Used car guide

2003 Volvo XC70: 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 57% pass first time (all 2003 cars: 57%) Stands out: suspension arm bushes and joints 2.8×, steering rack inner joints 4.8×, sidelights 2.1× 281 MOTsSee the petrol guide › Diesel 52% pass first time (all 2003 cars: 57%) Stands out: suspension arm bushes and joints 2.7×, steering rack inner joints 3.6×, anti-roll bar link joints 3× 1,053 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 XC70 compared

YearMOT testsMost flagged
2026–Too new for MOT data
2017–Too few tests
20163,042Tyres 29%
20154,791Tyres 25%
20145,186Tyres 27%
20134,685Tyres 27%
20123,959Suspension 29%
20115,423Suspension 32%
20104,180Suspension 31%
20093,015Suspension 35%
20082,921Suspension 43%
20073,767Suspension 51%
20063,443Suspension 53%
20053,719Suspension 54%
20042,161Suspension 57%
2002260Suspension 52%