2021 Ssangyong Musso: MOT pass rate and reliability

71.5% of 2021 Ssangyong Mussos pass the MOT first time, measured across 555 DVSA tests on that model year alone. The average one had covered 40,969 miles.

How the 2021 compares

  • Against all Ssangyong Mussos (68.4%, 2,446 tests): +3.1 points
  • Against all 2021 cars (90%): -18.5 points
  • National first-time pass rate, all cars and years: 77%

Every Ssangyong Musso model year

Pass rates fall as cars age, so the only fair comparison for a 2021 car is other cars of the same age. The full run for the Ssangyong Musso:

Year Pass rate Tests Avg mileage
2017 63.7% 306 72,680
2018 64.9% 456 58,358
2019 66.4% 581 59,144
2020 75.4% 395 53,758
2021 71.5% 555 40,969

What this means if you are buying a 2021 Musso

The 2021 is one of the stronger years for this model, passing 3.1 points more often than the Ssangyong Musso average. That is a point in its favour, though condition and service history still matter more than the model year. Check the exact car with the free MOT history checker before you buy, and run its VIN and mileage through our free VIN decoder and clocking check.

What a 5-year-old car fails on

A 2021 car is 5 years old now, and age drives the failure mix more than the badge does. Across all cars tested, these are the categories that actually cause failures:

  • Lights and electrical: 10.36% of all cars tested
  • Suspension: 8.65% of all cars tested
  • Tyres: 6.23% of all cars tested
  • Brakes: 6.1% of all cars tested
  • Visibility: wipers, washers, glass: 4.65% of all cars tested
  • Body, chassis and structure: 3.18% of all cars tested

That is below average for a car this age, worth a mileage-consistency check since an unusually low reading is sometimes clocking rather than luck. On a 2021 Ssangyong Musso the average at test was 40,969 miles, so treat anything far above that as a car that has worked harder than its peers, and anything far below as one worth checking for the faults that come from standing still.

The strongest year for this model is 2020 at 75.4%, and the weakest in our data is 2017 at 63.7%. That 11.7 point spread across the model's life is why comparing a 2021 car against a newer one tells you very little.

Nearby model years

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