SsangYong Turismo MOT reliability

SsangYong Turismos passed their MOT first time 51% of the time across 47 tests in 2025.

These figures come from 47 MOT tests. That's a fairly small number of cars, so they may not be typical of these cars as a whole.

First-time pass rate

51%

MOTs analysed

47

Still licensed (GB)

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Body type

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Pass rate by year of first registration

Older cars fail more often, so compare a car with others of the same age. Years with very few MOTs can show extreme pass rates, even 0% or 100%, so give more weight to years with more tests.

In detail:

First registered

2016 diesel

13 MOTs

These figures come from only 13 MOT tests. With so few cars, a single pass or fail changes the percentages a lot, so treat them as a rough guide rather than a true average.

Passed first time 54%. Typical mileage 67,220 (most between 64,110 and 78,125).

2016: 100% → 2017: 50% → 2018: 67% → 2019: 63% → 2020: 60% → 2021: 63% → 2022: 56% → 2023: 57% → 2024: 43% → 2025: 54%

Most common failures

Rear fog lamp: not working (15.4%)
Position lamp: not working (15.4%)
Washers: provides insufficient washer liquid (7.7%)
Coil spring: fractured or broken (7.7%)
Malfunction indicator lamp: inoperative or indicates a malfunction (7.7%)

Where 2016 Turismos fail

Lights & electrics

38.5%

Suspension & axles

15.4%

Brakes

7.7%

Steering

7.7%

Exhaust, emissions & leaks

7.7%

Visibility & wipers

7.7%

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Based on 2025 initial MOT tests in DVSA's anonymised MOT dataset (cars and light vans). Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Model details: Vehicle data by VehiclesDB.