SsangYong Korando MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a SsangYong Korando in Great Britain in 2025 — 8,594 tests. Figures cover every Korando first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Korando ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
67.1%
5.2 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
8,594
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.5%
of Korando first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
73,750
middle half: 58,750–91,250 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many SsangYong Korando cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 8,303 SsangYong Korando cars that were taxed or on SORN: 7,858 taxed and 445 on SORN (Statutory Off Road Notification — kept, but declared off the road by the keeper). The MOT figures above count tests; these count cars, across the whole United Kingdom, cars only. SsangYong Korando vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
7,858
94.6% of the 8,303 Korando cars taxed or on SORN; 45 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
445
declared off the road by their keepers — 5.4% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Korando cars peaked at 8,467 at the end of 2023 and has since fallen by 609 (7.2%) to 7,858 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 113 at the end of 2014 to 445 at the end of 2025, up 293.8%. A car leaves the taxed count when it is scrapped, exported or declared off the road; the year-end counts do not say which.

Taxed Korando cars, year by year

Cars of this model taxed and on the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025.

02k4k6k8k10k2014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Taxed Korando cars, year 2014: 2kTaxed Korando cars, year 2015: 3kTaxed Korando cars, year 2016: 4kTaxed Korando cars, year 2017: 5kTaxed Korando cars, year 2018: 6kTaxed Korando cars, year 2019: 7kTaxed Korando cars, year 2020: 7kTaxed Korando cars, year 2021: 8kTaxed Korando cars, year 2022: 8kTaxed Korando cars, year 2023: 8kTaxed Korando cars, year 2024: 8kTaxed Korando cars, year 2025: 8k8k
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YearTaxed Korando cars
20142,080
20153,331
20164,351
20175,220
20185,867
20196,537
20207,177
20217,702
20228,069
20238,467
20248,218
20257,858

Korando cars on SORN, year by year

Cars of this model declared off the road at the end of each year, 2014–2025. Its own scale — SORN counts are a fraction of the taxed count.

01002003004005002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Korando cars on SORN, year 2014: 113Korando cars on SORN, year 2015: 120Korando cars on SORN, year 2016: 149Korando cars on SORN, year 2017: 178Korando cars on SORN, year 2018: 177Korando cars on SORN, year 2019: 189Korando cars on SORN, year 2020: 211Korando cars on SORN, year 2021: 221Korando cars on SORN, year 2022: 230Korando cars on SORN, year 2023: 270Korando cars on SORN, year 2024: 342Korando cars on SORN, year 2025: 445445
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YearKorando cars on SORN
2014113
2015120
2016149
2017178
2018177
2019189
2020211
2021221
2022230
2023270
2024342
2025445

Which model years survive

Taxed Korando cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 7,858 taxed in all. Every build year holding at least 1% has its own row; the rest share one. A build year's count depends on how many were sold that year as well as how many have lasted.

Year of manufacture Taxed, end of 2025Share of taxed Korando cars
20235987.6%
20224936.3%
20215707.3%
20207059.0%
20196888.8%
20186968.9%
201782510.5%
201695312.1%
20151,02013.0%
20146538.3%
20133083.9%
20122973.8%
All other build years (seven years, each under 1%)520.7%

Population source: Department for Transport / DVLA vehicle licensing statistics, table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026; counts of the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, United Kingdom, cars only, excluding cars recorded with no model name. SortedCars groups DVLA's model name KORANDO under this model. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, DVLA or the Department for Transport.

How the Korando ages

First-time pass rate by vehicle age, Korando vs all cars, 2025.

