Pass rate
85.3%
Above average — 5.9 pts behind the 91.2% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 224 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £19–£48
2021 SsangYong Korando MOT pass rate
- 2021
- typical 27,285 mi
Most common fault
Tyres
33.3% of faults · 19.8% nationally
mostly tread below the limit, cuts and sidewall bulges.
Which year to buy
- Best 2020 85.8% pass
- Avoid 2013 69.6% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 16.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 82.7%
- Typical mileage
- 27k mi
The 2021 SsangYong Korando MOT pass rate is 85.3% of its MOT tests — 5.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Tyres is the biggest single reason it fails, at 33.3% 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
Tyres: 1.7× the national share
Tyres make up 33.3% of everything recorded on the 2021 SsangYong Korando, against 19.8% nationally — 13.5 points above. Check all four tyres yourself, including the inner shoulders, and look at the date stamp — a tyre can pass on tread and still be six years old.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 91.2%; this one manages 85.3% — 5.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 75% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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 2021 SsangYong Korando compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 91.2%, so this figure is 5.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 82.7%. The median 2021 SsangYong Korando in this dataset had covered 27,285 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 89.6% of the time, April–September 83.4%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords", noted on 3.13% of tests.
- 224 recorded tests behind this page.
- 85.3% overall pass rate, 82.7% 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
- 224
- Typical mileage (median)
- 27,285 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
Tyres
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Korando MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Korando
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| Yorkshire | 40 | 77.5% |
| Scotland | 27 | 81.5% |
| North West | 26 | 84.6% |
| South West | 25 | 80.0% |
| West Midlands | 23 | 100.0% |
| South East | 20 | 90.0% |
| East Midlands | 17 | 82.4% |
| Wales | 17 | 100.0% |
| East of England | 15 | 86.7% |
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 2021 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 2021 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 3.1% of tests
“malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction”
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 wipers and washers 3.1% of tests
“wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively”
Run the wipers with the screen wet: they should clear it in one sweep without smearing or juddering. Top the washer bottle up and check both jets hit the screen.
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Check the windscreen 2.2% 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 2021 Korando through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £19–£48 — and 75% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £19–£48
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 75%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 224 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 2021 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 2021 cars with a similar record
- Tesla Model 3 Performance 85.3%
- Mercedes-Benz Vito 85.2%
- Toyota Hilux 85.6%
- Citroen C4 Sense + 84.8%
- Citroen E-C4 85.8%
- BMW X5 XDRIVE45E 85.9%
Closest pass rates among 2021 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 2021 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 225 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Tyres | 75 | 33.30% | 19.76% | +13.54 |
| Brakes | 68 | 30.20% | 20.89% | +9.31 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 31 | 13.80% | 12.21% | +1.59 |
| Visibility | 23 | 10.20% | 4.97% | +5.23 |
| Non-component advisories | 11 | 4.90% | 4.18% | +0.72 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 9 | 4.00% | 5.52% | −1.52 |
| Suspension | 2 | 0.90% | 20.98% | −20.08 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 2 | 0.90% | 5.57% | −4.67 |
| Steering | 2 | 0.90% | 2.57% | −1.67 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 0.90% | 1.76% | −0.86 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 3.1% | £45–95 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.1% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.1% | £5–20 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 3.1% | £8–22 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.2% | £80–200 |
| Individual direction indicators incorrect colour Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.3% | £5–20 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £5–20 |
| Stop lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.3% | £3–12 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.3% | £8–22 |
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 | 21.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 15.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 4.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 4.0% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Nail in tyre Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.7% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 136 | 86.8% | 19,836 mi |
| 30-60k | 80 | 83.8% | 40,914 mi |
| 60-90k | 8 | 75.0% | 68,200 mi |
Source: 224 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.
2021 Korando MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2021 SsangYong Korando?
85.3% of the 224 2021 SsangYong Korando tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 91.2% for cars first used in 2021. First-attempt pass rate: 82.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2021 SsangYong Korando?
The three most recorded items are has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords (3.13%), malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction (3.13%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.13%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2021 SsangYong Korando MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 86.8% of the time, falling to 75.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2021 SsangYong Korando in this dataset had covered 27,285 mi.
Does the season affect the 2021 SsangYong Korando MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 89.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.4%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.