Pass rate
81.3%
Around average — 6.6 pts behind the 87.9% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,219 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £30–£75
2018 SsangYong Rexton MOT pass rate
- 2018
- typical 49,271 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
35.2% 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 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
- 77.8%
- Typical mileage
- 49k mi
The 2018 SsangYong Rexton MOT pass rate is 81.3% of its MOT tests — 6.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 35.2% 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
Brakes: 1.7× the national share
Brakes make up 35.2% of everything recorded on the 2018 SsangYong Rexton, against 20.9% nationally — 14.3 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 87.9%; this one manages 81.3% — 6.6 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 15% 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 2018 SsangYong Rexton compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 87.9%, so this figure is 6.6 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 77.8%. The median 2018 SsangYong Rexton in this dataset had covered 49,271 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 78.9% of the time, April–September 83.7%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Coil spring fractured or broken", noted on 3.45% of tests.
- 1,219 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.3% overall pass rate, 77.8% 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
- 1,219
- Typical mileage (median)
- 49,271 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
Coil Spring
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Rexton MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Rexton
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 194 | 85.1% |
| South West | 153 | 80.4% |
| Scotland | 142 | 73.9% |
| North West | 142 | 82.4% |
| Yorkshire | 130 | 80.8% |
| East Midlands | 119 | 80.7% |
| East of England | 101 | 83.2% |
| West Midlands | 89 | 85.4% |
| Wales | 80 | 82.5% |
| North East | 51 | 74.5% |
| London | 18 | 88.9% |
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 2018 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 2018 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 coil springs 3.5% 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 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 suspension joints 3.3% 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.
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 2018 Rexton through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £30–£75 — and 15% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £30–£75
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 15%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,219 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 2018 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 2018 cars with a similar record
- Renault Grand Scenic 81.2%
- Nissan Navara 80.9%
- Hyundai I800 81.8%
- Fiat 500L 80.7%
- Renault Clio 82.0%
- Fiat TIPO 82.0%
Closest pass rates among 2018 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 2018 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 1,522 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 | 542 | 35.20% | 20.89% | +14.31 |
| Tyres | 293 | 19.00% | 19.76% | −0.76 |
| Suspension | 237 | 15.40% | 20.98% | −5.58 |
| Steering | 106 | 6.90% | 2.57% | +4.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 105 | 6.80% | 4.18% | +2.62 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 91 | 5.90% | 12.21% | −6.31 |
| Visibility | 58 | 3.80% | 4.97% | −1.17 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 46 | 3.00% | 5.52% | −2.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 24 | 1.60% | 1.76% | −0.16 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 20 | 1.30% | 0.82% | +0.48 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 3.5% | £25–65 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 3.4% | £18–45 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 3.3% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.4% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 1.3% | £18–45 |
| Has a cut in excess of the requirements deep enough to reach the ply or cords Tyres | Major | 1.2% | £45–95 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 0.98% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.98% | £5–20 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 0.98% | £80–180 |
| Position lamp with a multiple light source up to 1/2 not functioning Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 0.82% | £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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 19.4% | £18–45 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.8% | £45–95 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 6.7% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.0% | £45–110 |
| Brake discs significantly and obviously worn Brakes | Advisory | 5.1% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 4.8% | £120–300 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 177 | 87.6% | 22,535 mi |
| 30-60k | 642 | 82.2% | 44,640 mi |
| 60-90k | 309 | 77.7% | 72,255 mi |
| 90-120k | 64 | 76.6% | 102,158 mi |
| 120k+ | 27 | 70.4% | 138,610 mi |
Source: 1,219 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.
2018 Rexton MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2018 SsangYong Rexton?
81.3% of the 1,219 2018 SsangYong Rexton tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 87.9% for cars first used in 2018. First-attempt pass rate: 77.8%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2018 SsangYong Rexton?
The three most recorded items are coil spring fractured or broken (3.45%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (3.36%), track rod end ball joint has excessive play (3.28%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2018 SsangYong Rexton MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 87.6% of the time, falling to 70.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2018 SsangYong Rexton in this dataset had covered 49,271 mi.
Does the season affect the 2018 SsangYong Rexton MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 78.9% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.7%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.