SsangYong KorandoAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)SsangYong Korando, vehicle age 3: 84.7%SsangYong Korando, vehicle age 4: 83.4%SsangYong Korando, vehicle age 5: 78.2%SsangYong Korando, vehicle age 6: 76.6%SsangYong Korando, vehicle age 7: 72.3%SsangYong Korando, vehicle age 8: 68.3%SsangYong Korando, vehicle age 9: 61.9%SsangYong Korando, vehicle age 10: 58.6%SsangYong Korando, vehicle age 11: 56.2%All cars, vehicle age 3: 88.5%All cars, vehicle age 4: 87.2%All cars, vehicle age 5: 86%All cars, vehicle age 6: 83.5%All cars, vehicle age 7: 80.9%All cars, vehicle age 8: 78.2%All cars, vehicle age 9: 74.9%All cars, vehicle age 10: 71.9%All cars, vehicle age 11: 68.6%All cars, vehicle age 12: 65.8%All cars, vehicle age 13: 63.5%All cars, vehicle age 14: 61.2%All cars, vehicle age 15: 59.3%All cars, vehicle age 16: 58.3%All cars, vehicle age 17: 57.2%All cars, vehicle age 18: 57.4%All cars, vehicle age 19: 57%All cars, vehicle age 20: 57.6%All cars 57.6%SsangYong Korando 56.2%
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Age (years)Korando testsKorando pass rateAll cars
355584.7%88.5%
459683.4%87.2%
573778.2%86.0%
671376.6%83.5%
774672.3%80.9%
892368.3%78.2%
91,18561.9%74.9%
101,31858.6%71.9%
1186656.2%68.6%

Better or worse than the average car?

The Korando's pass rate minus the all-cars pass rate at each age, in percentage points. Bars above zero: the Korando beats the average car of that age. Below zero: it trails.

Korando behind
-14-7+0+7+14Age 3: -3.8 points vs the average car3Age 4: -3.8 points vs the average carAge 5: -7.8 points vs the average car5Age 6: -6.9 points vs the average carAge 7: -8.6 points vs the average car7Age 8: -9.9 points vs the average carAge 9: -13.0 points vs the average car9Age 10: -13.3 points vs the average carAge 11: -12.4 points vs the average car11Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-3.8
4-3.8
5-7.8
6-6.9
7-8.6
8-9.9
9-13.0
10-13.3
11-12.4

The Korando fleet on the road, by age

How many took a first MOT in 2025 at each age — the shape of the Korando fleet still in use.

05001k1k2kAge 3: 5553Age 4: 596Age 5: 7375Age 6: 713Age 7: 7467Age 8: 923Age 9: 1k9Age 10: 1kAge 11: 86611Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3555
4596
5737
6713
7746
8923
91,185
101,318
11866

What a Korando fails on

Where the failure items land when a Korando fails or needs a fix at test, 2025. Use it as a pre-purchase checklist: these are the areas to look at first.

Brakes26.2%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment25.8%
Suspension16.2%
Tyres10.3%
Visibility7.5%
Body, chassis, structure6.5%
Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems2.4%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.2%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (97.3% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

Where testers most often write "keep an eye on this" for a Korando, 2025 — the faults in the post.

Brakes: 39.2% of advisories39.2%Tyres: 30.5% of advisories30.5%Suspension: 13.2% of advisories13.2%Non-component advisories: 5.7% of advisoriesBody, chassis, structure: 4.6% of advisoriesIdentification of the vehicle: 1.8% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesBody, chassis, structureIdentification of the vehicle
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes39.2%
Tyres30.5%
Suspension13.2%
Non-component advisories5.7%
Body, chassis, structure4.6%
Identification of the vehicle1.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Korando?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Korando fuel types, 2025, against the all-cars average. Fleet ages differ by fuel — newer fleets help the electrified bars.

50%60%70%80%90%100%all cars 72.3%Diesel: 63.9% of 7,138 tests63.9%Diesel7,138 testsPetrol: 82.3% of 1,375 tests82.3%Petrol1,375 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Diesel7,13863.9%
Petrol1,37582.3%

What mileage is normal for a Korando?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Korando; the shaded band holds the middle half. A car far outside the band, in either direction, is worth questions the recorded history can answer.

