Used car guide

1997 Volvo V70: petrol or diesel?

Petrol, diesel and hybrid versions go wrong in different ways, so each has its own figures from the MOTs these cars had during 2023–2025. Pick the one you’re looking at: the fuel is on the logbook and in the car’s MOT history.

Petrol 60% pass first time (all 1997 cars: 65%) Stands out: drive shaft (cv) joints 3.5×, shock absorbers 1.9×, anti-lock braking system 6.7× 1,440 MOTsSee the petrol guide › Diesel 58% pass first time (all 1997 cars: 65%) Stands out: tread depth 2.3×, tyre condition 2.1× 189 MOTsSee the diesel guide ›

Hybrid versions had too few MOTs for figures of their own, or weren’t sold.

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Other years

Every year of the Volvo V70 compared

YearMOT testsMost flagged
2026–Too new for MOT data
2017–Too few tests
20162,233Tyres 30%
20155,987Tyres 30%
20145,837Tyres 31%
20135,120Tyres 33%
20124,691Suspension 31%
20116,229Tyres 33%
20108,483Suspension 35%
200911,001Suspension 39%
200810,006Suspension 42%
20078,045Suspension 45%
20067,895Suspension 44%
200510,142Suspension 46%
20048,725Suspension 48%
20037,543Suspension 51%
20026,896Suspension 51%
20014,704Suspension 49%
20003,889Suspension 51%
19992,847Suspension 51%
19982,315Suspension 46%