SsangYong Korando

What fails its inspection

Great Britain's MOT record for the 2015 2.0 diesel. 371 of 1,577 tests failed, 24%.

Better than 6% of 2015 cars. The typical one fails 15%, across 894 models with enough tests behind them to say.

The defects inspectors cite

• A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
• A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
• Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
• Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
• A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
• Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen

Where it stands out against its peers

• Brakes: failed more often than 92% of 2015 cars — 43% of its 371 failed tests, where an ordinary 2015 car has 24%.

Same model year only, at least 30 peer cars, zeros included. Every car has a worst part; this shows which, and how far from ordinary it is. A high share means more to check, not a verdict.

NHTSA's investigations are American; no European regulator publishes an equivalent record, so this section has nothing to draw on for a European car. There is no European equivalent of the service-bulletin register either.

Before you buy one

Built from what this car fails on, not from general knowledge of the model.

• Brakes — 43% of its failures
  • Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
• Suspension — 34% of its failures
  • A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
  • A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
• Tyres and wheels — 25% of its failures
  • Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
• Lights and electrics — 40% of its failures
  • A rear registration plate lamp or light source missing or inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps
  • Stop lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
• Visibility — 18% of its failures
  • Windscreen washers not working or not providing sufficient fluid to clear the windscreen
• Body and structure — 12% of its failures
  • Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded

When it starts failing

At 100–120k miles this one fails 26% of its inspections, against the 20% an ordinary car of the same age fails.

1,518 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.

Half of these have more than 60k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.

Specification