SsangYong Musso
Registered from 2005 to 2020.
About this model
The KGM Musso, previously marketed as the SsangYong Musso is a mid-size SUV or pickup truck produced since 1993 by the South Korean automaker KG Mobility, formerly SsangYong Motor.
From the Wikipedia article SsangYong Musso, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2019 2.2 diesel. 172 of 718 tests failed, 24%.
Better than 0% of 2019 cars. The typical one fails 9%, across 908 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 65% | 111 |
| Suspension | 31% | 54 |
| Lights and electrics | 23% | 40 |
| Steering | 15% | 26 |
| Tyres and wheels | 15% | 25 |
| Visibility | 9% | 15 |
The defects inspectors cite
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
Where it stands out against its peers
- Brakes: failed more often than 99% of 2019 cars — 65% of its 172 failed tests, where an ordinary 2019 car has 19%.
- Suspension: failed more often than 95% of 2019 cars — 31% of its 172 failed tests, where an ordinary 2019 car has 7%.
- Steering: failed more often than 98% of 2019 cars — 15% of its 172 failed tests, where an ordinary 2019 car has 1%.
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 — 65% of its failures
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake efficiency less than 50% of the required value
- Suspension — 31% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension pin, bush or joint excessively worn
- Steering — 15% of its failures
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Tyres and wheels — 15% of its failures
- Tyre tread depth not in accordance with the requirements
- Lights and electrics — 23% of its failures
- Visibility — 9% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 100–120k miles this one fails 36% of its inspections, against the 16% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0–20k miles | 15% | 5% | 89 | |
| 20–40k miles | 20% | 9% | 250 | |
| 40–60k miles | 29% | 12% | 164 | |
| 60–80k miles | 28% | 14% | 101 | |
| 80–100k miles | 31% | 14% | 48 | |
| 100–120k miles | 36% | 16% | 39 |
691 British inspections, grouped by the odometer reading recorded at the test.
Half of these have more than 40k miles on them. That is how far people drive this car, not how long it lasts.