4wd sensor failed, stopping it from going into 4wd.
Spare wheel hoist broke leaving the wheel to become detached from car on motorway, almost causing a serious accident.
Manual transmission selector broke off in my hand while driving.
Large chunk of metal blew out of the side of the turbo intake denting the underside of bonnet.
Steering makes creaking sounds when turned.
Handbrake always comes loose.
Seatbelt buckles don't click properly. Air Conditioning motor broke.
Electric passenger window stopped working, had a faulty connection.
General fitments of panels both interior and exterior is terrible, with uneven placement and weak connections.
This vehicle has cost a fortune to keep up to scratch, and although the vehicles are cheap new, parts are hard to come by, with only one distributor in New Zealand, they are extremely expensive and usually take 10 weeks to arrive from Korea, if at all.
Avoid these vehicles at all cost.
Only good points are that they are strong safe vehicles have a good 4wd system and are cheap to run (Diesel price)
We have had our Musso for two years nearly and it has never given us a days problem.
Last week we were in a car accident and we were pushed against one culvet on our side of the road, spun around and pushed over the middle island across two lanes of oncoming traffic (with large kerbs) and then over onto the opposite side of the road's culvet. And, the tires never popped! The axles were damaged as well as rear rims/brakes/bearings/etc - BUT we survived with only whiplash!! Our friend in a Durango had had a similar experience and the front tyres exploded. So, we are GREAT fans of the Musso.
The Musso is an awful, badly built and laughably unreliable car. I have six pages of faults which I am not going to list here, but the one thing that I will mention will tell you more about the manufacturers attitude to safety & quality than I ever could.
The seat belt retainer worked itself loose effectively meaning that the car had no drivers seatbelt. Imagin what would have happened in an accident!
I know I only said I'd mention one thing, but this just came to mind. I was travelling along the road when the spare wheel worked itself loose and fell onto the motorway. This caused a truck to swerve to avoid onto the other side of the road. I never had a puncture therefore I could not have incorrectly attached the spare to the underside of the vehicle.
A truly awful car,
Damien McGrath.
I disagree; I like the Musso so much I got two of them!
The Merc running gear is great, they can't be beaten for Value for money, even found a club website for all the Ssangyong or Daewoo badged Musso and Korando's (www.ssangyongclub.co.uk) where you can download the workshop manuals and save a fortune on service and repair bills.
Jason from Bromley.
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