SsangYong Kyron
Registered from 2006 to 2011.
About this model
The SsangYong Kyron is a mid-size SUV built by the SsangYong Motor Company. It had a Mercedes-Benz diesel engine and was designed by Ken Greenley. It received a facelift in 2007. The name of the car is an inaccurate portmanteau made combining the pronounced sound of the mathematical symbol chi and the word run, which is intended to mean "infinite run."
From the Wikipedia article SsangYong Kyron, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2009 2.0 diesel. 24 of 72 tests failed, 33%.
Better than 2% of 2009 cars. The typical one fails 25%, across 961 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 46% | 11 |
| Suspension | 46% | 11 |
| Lights and electrics | 42% | 10 |
| Body and structure | 38% | 9 |
| Steering | 25% | 6 |
| Exhaust and emissions | 17% | 4 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Body, cab or chassis excessively corroded at a mounting point
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Vehicle structure corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is seriously reduced
Where it stands out against its peers
- Body and structure: failed more often than 96% of 2009 cars — 38% of its 24 failed tests, where an ordinary 2009 car has 14%.
- Steering: failed more often than 94% of 2009 cars — 25% of its 24 failed tests, where an ordinary 2009 car has 5%.
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 — 46% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded
- Service brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Suspension — 46% of its failures
- The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
- Steering — 25% of its failures
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Exhaust and emissions — 17% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 42% of its failures
- A lamp missing, inoperative or in the case of a multiple light source more than 1/2 not functioning
- Body and structure — 38% of its failures
- The strength or continuity of the load bearing structure within 30cm of any sub-frame, spring or suspension component mounting (a 'prescribed area') is significantly reduced or inadequately repaired
- Body, cab or chassis excessively corroded at a mounting point
- Brake pipe damaged or excessively corroded