SsangYong Rexton
Registered from 2003 to 2021.
About this model
The KGM Rexton, formerly SsangYong Rexton, is a mid-size SUV manufactured by South Korean manufacturer SsangYong Motor since late 2001. The name Rexton is derived from the Latin title 'rex' and the English word 'tone', which is intended to mean "the ruler's tone".
From the Wikipedia article SsangYong Rexton, licensed under CC BY-SA 4.0.
What fails its inspection
Great Britain's MOT record for the 2017 2.2 diesel. 132 of 569 tests failed, 23%.
Better than 2% of 2017 cars. The typical one fails 12%, across 926 models with enough tests behind them to say.
| Where | Share of failures | Failed tests |
|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 39% | 52 |
| Brakes | 33% | 44 |
| Lights and electrics | 29% | 38 |
| Steering | 14% | 18 |
| Tyres and wheels | 8% | 11 |
| Body and structure | 6% | 8 |
The defects inspectors cite
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
Where it stands out against its peers
- Steering: failed more often than 96% of 2017 cars — 14% of its 132 failed tests, where an ordinary 2017 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.
- Suspension — 39% of its failures
- A spring or spring component fractured or seriously weakened
- A suspension joint dust cover missing or no longer prevents the ingress of dirt etc
- Brakes — 33% of its failures
- Parking brake efficiency below minimum requirement
- Parking brake inoperative on one side
- A brake lining or pad worn below 1.5mm
- Steering — 14% of its failures
- A steering ball joint with excessive wear or free play
- Tyres and wheels — 8% of its failures
- Lights and electrics — 29% of its failures
- A headlamp or light source missing, inoperative or more than ½ not functioning in the case of LED
- 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
- Body and structure — 6% of its failures
When it starts failing
At 80–100k miles this one fails 30% of its inspections, against the 16% an ordinary car of the same age fails.
| Odometer | Failure rate | Rate | Its age | Tests |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 20–40k miles | 19% | 10% | 162 | |
| 40–60k miles | 20% | 13% | 221 | |
| 60–80k miles | 33% | 15% | 107 | |
| 80–100k miles | 30% | 16% | 40 |
530 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.
Specification
| Year | Measured |
|---|---|
| 2021 | 2.2 diesel · 199 hp · 2152 kg · 2865 mm wheelbase · 7.5 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2019 | 2.2 diesel · 178 hp · 2156 kg · 2865 mm wheelbase · 8.3 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2018 | 2.2 diesel · 178 hp · 2161 kg · 2862 mm wheelbase · 7.9 L/100km (WLTP) |
| 2017 | 2.2 diesel · 191 hp · 2094 kg · 2761 mm wheelbase · 7.4 L/100km (NEDC) |
| 2014 | 2.0 diesel · 153 hp · 2052 kg · 2835 mm wheelbase · 7.6 L/100km (NEDC) |