Pass rate
79.7%
Around average — 5.7 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 590 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £36–£95
2009 Daihatsu Materia MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 83,725 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
25.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2010 80.6% pass
- Avoid 2008 76.7% pass
Across the 4 years on record, a spread of 3.9 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 75.5%
- Typical mileage
- 84k mi
The 2009 Daihatsu Materia MOT pass rate is 79.7% of its MOT tests — 5.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Daihatsu Materia does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Fewer problems with tyres
Tyres are 13.9% of this car’s recorded faults, against 19.8% nationally — the mirror image of the usual story on a car of this age.
- 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 79.7% — 5.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 27% 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 Materia compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 5.7 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 75.5%. The median 2009 Daihatsu Materia in this dataset had covered 83,725 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 79.2% of the time, April–September 80.1%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 4.75% of tests.
- 590 recorded tests behind this page.
- 79.7% overall pass rate, 75.5% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Daihatsu Materia, the average is 77.8% — best year 2010 (80.6%), worst 2008 (76.7%).
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
- 590
- Typical mileage (median)
- 83,725 mi
- Make and model
- Daihatsu Materia
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Windscreen
Typically a garage job — get quotes before committing.
Does mileage affect the Materia MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 65% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Materia
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 135 | 84.4% |
| East of England | 69 | 87.0% |
| West Midlands | 60 | 81.7% |
| North West | 55 | 78.2% |
| London | 53 | 86.8% |
| South West | 52 | 73.1% |
| Yorkshire | 45 | 75.6% |
| East Midlands | 44 | 72.7% |
| Scotland | 27 | 70.4% |
| North East | 26 | 69.2% |
| Wales | 24 | 70.8% |
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 Materia
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 Materia
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 windscreen 4.8% 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 lights 3.6% 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 suspension joints 2.7% 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.
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 Materia through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £36–£95 — and 27% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £36–£95
- Cheapest common item: registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the…
- £5–£20
- Dearest common item: joints constant velocity boot severely…
- £80–£250
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 27%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 590 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 Materia, side by side
4 model years on record, from 2007 to 2010. Across them the pass rate runs from 76.7% to 80.6% — a spread of 3.9 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 77.3% ball joint dust cover severely…
- 2008 76.7% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 79.7%windscreen damaged but not…
- 2010 80.6% windscreen damaged but not…
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 Materia 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
- Toyota Verso 79.8%
- BMW X3 79.8%
- Land Rover Range Rover 79.6%
- Toyota Corolla 79.6%
- Toyota Urban Cruiser 79.6%
- Audi A5 79.4%
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 Materia 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 1,394 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 | 358 | 25.30% | 20.98% | +4.32 |
| Brakes | 323 | 22.80% | 20.89% | +1.91 |
| Tyres | 197 | 13.90% | 19.76% | −5.86 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 139 | 9.80% | 12.21% | −2.41 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 98 | 6.90% | 5.57% | +1.33 |
| Non-component advisories | 93 | 6.60% | 4.18% | +2.42 |
| Visibility | 64 | 4.50% | 4.97% | −0.47 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 61 | 4.30% | 5.52% | −1.22 |
| Steering | 32 | 2.30% | 2.57% | −0.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 29 | 2.00% | 1.76% | +0.24 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 4.8% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.6% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.7% | £18–45 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 2.7% | £80–180 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Linkage ball joint dust cover ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.4% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.0% | £5–25 |
| Joints constant velocity boot severely deteriorated Body, chassis, structure | Minor | 2.0% | £80–250 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 1.9% | £5–25 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 16.9% | £80–180 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 13.9% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 12.4% | £45–95 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 11.0% | £40–150 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.3% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Fuel Pipe/s corroded Non-component advisories | Advisory | 6.1% | £180–450 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 27 | 92.6% | 22,671 mi |
| 30-60k | 134 | 85.1% | 47,536 mi |
| 60-90k | 191 | 79.1% | 76,699 mi |
| 90-120k | 149 | 77.2% | 103,877 mi |
| 120k+ | 89 | 73.0% | 149,530 mi |
Source: 590 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 Materia MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Daihatsu Materia?
79.7% of the 590 2009 Daihatsu Materia tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 75.5%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Daihatsu Materia?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (4.75%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (3.56%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (2.71%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Daihatsu Materia MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 92.6% of the time, falling to 73.0% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Daihatsu Materia in this dataset had covered 83,725 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Daihatsu Materia MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 79.2% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 80.1%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.