SsangYong Tivoli MOT pass rates & common failures

Every completed first-attempt MOT on a SsangYong Tivoli in Great Britain in 2025 — 7,744 tests. Figures cover every Tivoli first-tested in 2025, all trims grouped. How the Tivoli ages, what it fails on, and what mileage is normal, computed directly from the official DVSA record of every test.

Pass rate 2025
71.4%
0.9 points below the class-4 average (72.3%); unadjusted for age — the age-matched comparison is below
Tests analysed
7,744
first tests, 2025
Arrived with a dangerous fault
9.4%
of Tivoli first tests; national 7.3%
Typical mileage at 10 years
63,750
middle half: 46,250–83,750 miles (2,500-mile-band midpoints)

How many SsangYong Tivoli cars are still on the road?

At the end of 2025, DVLA's register held 8,200 SsangYong Tivoli cars that were taxed or on SORN: 8,048 taxed and 152 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 Tivoli vans, where they exist, are counted by DVLA as goods vehicles and are not in these figures.

Still taxed, end of 2025
8,048
98.1% of the 8,200 Tivoli cars taxed or on SORN; 40 model variants grouped
On SORN, end of 2025
152
declared off the road by their keepers — 1.9% of that total

How the numbers are moving

The number of taxed Tivoli cars peaked at 8,337 at the end of 2023 and has since fallen by 289 (3.5%) to 8,048 at the end of 2025. Cars on SORN went from 6 at the end of 2015 to 152 at the end of 2025, up 2433.3%. 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 Tivoli 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 Tivoli cars, year 2014: 0Taxed Tivoli cars, year 2015: 998Taxed Tivoli cars, year 2016: 3kTaxed Tivoli cars, year 2017: 4kTaxed Tivoli cars, year 2018: 5kTaxed Tivoli cars, year 2019: 6kTaxed Tivoli cars, year 2020: 7kTaxed Tivoli cars, year 2021: 7kTaxed Tivoli cars, year 2022: 8kTaxed Tivoli cars, year 2023: 8kTaxed Tivoli cars, year 2024: 8kTaxed Tivoli cars, year 2025: 8k8k
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YearTaxed Tivoli cars
20140
2015998
20163,137
20174,495
20185,492
20196,292
20206,774
20217,475
20227,913
20238,337
20248,203
20258,048

Tivoli 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.

0501001502002014201620182020202220242025Year (count at the end of the year)Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2014: 0Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2015: 6Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2016: 25Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2017: 85Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2018: 160Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2019: 135Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2020: 116Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2021: 65Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2022: 61Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2023: 88Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2024: 135Tivoli cars on SORN, year 2025: 152152
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YearTivoli cars on SORN
20140
20156
201625
201785
2018160
2019135
2020116
202165
202261
202388
2024135
2025152

Which model years survive

Taxed Tivoli cars at the end of 2025 by year of manufacture, and each year's share of the 8,048 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 Tivoli cars
20235126.4%
20224876.1%
20215436.7%
20204996.2%
20197609.4%
20181,04212.9%
20171,32216.4%
20161,95524.3%
201592811.5%

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 TIVOLI 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 Tivoli ages

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

SsangYong TivoliAll cars
50%60%70%80%90%100%3579111315171920Vehicle age (years)SsangYong Tivoli, vehicle age 3: 83%SsangYong Tivoli, vehicle age 4: 82.2%SsangYong Tivoli, vehicle age 5: 75.4%SsangYong Tivoli, vehicle age 6: 75.5%SsangYong Tivoli, vehicle age 7: 70.3%SsangYong Tivoli, vehicle age 8: 69.1%SsangYong Tivoli, vehicle age 9: 67%SsangYong Tivoli, vehicle age 10: 66.2%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%SsangYong Tivoli 66.2%All cars 57.6%
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Age (years)Tivoli testsTivoli pass rateAll cars
354183.0%88.5%
456682.2%87.2%
551375.4%86.0%
676075.5%83.5%
71,08570.3%80.9%
81,29569.1%78.2%
91,98867.0%74.9%
1098166.2%71.9%

Better or worse than the average car?

