Pass rate
69.6%
Below average — 9.0 pts behind the 78.6% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,958 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £38–£112
2013 SsangYong Korando MOT pass rate
- 2013
- typical 81,429 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
26.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 85.8% pass
- Avoid 2013 69.6% pass · this year
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 16.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.1%
- Typical mileage
- 81k mi
The 2013 SsangYong Korando MOT pass rate is 69.6% of its MOT tests — 9.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how SsangYong Korando does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.2× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 12.0% of everything recorded on the 2013 SsangYong Korando, against 5.6% nationally — 6.4 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 26.2%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 78.6%; this one manages 69.6% — 9.0 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 34% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2013 SsangYong Korando compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 78.6%, so this figure is 9.0 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.1%. The median 2013 SsangYong Korando in this dataset had covered 81,429 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.6% of the time, April–September 72.2%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated", noted on 12.92% of tests.
- 1,958 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.6% overall pass rate, 60.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the SsangYong Korando, the average is 77.2% — best year 2020 (85.8%), worst 2013 (69.6%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 1,958
- Typical mileage (median)
- 81,429 mi
- Make and model
- SsangYong Korando
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Body Panel Repair
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Korando MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 57% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Korando
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 342 | 66.4% |
| Yorkshire | 305 | 71.5% |
| West Midlands | 246 | 73.2% |
| North West | 206 | 68.4% |
| East Midlands | 189 | 68.8% |
| East of England | 186 | 67.7% |
| Wales | 177 | 71.8% |
| South East | 167 | 73.7% |
| North East | 67 | 67.2% |
| Scotland | 64 | 59.4% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2013 Korando
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2013 Korando
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 9.0% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the suspension joints 5.6% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
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Check the windscreen 4.0% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2013 Korando through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £38–£112 — and 34% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £38–£112
- Cheapest common item: stop lamp not working
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 34%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,958 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Korando, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2011 to 2021. Across them the pass rate runs from 69.6% to 85.8% — a spread of 16.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2011 74.0% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2012 70.6% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2013 69.6%joints constant velocity boot…
- 2014 72.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2015 75.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 76.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 81.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 83.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2019 84.7% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2020 85.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2021 85.3% has a cut in excess of the…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2013 SsangYong Korando with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2013 cars with a similar record
- Renault Grand Scenic 70.1%
- Renault G Scenic D-Que 70.3%
- Renault Megane 70.6%
- Peugeot 5008 70.7%
- Renault Clio 71.3%
- Citroen DS3 71.3%
Closest pass rates among 2013 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2013 SsangYong Korando 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 5,235 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 1,390 | 26.20% | 20.89% | +5.31 |
| Suspension | 1,003 | 18.90% | 20.98% | −2.08 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 745 | 14.00% | 12.21% | +1.79 |
| Tyres | 676 | 12.70% | 19.76% | −7.06 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 639 | 12.00% | 5.57% | +6.43 |
| Visibility | 236 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Non-component advisories | 234 | 4.40% | 4.18% | +0.22 |
| Steering | 118 | 2.20% | 2.57% | −0.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 98 | 1.80% | 1.76% | +0.04 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 96 | 1.80% | 5.52% | −3.72 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 12.9% | £80–250 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 9.0% | £5–20 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.8% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.6% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 5.2% | £18–45 |
| Joints constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.3% | £80–250 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.0% | £80–200 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.7% | £3–12 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £18–45 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 20.1% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 17.1% | £80–180 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.5% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 6.2% | £120–300 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 47 | 78.7% | 24,480 mi |
| 30-60k | 337 | 77.4% | 49,059 mi |
| 60-90k | 839 | 69.5% | 75,736 mi |
| 90-120k | 552 | 66.1% | 102,676 mi |
| 120k+ | 172 | 65.1% | 139,802 mi |
Source: 1,958 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2013 Korando MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2013 SsangYong Korando?
69.6% of the 1,958 2013 SsangYong Korando tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 78.6% for cars first used in 2013. First-attempt pass rate: 60.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2013 SsangYong Korando?
The three most recorded items are joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (12.92%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.99%), position lamp not working (6.79%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2013 SsangYong Korando MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 78.7% of the time, falling to 65.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2013 SsangYong Korando in this dataset had covered 81,429 mi.
Does the season affect the 2013 SsangYong Korando MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 72.2%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.