7,945 tests in 2025
SsangYong Korando reliability and MOT pass rate
72.8% passed first time. The 27.2% fail rate is 4.6 points worse than the all-car average, on a median example 9 years old with 57,498 miles.
Pass rate
72.8%
22.6% of all cars failed; 27.2% of these did.
Fixed on the day
5.9%
Passed after a defect was put right during the visit.
Median at test
57,498 mi
9 years old.
Fail rate by age
| Age at test | Tests | Fail rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3-5 years | 1,732 | 14.4% |
| 6-9 years | 3,293 | 25.3% |
| 10-13 years | 2,833 | 37.2% |
| 14+ years | 62 | — |
What the Korando fails on
Share of failed tests with at least one fail item in each DVSA inspection section. A test can fail in several sections at once.
- Brakes485 dangerous43.3%
- Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment9 dangerous36.5%
- Suspension54 dangerous35.5%
- Tyres480 dangerous22.6%
- Body, chassis, structure24 dangerous16.3%
- Visibility14.3%
- Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems6.8%
- Noise, emissions and leaks1 dangerous5.6%
Is the Korando getting worse?
The fail rate rose 7.5 points to 30.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years. Ageing alone would predict about 5.2 points, so it is getting worse faster than age explains.
| Year | Tests | Median age | Fail rate | All cars | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2022 | 7,127 | 7 | 23% | 22.5% | |
| 2023 | 7,276 | 7 | 26.1% | 22.8% | |
| 2024 | 6,121 | 8 | 29.1% | 23.2% | |
| 2025 | 6,396 | 9 | 30.5% | 22.6% |
Fail rate is first attempts at class 4 tests. Median age is the age of a typical Korando at its test that year, and it is the number to watch: across the whole fleet each extra year of age adds roughly 1.9 points to the fail rate, so a model whose age and fail rate rise together is simply getting older.
The exact defects that fail it
Every failure item DVSA recorded against a Korando in 2025, counted by how many tests each one appeared on.
- 1Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps256 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick253 tests
- 3Stop lamp: not working243 tests
- 4Coil spring: fractured or broken219 tests
- 5Rbt (sp): efficiency below requirements219 tests
- 6Parking brake performance: inoperative on one side184 tests
- 7Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm183 tests
- 8Joints: constant velocity boot split or insecure, no longer prevents the ingress of dirt164 tests
What wears out first
Advisories are the tester flagging wear that is still legal. A typical Korando collects 2.75 of them per test, and these are the ones that come up most. Treat it as the running-repairs list for the next year or two.
- 1Tread depth: tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm1,600 tests
- 2Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick972 tests
- 3Rigid brake pipes: excessively corroded880 tests
- 4Brake discs: in such a condition that it is seriously weakened723 tests
- 5Condition: has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure482 tests
- 6Linkage ball joints: ball joint excessively worn251 tests
- 7Coil spring: corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened239 tests
- 8Brake discs: significantly and obviously worn238 tests
Questions
What is the SsangYong Korando MOT pass rate?
72.8% of the 7,945 SsangYong Korando first-attempt MOTs in 2025 passed. The fail rate of 27.2% compares with 22.6% across all cars. A further 5.9% passed after a defect was fixed during the test visit.
What does a SsangYong Korando usually fail on?
The single most common failure is "Registration plate lamp(s): inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps", recorded on 256 failed tests, followed by "Brake pads: less than 1.5 mm thick" and "Stop lamp: not working". By section, brakes appears in 43.3% of failures, lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment appears in 36.5% of failures, suspension appears in 35.5% of failures.
Does age change the odds?
Sharply. At 3 to 5 years old the fail rate was 14.4%; at 10-13 years it was 37.2%. The median SsangYong Korando tested in 2025 was 9 years old with 57,498 miles.
Is the SsangYong Korando getting less reliable?
The fail rate rose 7.5 points to 30.5% from 2022 to 2025 while the median one tested aged 2 years. Ageing alone would predict about 5.2 points, so it is getting worse faster than age explains.
First-attempt class 4 tests, 2025, from DVSA’s anonymised MOT data (OGL v3, retrieved 2026-09-12). DVSA records newer cars trim by trim; this page adds every Korando trim together. Year-on-year figures come from the same DVSA extracts for 2026 and earlier years. Full method on the pass rates hub.
Other SsangYong models
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