Pass rate
82.3%
Around average — 8.3 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 588 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £73–£182
2009 Daihatsu Copen MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 54,201 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
30.9% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£55 for Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2008 82.6% pass
- Avoid 2006 71.5% pass
Across the 7 years on record, a spread of 11.1 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 79.7%
- Typical mileage
- 54k mi
The 2009 Daihatsu Copen MOT pass rate is 82.3% of its MOT tests — 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 30.9% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Daihatsu Copen does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.5× the national share
Brakes make up 30.9% of everything recorded on the 2009 Daihatsu Copen, against 20.9% nationally — 10.0 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- 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 82.3% — 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 24% of this model’s typical repairs come in under £30 in parts — the failures here tend to be the kind that need a garage rather than a bulb.
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 Daihatsu Copen compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 8.3 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 79.7%. The median 2009 Daihatsu Copen in this dataset had covered 54,201 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 80.4% of the time, April–September 83.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated", noted on 5.78% of tests.
- 588 recorded tests behind this page.
- 82.3% overall pass rate, 79.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Daihatsu Copen, the average is 77.4% — best year 2008 (82.6%), worst 2006 (71.5%).
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
- 588
- Typical mileage (median)
- 54,201 mi
- Make and model
- Daihatsu Copen
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Ball Joint
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Copen MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 62% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Copen
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 110 | 78.2% |
| South East | 92 | 93.5% |
| South West | 78 | 82.1% |
| North West | 64 | 79.7% |
| West Midlands | 53 | 77.4% |
| Yorkshire | 46 | 80.4% |
| Scotland | 45 | 73.3% |
| East Midlands | 39 | 92.3% |
| London | 26 | 80.8% |
| Wales | 24 | 79.2% |
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 Copen
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 Copen
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 suspension joints 5.8% of tests
“ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated”
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.
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Check corrosion 5.4% of tests
“component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength”
Look under the sills, around the jacking points and where the suspension mounts meet the body. Flaking, holed or crumbly metal fails; a brown stain on sound metal does not.
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Check the windscreen 2.9% 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.
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 Copen through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £73–£182 — and 24% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £73–£182
- Cheapest common item: wipers does not clear the windscreen…
- £8–£22
- Dearest common item: component mounting prescribed areas…
- £180–£450
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 60%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 24%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 588 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 Copen, side by side
7 model years on record, from 2003 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 71.5% to 82.6% — a spread of 11.1 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2003 72.5% component mounting prescribed…
- 2004 73.9% component mounting prescribed…
- 2005 73.7% component mounting prescribed…
- 2006 71.5% component mounting prescribed…
- 2007 79.3% component mounting prescribed…
- 2008 82.6% component mounting prescribed…
- 2009 82.3%ball joint dust cover severely…
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 Daihatsu Copen 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
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 Daihatsu Copen 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 926 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Brakes | 290 | 30.90% | 20.89% | +10.01 |
| Suspension | 222 | 23.70% | 20.98% | +2.72 |
| Tyres | 171 | 18.20% | 19.76% | −1.56 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 72 | 7.70% | 5.57% | +2.13 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 68 | 7.30% | 12.21% | −4.91 |
| Visibility | 41 | 4.40% | 4.97% | −0.57 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 19 | 2.00% | 5.52% | −3.52 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 19 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
| Non-component advisories | 14 | 1.50% | 4.18% | −2.68 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 10 | 1.10% | 0.82% | +0.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 5.8% | £18–45 |
| Component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength Suspension | Major | 5.4% | £180–450 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 2.9% | £80–200 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.2% | £80–180 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 1.7% | £8–22 |
| Headlamp not working on dipped beam Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.5% | £5–25 |
| Integral vehicle structure condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Major | 1.2% | £180–450 |
| Wipers blade defective Visibility | Minor | 1.2% | £8–22 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Major | 1.0% | £45–95 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 14.5% | £45–110 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 13.6% | £45–95 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 12.4% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 9.2% | £45–95 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 6.0% | £25–70 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 5.4% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 106 | 89.6% | 22,599 mi |
| 30-60k | 242 | 86.8% | 44,977 mi |
| 60-90k | 158 | 74.1% | 75,747 mi |
| 90-120k | 58 | 77.6% | 101,508 mi |
| 120k+ | 24 | 70.8% | 139,558 mi |
Source: 588 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 Copen MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Daihatsu Copen?
82.3% of the 588 2009 Daihatsu Copen tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 79.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Daihatsu Copen?
The three most recorded items are ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (5.78%), component mounting prescribed areas prescribed area excessively corroded significantly reducing structural strength (5.44%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (2.89%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Daihatsu Copen MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 89.6% of the time, falling to 70.8% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Daihatsu Copen in this dataset had covered 54,201 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Daihatsu Copen MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 80.4% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 83.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.