MIL inoperative or indicating a malfunction
Fault rate by mileage segment
Model
Year average
* Metric: faults per 100 tests.
Most common faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 2,504
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,972
A spring: or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,127
Brake disc or drum: insecure, fractured or otherwise likely to fail
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 1,030
A suspension component: excessively damaged or corroded
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 638
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 632
Headlamp reflector or lens: slightly defective
MINOR
Occurrences: 527
Exhaust system has a major leak or is insecure
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 505
Brake lining or pad: worn below 1.5mm
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 505
Fluid: leaking excessively and likely to harm the environment or to pose a safety risk to other road users
ADVISORY
Occurrences: 500
Serious faults (Top 10)
A suspension pin, bush, joint or bearing: excessively worn
FAIL
Occurrences: 452
Lamp: missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than a half not functioning
FAIL
Occurrences: 311
Beam image obviously incorrect
FAIL
Occurrences: 268
A tyre: with a lump, bulge or tear … or with cords exposed or damaged
FAIL
Occurrences: 215
Parking brake efficiency: below minimum requirement
FAIL
Occurrences: 157
A steering ball joint: with excessive wear or free play
FAIL
Occurrences: 146
A suspension joint dust cover: missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc.
FAIL
Occurrences: 140
Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
FAIL
Occurrences: 132
Parking brake inoperative on one side, or in the case of testing on the road, the vehicle deviates excessively from a straight line
FAIL
Occurrences: 131
Parking brake efficiency: less than 50% of the required value
FAIL
Occurrences: 109