Pass rate
66.1%
Below average — 6.9 pts behind the 73.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 59 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£86
2007 SsangYong Kyron MOT pass rate
- 2007
- 2 trims combined
- typical 88,945 mi
Only 59 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Lamps & electrics
24.2% of faults · 12.2% nationally
Part only £6–£18 for Registration plate lamp inoperative (multiple lamps). What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2008 76.6% pass
- Avoid 2007 66.1% pass · this year
Across the 5 years on record, a spread of 10.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 60.8%
- Typical mileage
- 89k mi
The 2007 SsangYong Kyron MOT pass rate is 66.1% of its MOT tests — 6.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Lamps & electrics is the biggest single reason it fails, at 24.2% of what testers record.
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Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 2.0× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 24.2% of everything recorded on the 2007 SsangYong Kyron, against 12.2% nationally — 12.0 points above. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 73.0%; this one manages 66.1% — 6.9 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 58% 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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Every SsangYong Kyron first registered in 2007 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2007 SsangYong Kyron compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 73.0%, so this figure is 6.9 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 60.8%. The median 2007 SsangYong Kyron in this dataset had covered 88,945 mi.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 27.12% of tests.
- 59 recorded tests behind this page.
- 66.1% overall pass rate, 60.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the SsangYong Kyron, the average is 71.7% — best year 2008 (76.6%), worst 2007 (66.1%).
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
- 59
- Typical mileage (median)
- 88,945 mi
- Make and model
- SsangYong Kyron
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Kyron MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 53% so small gaps stay visible.
What fails a 2007 Kyron
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 2007 Kyron
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 27.1% 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 coil springs 8.5% of tests
“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.
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Check corrosion 6.8% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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 2007 Kyron through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£86 — and 58% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£86
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 58%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 59 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 Kyron, side by side
5 model years on record, from 2006 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.1% to 76.6% — a spread of 10.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 71.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 66.1%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 76.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 72.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 70.1% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
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 2007 SsangYong Kyron 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 2007 cars with a similar record
- Ford Ka 66.4%
- Volkswagen Beetle 66.6%
- Peugeot 308 66.7%
- Nissan Qashqai 66.9%
- Mazda Bongo 65.2%
- Kia Sportage 67.0%
Closest pass rates among 2007 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 2007 SsangYong Kyron 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 223 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 54 | 24.20% | 12.21% | +11.99 |
| Suspension | 46 | 20.60% | 20.98% | −0.38 |
| Brakes | 44 | 19.70% | 20.89% | −1.19 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 19 | 8.50% | 5.57% | +2.93 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 16 | 7.20% | 5.52% | +1.68 |
| Tyres | 12 | 5.40% | 19.76% | −14.36 |
| Non-component advisories | 10 | 4.50% | 4.18% | +0.32 |
| Steering | 9 | 4.00% | 2.57% | +1.43 |
| Visibility | 7 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 6 | 2.70% | 1.76% | +0.94 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 27.1% | £5–20 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 11.9% | £5–25 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 8.5% | £25–65 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 6.8% | £180–450 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.8% | £3–15 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 6.8% | £60–150 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 5.1% | £18–45 |
| Emissions not tested unable to be completed Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 5.1% | £60–250 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.1% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.1% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.6% | £200–700 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 11.9% | £25–65 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.9% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.2% | £45–110 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 8.5% | £180–450 |
| Linkage pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.5% | £40–150 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 6 | 66.7% | 51,060 mi |
| 60-90k | 24 | 62.5% | 75,926 mi |
| 90-120k | 21 | 61.9% | 104,023 mi |
| 120k+ | 8 | 87.5% | 148,143 mi |
Source: 59 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.
2007 Kyron MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2007 SsangYong Kyron?
66.1% of the 59 2007 SsangYong Kyron tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 73.0% for cars first used in 2007. First-attempt pass rate: 60.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2007 SsangYong Kyron?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (27.12%), headlamp lens slightly defective (11.86%), coil spring fractured or broken (8.47%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2007 SsangYong Kyron MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 66.7% of the time, falling to 87.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2007 SsangYong Kyron in this dataset had covered 88,945 mi.