Pass rate
90.2%
Above average — 1.8 pts behind the 92.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 265 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £20–£51
2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate MOT pass rate
- 2022
- typical 20,582 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
42.2% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2019 91.4% pass
- Avoid 2021 88.8% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 2.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 89.2%
- Typical mileage
- 21k mi
The 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate MOT pass rate is 90.2% of its MOT tests — 1.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 42.2% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how SsangYong Korando Ultimate does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 2.0× the national share
Brakes make up 42.2% of everything recorded on the 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate, against 20.9% nationally — 21.3 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Based on a small sample. 265 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
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 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 92.0%, so this figure is 1.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 89.2%. The median 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate in this dataset had covered 20,582 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 90.6% of the time, April–September 89.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick", noted on 3.40% of tests.
- 265 recorded tests behind this page.
- 90.2% overall pass rate, 89.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the SsangYong Korando Ultimate, the average is 89.5% — best year 2019 (91.4%), worst 2021 (88.8%).
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
- 265
- Typical mileage (median)
- 20,582 mi
- Make and model
- SsangYong Korando Ultimate
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Pads Set
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Korando Ultimate MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 69% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Korando Ultimate
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 60 | 86.7% |
| Wales | 29 | 96.6% |
| East Midlands | 28 | 89.3% |
| Scotland | 24 | 83.3% |
| South West | 23 | 95.7% |
| Yorkshire | 23 | 95.7% |
| West Midlands | 22 | 81.8% |
| North West | 18 | 94.4% |
| East of England | 16 | 87.5% |
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 2022 Korando Ultimate
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 2022 Korando Ultimate
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 brakes 3.4% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the wipers and washers 2.3% of tests
“wipers blade defective”
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 lights 1.5% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
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.
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 2022 Korando Ultimate through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £20–£51 — and 48% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £20–£51
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 48%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 265 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 Ultimate, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2019 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 88.8% to 91.4% — a spread of 2.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2019 91.4% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2020 89.4% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2021 88.8% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2022 90.2%brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
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 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate 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 2022 cars with a similar record
- Mercedes-Benz Gle 90.3%
- Polestar Polestar 90.0%
- Audi Q4 E-Tron 90.0%
- SEAT Arona Fr 90.4%
- Mercedes-Benz Cla 90.5%
- Ford Ecosport 90.5%
Closest pass rates among 2022 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 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate 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 154 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 | 65 | 42.20% | 20.89% | +21.31 |
| Tyres | 37 | 24.00% | 19.76% | +4.24 |
| Visibility | 23 | 14.90% | 4.97% | +9.93 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 12 | 7.80% | 12.21% | −4.41 |
| Non-component advisories | 8 | 5.20% | 4.18% | +1.02 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 5 | 3.20% | 5.52% | −2.32 |
| Suspension | 1 | 0.60% | 20.98% | −20.38 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 1 | 0.60% | 5.57% | −4.97 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 1 | 0.60% | 1.76% | −1.16 |
| Road Wheels | 1 | 0.60% | 0.75% | −0.15 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 2.3% | £8–22 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Rectified | 2.3% | £8–22 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £3–15 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.5% | £8–22 |
| Brake pads worn down to wear indicator Brakes | Major | 1.1% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.1% | £30–80 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 1.1% | £80–200 |
| Electronic parking brake control defective so that it cannot be satisfactorily operated Brakes | Major | 0.75% | £25–80 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 0.75% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 14.0% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 2.6% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Child Seat fitted not allowing full inspection of adult belt Non-component advisories | Advisory | 2.3% | £20–80 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 1.9% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 1.5% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 210 | 93.3% | 17,646 mi |
| 30-60k | 53 | 77.4% | 38,581 mi |
| 60-90k | 1 | 100.0% | 74,304 mi |
| 90-120k | 1 | 100.0% | 106,569 mi |
Source: 265 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.
2022 Korando Ultimate MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate?
90.2% of the 265 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 92.0% for cars first used in 2022. First-attempt pass rate: 89.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate?
The three most recorded items are brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (3.40%), wipers blade defective (2.26%), wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively (2.26%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 93.3% of the time, falling to 100.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate in this dataset had covered 20,582 mi.
Does the season affect the 2022 SsangYong Korando Ultimate MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 90.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 89.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.