Ssangyong Rexton: MOT pass rate and reliability data

The Ssangyong Rexton fails its first MOT more often than the average UK car, by 7.5 percentage points. These figures come from the DVSA's full year of anonymised MOT results, covering 3,411 individual Ssangyong Rexton tests. Nothing here is an estimate or a survey.

The numbers

What this means if you are buying one

A 69.2% first-time pass rate means roughly 31 in every 100 Ssangyong Rextons presented for MOT fail on the first attempt. That is worse than average, so budget for remedial work and treat a fresh 12-month MOT as a genuine selling point rather than a given. The average Ssangyong Rexton tested had covered 65,523 miles and was built around 2015.

What this means at salvage auction

Pass rate is a proxy for what a car costs to keep on the road. On a Ssangyong Rexton bought as a repairable salvage, assume the mechanical side needs more than the visible accident damage, and pad your repair estimate accordingly.

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Most common MOT failures on a Ssangyong Rexton

1. An obligatory rear fog lamp missing, or a front or rear fog lamp inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning, 3% of tests (8.88x the national rate for this defect)
2. Parking brake inoperative on one side, 2.3% of tests (5.18x the national rate for this defect)
3. A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play, 4.3% of tests (4.57x the national rate for this defect)
4. Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced, 1.4% of tests (3.72x the national rate for this defect)
5. Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement, 2.8% of tests (2.88x the national rate for this defect)
6. Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded, 2.3% of tests (2.79x the national rate for this defect)
7. A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc, 3.7% of tests (2.78x the national rate for this defect)
8. a brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm, 4% of tests (2.6x the national rate for this defect)
9. A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps, 1.5% of tests (2.37x the national rate for this defect)
10. A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened, 3.8% of tests (2.32x the national rate for this defect)

From 5,472 DVSA-tracked Ssangyong Rexton tests, 2024. DVSA testers marked 5.72% of these flagged Ssangyong Rexton defects as "dangerous", meaning the tester judged the car unsafe to drive away, against 4.97% nationally.

Ssangyong Rexton pass rate by model year

Pass rates fall steadily as cars age, so the model year matters as much as the model. First-time pass rate for each Ssangyong Rexton year:

• 2014 Ssangyong Rexton - 56.5% first-time pass, 370 tests
• 2015 Ssangyong Rexton - 64.4% first-time pass, 402 tests
• 2016 Ssangyong Rexton - 63.9% first-time pass, 388 tests
• 2017 Ssangyong Rexton - 70.4% first-time pass, 467 tests
• 2018 Ssangyong Rexton - 78.7% first-time pass, 342 tests
• 2019 Ssangyong Rexton - 84.4% first-time pass, 288 tests
• 2021 Ssangyong Rexton - 89.7% first-time pass, 300 tests

Other Ssangyong models

• Ssangyong Korando - 71%
• Ssangyong Tivoli - 76.8%
• Ssangyong Rodius - 66.8%
• Ssangyong Musso - 68%

Models with a similar pass rate

• Fiat Panda - 69.3%
• Saab 900 - 69.3%
• Renault Master - 69.2%
• Rover 25 - 69.2%
• Chrysler-Jeep 300 - 69.1%
• Volvo V70 - 69%

If this car is a salvage or write-off

• What does Cat N mean? Category N explained
• What does Cat S mean? Category S explained
• Cat S vs Cat N: the real differences

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