Pass rate
67.9%
Below average — 16.1 pts behind the 84.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 340 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£62
2016 SsangYong Musso MOT pass rate
- 2016
- typical 70,127 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
26.4% 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 78.4% pass
- Avoid 2016 67.9% pass · this year
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 10.5 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 57.8%
- Typical mileage
- 70k mi
The 2016 SsangYong Musso MOT pass rate is 67.9% of its MOT tests — 16.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how SsangYong Musso does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.3× the national share
Brakes make up 26.4% of everything recorded on the 2016 SsangYong Musso, against 20.9% nationally — 5.5 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 84.0%; this one manages 67.9% — 16.1 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 28% 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 2016 SsangYong Musso compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 84.0%, so this figure is 16.1 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 57.8%. The median 2016 SsangYong Musso in this dataset had covered 70,127 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 67.8% of the time, April–September 68.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Parking brake performance inoperative on one side", noted on 8.82% of tests.
- 340 recorded tests behind this page.
- 67.9% overall pass rate, 57.8% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the SsangYong Musso, the average is 74.7% — best year 2020 (78.4%), worst 2016 (67.9%).
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
- 340
- Typical mileage (median)
- 70,127 mi
- Make and model
- SsangYong Musso
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Brake Servicing
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Musso MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 52% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Musso
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| West Midlands | 54 | 63.0% |
| South East | 48 | 70.8% |
| South West | 37 | 62.2% |
| Wales | 37 | 67.6% |
| Yorkshire | 34 | 73.5% |
| East Midlands | 32 | 62.5% |
| Scotland | 29 | 69.0% |
| North West | 23 | 73.9% |
| East of England | 23 | 78.3% |
| North East | 20 | 60.0% |
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 2016 Musso
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 2016 Musso
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 8.8% 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 8.5% 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 coil springs 5.9% 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.
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 2016 Musso through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£62 — and 28% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£62
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: parking brake performance inoperative on one…
- £60–£150
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 28%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 340 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 Musso, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2016 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.9% to 78.4% — a spread of 10.5 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2016 67.9%parking brake performance…
- 2017 71.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 72.9% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 74.3% parking brake performance…
- 2020 78.4% parking brake performance…
- 2021 76.3% parking brake performance…
- 2022 77.5% parking brake performance…
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 2016 SsangYong Musso 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 2016 cars with a similar record
- Nissan Elgrand 71.0%
- Renault Clio 73.9%
- Citroen Nemo 75.0%
- Vauxhall Combo 75.2%
- Peugeot Bipper 75.4%
- Mercedes-Benz Citan 76.0%
Closest pass rates among 2016 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 2016 SsangYong Musso 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 845 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 | 223 | 26.40% | 20.89% | +5.51 |
| Suspension | 179 | 21.20% | 20.98% | +0.22 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 149 | 17.60% | 12.21% | +5.39 |
| Tyres | 85 | 10.10% | 19.76% | −9.66 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 54 | 6.40% | 5.57% | +0.83 |
| Steering | 52 | 6.20% | 2.57% | +3.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 38 | 4.50% | 5.52% | −1.02 |
| Non-component advisories | 25 | 3.00% | 4.18% | −1.18 |
| Visibility | 24 | 2.80% | 4.97% | −2.17 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 16 | 1.90% | 0.82% | +1.08 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 8.8% | £60–150 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.8% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 8.5% | £18–45 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 7.3% | £45–110 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 5.9% | £25–65 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 5.6% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 5.0% | £18–45 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.7% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.4% | £18–45 |
| Rear reflectors defective or damaged by up to 50% of the reflecting surface Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.1% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.5% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 10.0% | £45–110 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.4% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Advisory | 7.1% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.8% | £80–180 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 5.9% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 12 | 100.0% | 24,449 mi |
| 30-60k | 104 | 68.3% | 49,654 mi |
| 60-90k | 137 | 67.2% | 73,832 mi |
| 90-120k | 70 | 60.0% | 99,374 mi |
| 120k+ | 17 | 82.4% | 153,572 mi |
Source: 340 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.
2016 Musso MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2016 SsangYong Musso?
67.9% of the 340 2016 SsangYong Musso tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 84.0% for cars first used in 2016. First-attempt pass rate: 57.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2016 SsangYong Musso?
The three most recorded items are parking brake performance inoperative on one side (8.82%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (8.82%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (8.53%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2016 SsangYong Musso MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 82.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2016 SsangYong Musso in this dataset had covered 70,127 mi.
Does the season affect the 2016 SsangYong Musso MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 67.8% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.