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

Tivoli behind
-12-6+0+6+12Age 3: -5.5 points vs the average car3Age 4: -5.0 points vs the average carAge 5: -10.6 points vs the average car5Age 6: -8.0 points vs the average carAge 7: -10.6 points vs the average car7Age 8: -9.1 points vs the average carAge 9: -7.9 points vs the average car9Age 10: -5.7 points vs the average carVehicle age (years)
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Age (years)Gap (points)
3-5.5
4-5.0
5-10.6
6-8.0
7-10.6
8-9.1
9-7.9
10-5.7

The Tivoli fleet on the road, by age

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

05001k1k2kAge 3: 5413Age 4: 566Age 5: 5135Age 6: 760Age 7: 1k7Age 8: 1kAge 9: 1k9Age 10: 98110Vehicle age (years)
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Age (years)First tests
3541
4566
5513
6760
71,085
81,295
91,988
10981

What a Tivoli fails on

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

Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment29.1%
Brakes23.0%
Tyres18.9%
Visibility12.0%
Suspension9.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks4.6%
Road Wheels1.2%
Body, chassis, structure0.9%

Share of all failure items, 2025 — the 8 biggest categories shown (98.6% of the items); smaller categories are not listed.

The advisories to watch

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

Brakes: 41.2% of advisories41.2%Tyres: 35.2% of advisories35.2%Suspension: 7.8% of advisories7.8%Non-component advisories: 6.0% of advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaks: 2.8% of advisoriesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment: 2.8% of advisories
BrakesTyresSuspensionNon-component advisoriesNoise, emissions and leaksLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment
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CategoryShare of advisories
Brakes41.2%
Tyres35.2%
Suspension7.8%
Non-component advisories6.0%
Noise, emissions and leaks2.8%
Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment2.8%

Petrol, diesel or hybrid Tivoli?

First-time pass rate for the two most-tested Tivoli 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%Petrol: 73.7% of 4,650 tests73.7%Petrol4,650 testsDiesel: 67.8% of 3,091 tests67.8%Diesel3,091 tests
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FuelTestsPass rate
Petrol4,65073.7%
Diesel3,09167.8%

What mileage is normal for a Tivoli?

Mileage recorded at test by vehicle age, 2025. The line is the typical (median) Tivoli; 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 Tivoli (median)
0k25k50k75k100k357910Vehicle age (years)Age 3: typical 18,750 miles (middle half 11,250–26,250)Age 4: typical 26,250 miles (middle half 18,750–33,750)Age 5: typical 28,750 miles (middle half 18,750–41,250)Age 6: typical 38,750 miles (middle half 26,250–51,250)Age 7: typical 46,250 miles (middle half 33,750–61,250)Age 8: typical 53,750 miles (middle half 38,750–71,250)Age 9: typical 61,250 miles (middle half 46,250–76,250)Age 10: typical 63,750 miles (middle half 46,250–83,750)63k mi

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

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Age (years)Lower quarterTypical (median)Upper quarter
311,25018,75026,250
418,75026,25033,750
518,75028,75041,250
626,25038,75051,250
733,75046,25061,250
838,75053,75071,250
946,25061,25076,250
1046,25063,75083,750

What fails at each age

The Tivoli'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.

TyresBrakesLamps, reflectors and electrical equipmentVisibilityNoise, emissions and leaksSuspensionEverything else
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Age bandCategoryShare of the band's failure items
3-5 yrsTyres28.8%
3-5 yrsBrakes24.8%
3-5 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment23.8%
3-5 yrsVisibility13.2%
3-5 yrsNoise, emissions and leaks4.0%
3-5 yrsEverything else5.4%
6-9 yrsBrakes27.6%
6-9 yrsTyres22.1%
6-9 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.2%
6-9 yrsSuspension11.1%
6-9 yrsVisibility9.6%
6-9 yrsEverything else8.4%
10-13 yrsBrakes26.7%
10-13 yrsLamps, reflectors and electrical equipment21.9%
10-13 yrsTyres18.2%
10-13 yrsSuspension14.4%
10-13 yrsVisibility9.6%
10-13 yrsEverything else9.2%
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.