Typical Korando (median)
0k25k50k75k100k125k357911Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 18,750 miles (middle half 13,750–26,250)Age 4: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–36,250)Age 5: typical 33,750 miles (middle half 23,750–43,750)Age 6: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 28,750–51,250)Age 7: typical 48,750 miles (middle half 36,250–66,250)Age 8: typical 58,750 miles (middle half 46,250–73,750)Age 9: typical 66,250 miles (middle half 51,250–83,750)Age 10: typical 73,750 miles (middle half 58,750–91,250)Age 11: typical 81,250 miles (middle half 63,750–101,250)81k mi

Mileage values are midpoints of 2,500-mile bands.

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
313,75018,75026,250
418,75026,25036,250
523,75033,75043,750
628,75038,75051,250
736,25048,75066,250
846,25058,75073,750
951,25066,25083,750
1058,75073,75091,250
1163,75081,250101,250

What fails at each age

The Korando's failure mix by age band, 2025 — each band's top categories at their true share of that band's failure items; the pale remainder is everything else. How the mix shifts with age is the point of the chart.

BrakesTyresLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionBody, chassis, structureEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsBrakes36.9%
3-5 yrsTyres22.1%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment16.4%
3-5 yrsVisibility12.4%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks5.6%
3-5 yrsEverything else6.6%
6-9 yrsBrakes29.6%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.5%
6-9 yrsSuspension16.7%
6-9 yrsTyres13.8%
6-9 yrsVisibility6.6%
6-9 yrsEverything else12.8%
10-13 yrsBrakes27.8%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment20.7%
10-13 yrsSuspension20.6%
10-13 yrsTyres8.7%
10-13 yrsBody, chassis, structure8.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else13.6%
How these figures are computed. Every number on this page is calculated by SortedCars from the DVSA anonymised MOT results dataset (every MOT test in Great Britain — 2025 for single-year figures; trend figures state their span, currently 2023–2025). Where a figure comes from a sample or uses banded values (mileage is banded to 2,500 miles), the page says so beside the figure. Test class 4 only, first tests only — retests are excluded. Class 4 is the car MOT class and also covers car-derived vans, pickups and motorhomes tested to the same standard; where this page says "cars" it means class 4. Pass rate = passes ÷ (passes + failures + pass-after-rectification): a vehicle that failed and was fixed during the visit counts as a fail. Pass rates describe fleets, not individual machines: they reflect how cars were driven, maintained and used as well as how they were built, and beyond recorded mileage none of that is in the data. A well-kept example of a model with a weak average can still pass; a neglected example of a strong one can still fail. No figure is shown for any group with fewer than 500 tests. Alias spellings of a make in the DVSA file are counted under one make name, and all trims and variants of a model are grouped under one model name, using SortedCars' grouping tables. The taxed and SORN counts on this page are the one exception: they are not computed from MOT records but taken from the Department for Transport's vehicle licensing statistics (DfT/DVLA table VEH0124, updated 15 July 2026, Open Government Licence v3.0), which count the cars on DVLA's register that were taxed or on SORN at the end of each year shown, UK-wide, cars only. They describe a model as a whole, grouped under SortedCars' model names, and say nothing about any one car. “Dangerous” is DVSA's statutory defect category (in force since May 2018): a defect posing an immediate risk to road safety — driving the vehicle before repair is an offence. What these figures are for. These statistics are general information about groups of vehicles. They are not advice, a valuation or a recommendation to buy, avoid or price any particular vehicle, and no decision about one car should rest on them alone — check the car itself and its own records. We take care over the calculations, but we cannot guarantee they are complete, current or free of error, and we accept no liability for loss arising from reliance on them. This does not limit any liability that cannot lawfully be limited — see our Terms & Conditions. If you believe any figure on this page is inaccurate, contact us. SortedCars is not affiliated with, or endorsed by, the DVSA or DVLA. DVSA publishes the raw test records; the statistics on this page are SortedCars' own calculations from them. Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0.