SsangYong Korando MOT Pass Rate & Official DVSA Failure Statistics

SsangYong Korando MOT History and Failure Rates vs UK National Average

The SsangYong Korando passed on its first attempt in 71.6%, and its overall record sits −3.8 percentage points below the national average for all cars. These figures come from every recorded DVSA MOT test for the SsangYong Korando in the 2023–2025 data: 26,069 tests across 11 model years (2011–2021). A test still carries exactly one pass or fail verdict.

Figures are computed from every recorded DVSA test for this model in the 2023–2025 data.

Most Common SsangYong Korando MOT Problems by Failure Category

Every MOT failure a tester records belongs to one inspection section of the DVSA manual. For the SsangYong Korando, the Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment section leads the record — the breakdown below shows where the recorded failures cluster, then the exact strings behind the three biggest sections.

Shares are over the SsangYong Korando's recorded defect strings, merged across its year pages.

Top Recorded SsangYong Korando DVSA MOT Test Statistics & Defect Descriptions

The descriptions below are the exact DVSA failure strings testers recorded most often for the SsangYong Korando, each with how many of the model's 26,069 tests it was noted on.

• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources" (Minor) — noted on about 2,491 SsangYong Korando tests, 9.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated" (Minor) — noted on about 990 SsangYong Korando tests, 3.8% of the model's MOT record.
• "Stop lamp not working" (Major) — noted on about 944 SsangYong Korando tests, 3.6% of the model's MOT record.
• "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps" (Rectified) — noted on about 881 SsangYong Korando tests, 3.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements" (Major) — noted on about 626 SsangYong Korando tests, 2.4% of the model's MOT record.
• "Coil spring fractured or broken" (Major) — noted on about 541 SsangYong Korando tests, 2.1% of the model's MOT record.

Best and Worst SsangYong Korando Model Years by Pass Rate

The strongest SsangYong Korando model year on record is 2020 (85.8% across 1,038 tests), and the weakest is 2013 (69.6%). The gap between them is 16.2 points. Years with fewer than 50 recorded tests are excluded, so these are the years with enough MOT history to mean something.

SsangYong Korando reliability is improving in the DVSA data — the pass rate moves about 1.6 points a year across the most recent model years shown above.

Newest model year first. Only years with at least 50 recorded tests are listed.

Pre-MOT Inspection Checklist for SsangYong Korando Owners

These checks follow this SsangYong Korando's own most-recorded failure strings, starting with what a tester is most likely to flag on a SsangYong Korando.

• the lights — “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.

• the coil springs — “coil spring fractured or broken”

  Look up inside each wheel arch with a torch, all the way round the spring. A snapped spring usually breaks at the very bottom coil, where a quick glance will not reach.

• the brake pipes — “rigid brake pipes excessively corroded”

  Brake pipes run under the car, usually in front of the rear wheels. Flaking or crusty metal is what fails; a light dusting of surface rust does not. Worth asking a garage to look while it is on a ramp.

Derived from the DVSA failure strings testers recorded for the SsangYong Korando. A check that finds nothing means the item is likely fine, not that the test is guaranteed.

Where the SsangYong Korando is most common

Across every Korando model year on record (2011–2021): 10,179 SsangYong Korando cars tested in a recordable postcode area, across 26,069 tests. Swansea (SA) has the most, with 403 cars tested there. Cars are counted by the postcode area of the MOT station, so this is where they were tested, not necessarily where their owners live.

The twenty areas with the most SsangYong Korando cars in the record, sorted by car count — sort the columns for a different question. Cars tested at a station whose postcode area could not be resolved are counted in the model's total but in no area, so the shares add up to slightly under 100% even across every area, and an area's cars are a subset of the model's. Pass rate is blank below 30 tests in an area, where a percentage is noise rather than a finding. How this model's pass rate varies by postcode →

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