Pass rate
70.8%
Below average — 1.6 pts behind the 72.4% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 459 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£74
2005 SsangYong Rexton MOT pass rate
- 2005
- 4 trims combined
- typical 101,614 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
20.7% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2021 89.3% pass
- Avoid 2007 64.2% pass
Across the 19 years on record, a spread of 25.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 64.1%
- Typical mileage
- 102k mi
The 2005 SsangYong Rexton MOT pass rate is 70.8% of its MOT tests — 1.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 20.7% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how SsangYong Rexton does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Body & chassis: 2.1× the national share
Body & chassis accounts for 11.7% of everything recorded on the 2005 SsangYong Rexton, against 5.6% nationally — 6.1 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 20.7%, but at 20.9% nationally that one is ordinary. Look underneath for corrosion near the jacking points and suspension mounts; surface rust is normal, flaking metal is not.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 55% 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 Rexton first registered in 2005 is combined here — 4 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2005 SsangYong Rexton compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 72.4%, so this figure is 1.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 64.1%. The median 2005 SsangYong Rexton in this dataset had covered 101,614 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 97% of tests, with a 70.9% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 72.4% of the time, April–September 69.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Headlamp lens slightly defective", noted on 8.28% of tests.
- 459 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.8% overall pass rate, 64.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the SsangYong Rexton, the average is 75.1% — best year 2021 (89.3%), worst 2007 (64.2%).
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
- 459
- Typical mileage (median)
- 101,614 mi
- Make and model
- SsangYong Rexton
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Headlight Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Rexton MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 42% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (97% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Rexton
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 65 | 70.8% |
| South West | 62 | 71.0% |
| North West | 56 | 75.0% |
| East of England | 55 | 78.2% |
| West Midlands | 55 | 69.1% |
| Wales | 48 | 79.2% |
| East Midlands | 43 | 65.1% |
| Yorkshire | 39 | 66.7% |
| Scotland | 27 | 51.9% |
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 2005 Rexton
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 2005 Rexton
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 8.3% of tests
“headlamp lens slightly defective”
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 4.6% of tests
“track rod end ball joint has excessive play”
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 exhaust and emissions 4.1% of tests
“exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases”
Listen for a blow at idle and have someone rev it gently. Then look at the tailpipe smoke: blue is oil, white when warm is coolant, black is over-fuelling. Any of those and the emissions test is the least of it.
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 2005 Rexton through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£74 — and 55% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£74
- Cheapest common item: malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 55%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 459 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 Rexton, side by side
19 model years on record, from 2004 to 2022. Across them the pass rate runs from 64.2% to 89.3% — a spread of 25.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2004 68.3% parking brake performance…
- 2005 70.8%headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2006 66.1% headlamp lens slightly defective
- 2007 64.2% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 64.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 67.7% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2010 65.8% position lamp not working
- 2011 70.1% rear fog lamp not working
- 2012 64.9% track rod end ball joint has…
- 2013 76.9% ball joint excessively worn
- 2014 68.2% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2015 71.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2016 73.9% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2017 76.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2018 81.3% coil spring fractured or broken
- 2019 83.4% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2020 84.2% rear fog lamp not working
- 2021 89.3% brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick
- 2022 85.7% tread depth below requirements of…
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 2005 SsangYong Rexton 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 2005 cars with a similar record
- Skoda Fabia 70.8%
- MINI Mini 70.9%
- MINI COOPER 70.9%
- Volkswagen Golf 71.0%
- Ford Mondeo 70.6%
- Fiat Punto 71.0%
Closest pass rates among 2005 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 2005 SsangYong Rexton 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 1,785 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 | 376 | 20.70% | 20.89% | −0.19 |
| Suspension | 335 | 18.40% | 20.98% | −2.58 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 292 | 16.10% | 12.21% | +3.89 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 212 | 11.70% | 5.57% | +6.13 |
| Tyres | 139 | 7.70% | 19.76% | −12.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 128 | 7.00% | 5.52% | +1.48 |
| Steering | 123 | 6.80% | 2.57% | +4.23 |
| Visibility | 70 | 3.90% | 4.97% | −1.07 |
| Non-component advisories | 57 | 3.10% | 4.18% | −1.08 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 53 | 2.90% | 1.76% | +1.14 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 8.3% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 6.8% | £5–20 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 6.1% | £80–250 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.7% | £3–15 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 4.6% | £18–45 |
| Exhaust system has a major leak of exhaust gases Body, chassis, structure | Major | 4.1% | £45–120 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.9% | £80–180 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Malfunction indicator lamp inoperative or indicates a malfunction Noise, emissions and leaks | Major | 3.0% | £3–12 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.0% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 29.6% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 17.6% | £45–95 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 14.4% | £200–700 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 12.0% | £180–450 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 11.8% | £20–55 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 11.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 50.0% | 1,476 mi |
| 30-60k | 35 | 68.6% | 49,806 mi |
| 60-90k | 122 | 75.4% | 77,173 mi |
| 90-120k | 173 | 68.2% | 104,722 mi |
| 120k+ | 123 | 70.7% | 143,078 mi |
Source: 459 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.
2005 Rexton MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2005 SsangYong Rexton?
70.8% of the 459 2005 SsangYong Rexton tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 72.4% for cars first used in 2005. First-attempt pass rate: 64.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2005 SsangYong Rexton?
The three most recorded items are headlamp lens slightly defective (8.28%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (6.75%), joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated (6.10%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2005 SsangYong Rexton MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 50.0% of the time, falling to 70.7% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2005 SsangYong Rexton in this dataset had covered 101,614 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2005 SsangYong Rexton?
Diesel: 70.9% pass rate across 446 tests. Petrol: 66.7% pass rate across 12 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2005 SsangYong Rexton MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 72.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 69.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.