MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO V40s year 2018

Review the list of common VOLVO V40 failures below or to perform a specific mot history check on your VOLVO then use our popular KnowYourCar service

mot history

Pass percent:88.98%

(The average a petrol VOLVO V40 year 2018 passes without issue)

Based on:40,059 MOT Tests

Most common failures	No# failures
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	1212
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively	687
Headlamp aim out of alignment	595
Nearside Front Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	522
Engine MIL inoperative or indicates a malfunction (8.2.1.2 (h))	70
Registration plate issues	55
Parking brake lever has excessive movement indicating incorrect adjustment (1.1.6 (c))	40
Offside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	33
Nearside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	32
Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))	30
Brake lever has insufficient reserve travel (1.1.2 (a))	30
Parking brake efficiency below requirements (1.4.2 (a) (i))	29
Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	26
Nearside Front Service brake excessively fluctuating (1.2.1 (e))	25
Nearside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	23
Headlamp cleaning device for LED or HID headlamp inoperative (4.1.6 (a) (ii))	22
Windscreen washer not working	22
Supplementary restraint system warning lamp indicates a fault (7.1.6 (a))	21
Exhaust Lambda reading after 2nd fast idle outside specified limits (8.2.1.2 (c))	21
Offside Side repeater not working (4.4.1 (a) (ii))	20
Offside Rear Rear fog lamp not working (4.5.1 (a) (ii))	18
Offside Front Lower Coil spring fractured or broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	18
Offside Front Outer Drive shaft joint constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt (6.1.7 (g) (ii))	16
Offside Rear Road wheel fixing missing (5.2.1 (a) (i))	15
Offside Front Coil spring fractured or broken broken (5.3.1 (b) (i))	14

We get to these numbers by trawling through over 1 billion MOT test results since 2004 and crunched the numbers. We remove anything to do with Tyres, as they are model independent and group together common non-model specific issues. We are trying to get to a picture of what models have what issues.

Please note: We take the data from the DVSA. This data is raw and can contain typos and spelling mistakes that garages may have entered while recording a MOT result. Specifically miss-match on names of models and makes. We are constantly cleaning the data so bear with the odd issue.

Got suggestions? We’re improving this section all the time. If you have any suggestions, please let us know.

MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO V40s year 2018

Find us on Facebook