>

MOT History from tests of petrol VOLVO 221s year 1968

Review the list of common VOLVO 221 failures below or to perform a specific mot history check on your VOLVO then use our popular KnowYourCar service

mot history
Pass percent:76.92%
(The average a petrol VOLVO 221 year 1968 passes without issue)
Based on:104 MOT Tests
Most common failuresNo# failures
Registration plate lamp issues8
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.B.7|4
Registration plate issues2
Offside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|2
Nearside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|2
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings inner sill |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings out rigger |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings out rigger |6.1.B.2|1
Offside Rear Braking system leaking by wheel cylinder |3.6.A.1|1
Nearside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Brake pipe excessively corroded1
Nearside Front Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Nearside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.2.1f|1
Offside Stop lamp adversely affected by the operation of another lamp |1.2.1f|1
Rear Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Nearside Front Drag link end ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Nearside Front Lower Front suspension ball joint dust cover excessively deteriorated so that it no longer prevents the ingress of dirt |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Front Lower Anti-roll bar has excessive play in a pin/bush |2.4.G.2|1
Nearside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Rear Seat belt anchorage prescribed area is excessively corroded |5.2.6|1
Offside Front Brake actuating linkage mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |3.3.A.2|1
Offside Front Ball joint has excessive play |2.2.B.1f|1
Offside Front Steering locking device missing there is no split pin in/on the castle nut. |2.2.C.1g|1
Horn not working |1.6.2a|1
Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Offside Headlamp not in good working order adversely affecting beam image |1.2.4a|1
Offside rear brake grabbing severely |3.7.A.5b|1
Brake performance not tested |3.7.A.1|1
Service brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1a|1
Parking brake: efficiency below requirements |3.7.C.1b|1
Nearside Headlamp insecure |1.7.3|1
Offside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings inner & outer sills |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Upper Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Suspension arm rubber bush deteriorated resulting in excessive movement |2.4.G.2|1
Offside Rear Suspension component mounting prescribed area is excessively corroded |2.4.A.3|1
Offside front brake binding |3.7.B.1|1
Rear parking brake recording little or no effort1
Offside rear brake recording little or no effort |3.7.B.5a|1
Rear Exhaust has a major leak of exhaust gases |7.1.2|1
Fuel system component leaking |7.2.3|1
Indicator switch faulty |1.4.A.1|1
Exhaust system not adequately supported |7.1.1|1
Headlamp aim out of alignment1
Offside Front position lamp|s| not working |1.1.A.3b|1
Nearside Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Rear Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Body or chassis has excessive corrosion, seriously affecting its strength within 30cm of the body mountings |6.1.B.2|1
Nearside Front Shock absorber insecure |2.7.2b|1
Windscreen wiper does not clear the windscreen effectively1
Front Wheel nut|s| missing |4.2.A.1e|1

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.

Find us on Facebook

© KnowYourCar™ 2019. All rights reserved
Except where otherwise noted, content on our MOT statistics pages are licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International license.
You are free to redistribute the material in any medium or format as long as credit is given to KnowYourCar

WARNING: We have placed hidden watermarks in our data. We will take action against our data being used outside of these terms.

MOT Data licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0

By using our site you are agreeing to our terms and conditions
Terms & Conditions  Privacy Policy