MOT pass rate · 2025 data
SsangYong Rodius MOT pass rate
The SsangYong Rodius passed 66.36% of its 2,595 initial MOT tests in 2025 — below the 77.3% average across all cars tested that year. That is 10.9 percentage points worse than average.
How the SsangYong Rodius holds up with age
Every car fails the MOT more often as it gets older. What matters when you are buying is how steeply that happens for this particular model. These are the 2025 pass rates for the SsangYong Rodius grouped by the vehicle's age at the time of the test.
| Age at test | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| 3–5 years | 2 | 100% |
| 6–10 years | 2,156 | 67.39% |
| 11 years and over | 437 | 61.1% |
The SsangYong Rodius drops 38.9 percentage points between its early years and the 11-plus bracket, which is a steep decline. On an older example, the MOT history is worth reading closely before you buy.
Why the SsangYong Rodius fails its MOT
Across every SsangYong Rodius that failed its 2025 MOT, the most common area of failure was lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment, accounting for 26.28% of all recorded failure items. These are the areas worth having checked before you buy, and worth budgeting for on an older example.
| Failure area | Share of failure items | Recorded items |
|---|---|---|
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 26.28% | 749 |
| Brakes | 19.96% | 569 |
| Suspension | 17.47% | 498 |
| Steering | 10.04% | 286 |
| Tyres | 8.39% | 239 |
| Visibility | 4.74% | 135 |
How the SsangYong Rodius compares
Ranked on pass rate, the SsangYong Rodius sits 569th of 651 models in this data , and 5th of the 5 SsangYong models covered . SsangYong as a whole averaged 72.52%, so this model runs 6.2 points behind its own brand average.
What this means when buying a used SsangYong Rodius
A pass rate is a population average, not a verdict on the specific car in front of you. The average SsangYong Rodius came to its 2025 test at 78,956 miles and 9.1 years old. Most examples tested were diesel.
The useful check is the individual car's own MOT record: how many times it has failed, what for, and whether advisories keep reappearing. A recurring advisory on corrosion, suspension or brakes tells you far more than a model-wide average, and a mileage that does not move consistently between tests is a warning in itself.
Check a specific SsangYong Rodius
Run the registration through a free MOT history check to see that car's test results, advisories and recorded mileages. For the risks an MOT never covers — outstanding finance, insurance write-off records, stolen markers and ownership history — a full car history check brings them together in one £15 report.
Also useful: mileage check · write-off check · free car check
Other SsangYong models
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- SsangYong Rexton 71.66% pass rate · 3,419 tests
- SsangYong Musso 69.09% pass rate · 3,310 tests
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Figures aggregated from the DVSA MOT Anonymised data set for 2025, class 4 initial tests only, contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Retests are excluded, so these are first-time pass rates.