Pass rate
81.6%
Around average — 7.6 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 114 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £27–£70
2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 113,454 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
26.8% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 81.6% pass · this year
- Avoid 2007 74.4% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 7.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 78.4%
- Typical mileage
- 113k mi
The 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander MOT pass rate is 81.6% of its MOT tests — 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.8% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Chrysler Jeep Commander does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.8% of everything recorded on the 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander, against 21.0% nationally — 5.8 points above. Ask for the front and rear suspension to be checked on a ramp before you buy — worn bushes and broken springs are cheap to look at and expensive to discover at test time.
- Beats its own age and mileage. Once you allow for how old and how far these cars have been driven, the expected pass rate is 74.0% and this one manages 81.6% — 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Based on a small sample. 114 tests back this page. That is enough to publish and to index, not enough to treat the decimal places as precise — read the pattern, not the second digit.
Written from this page's own figures: fault shares against the national composition, the like-for-like pass rate, and the priced repair list. How these are worked out
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How does the 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 7.6 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 78.4%. The median 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander in this dataset had covered 113,454 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.7% of the time, April–September 81.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 9.65% of tests.
- 114 recorded tests behind this page.
- 81.6% overall pass rate, 78.4% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Chrysler Jeep Commander, the average is 75.7% — best year 2009 (81.6%), worst 2007 (74.4%).
Figures count every completed test on this vehicle-year in the dataset, including retests. See methodology for the exact definition.
This page's data
- Tests analysed
- 114
- Typical mileage (median)
- 113,454 mi
- Make and model
- Chrysler Jeep Commander
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Number Plate Lamp
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Commander MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Commander
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 23 | 78.3% |
| South West | 18 | 72.2% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 81.3% |
Regions come from the postcode area recorded at the test station. Areas on region borders are assigned to the region with the majority of their population.
What fails a 2009 Commander
Everything a tester recorded on this vehicle, grouped into the inspection sections that produced it. The notch on each bar is the national share, so you can see at a glance whether this car is unusual or just ordinary.
A test can record several items, so these percentages do not add up to 100%. The exact strings, with prices, are in the full DVSA record at the bottom of this page.
Before your test
Three checks worth doing on a 2009 Commander
These are not generic tips — they are the faults recorded most often on this exact model, rewritten as things you can check yourself. All three take about ten minutes and cost nothing.
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Check the lights 9.7% of tests
“registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources”
Switch everything on and walk round the car: both headlamps on dip and main, every indicator, both brake lights, reverse, fog and the two number-plate lamps. A bulb is a few pounds and a five-minute job.
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Check the windscreen 7.0% of tests
“windscreen damaged”
Check the driver’s side of the screen within the swept area for chips and cracks; anything larger than 10mm in the driver’s central view is a fail. Most chips can be resin-repaired for far less than a new screen.
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Check the suspension joints 6.1% of tests
“ball joint excessively worn”
With the car parked on level ground, rock the top of each front wheel in and out while someone watches the suspension arm. Clunks, or rubber boots split and greasy, are what testers record here.
Shares are the proportion of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item, so they overlap: one test can record several.
What it costs to get a 2009 Commander through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £27–£70 — and 44% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £27–£70
- Cheapest common item: srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp…
- £3–£12
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 44%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 114 MOT tests on this vehicle. They exclude diagnostics, retest fees and garage labour where the part is a DIY fit, and they are not figures from the DVSA dataset. Older and higher-mileage examples cost more than the average. How these estimates are built → · All MOT repair costs → · Cheapest cars to put through a test →
Every year of the Commander, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2006 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 74.4% to 81.6% — a spread of 7.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 75.5% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 74.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 81.6%registration plate lamp(s)…
Colour is the pass rate on a fixed scale, so a block means the same thing on any model. Each year links to its own page with the full fault breakdown.
Compare the 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander with another year
The raw pass rate mostly measures age. The year comparison adds the like-for-like figure, the mileage bands and the repair bill.
Other 2009 cars with a similar record
- BMW X6 81.8%
- Toyota Hi-Ace 81.3%
- Nissan Elgrand 81.3%
- Porsche Cayenne 82.0%
- BMW 525 80.9%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 80.9%
Closest pass rates among 2009 cars with at least 2,000 tests, so a small sample cannot flatter itself into the list. See the full rankings: best and worst MOT pass rates.
The full DVSA record for the 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander 10 failure items · 6 advisories · 10 inspection categories · mileage brackets · all of it in the page, none of it above the fold
Every inspection category
Shares of the 253 individual items recorded on this vehicle, and the same share across all cars nationally. A single test can record several items, so a row is not a percentage of tests.
| Category | Items | This car | Nationally | Difference |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Suspension | 69 | 26.80% | 20.98% | +5.82 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 38 | 14.80% | 12.21% | +2.59 |
| Brakes | 37 | 14.40% | 20.89% | −6.49 |
| Tyres | 29 | 11.30% | 19.76% | −8.46 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 26 | 10.10% | 5.52% | +4.58 |
| Visibility | 18 | 7.00% | 4.97% | +2.03 |
| Non-component advisories | 16 | 6.20% | 4.18% | +2.02 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 8 | 3.10% | 0.82% | +2.28 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 7 | 2.70% | 5.57% | −2.87 |
| Steering | 5 | 1.90% | 2.57% | −0.67 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 9.7% | £5–20 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 7.0% | £80–200 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 6.1% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.3% | £5–25 |
| Srs malfunction indicator lamp warning lamp indicates a fault Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | Major | 4.4% | £3–12 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.5% | £60–140 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.6% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £18–45 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 1.8% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim too high Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 1.8% | £30–80 |
Severity is as recorded: Major and Dangerous fail the test outright; Minor and Advisory do not. Costs are estimates from typical UK parts prices — see how they are built.
What testers noted without failing the car
Advisories are the early warnings — the same parts a year or two before they fail. Reading them is how you tell a car that has been maintained from one that has been patched.
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 19.3% | £18–45 |
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 13.2% | £200–700 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 11.4% | £45–95 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 9.7% | £18–45 |
| Non-component advisories Play in steering rack inner joint(s) Non-component advisories | Advisory | 9.7% | £120–300 |
| Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 7.9% | £200–700 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 13 | 84.6% | 49,294 mi |
| 60-90k | 13 | 92.3% | 81,990 mi |
| 90-120k | 39 | 87.2% | 106,248 mi |
| 120k+ | 49 | 73.5% | 152,200 mi |
Source: 114 recorded tests on this vehicle-year. Every row above is recomputed from the same DVSA extract as the rest of the page — see the methodology.
2009 Commander MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander?
81.6% of the 114 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 78.4%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (9.65%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (7.02%), ball joint excessively worn (6.14%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 84.6% of the time, falling to 73.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander in this dataset had covered 113,454 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Chrysler Jeep Commander MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.7% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 81.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.