Pass rate
70.7%
Below average — 3.3 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 198 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £17–£49
2009 Dodge Avenger MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 96,576 mi
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Most common fault
Suspension
26.6% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Part only £35–£75 for Suspension pin or bush excessively worn. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2007 70.9% pass
- Avoid 2008 70.5% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 0.4 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 62.6%
- Typical mileage
- 97k mi
The 2009 Dodge Avenger MOT pass rate is 70.7% of its MOT tests — 3.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 26.6% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Suspension: 1.3× the national share
Suspension accounts for 26.6% of everything recorded on the 2009 Dodge Avenger, against 21.0% nationally — 5.6 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.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 74.0%; this one manages 70.7% — 3.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- Based on a small sample. 198 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 Dodge Avenger compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 3.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 62.6%. The median 2009 Dodge Avenger in this dataset had covered 96,576 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 66% of tests, with a 70.8% pass rate. Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 79.5% of the time, April–September 63.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 13.13% of tests.
- 198 recorded tests behind this page.
- 70.7% overall pass rate, 62.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Dodge Avenger, the average is 70.6% — best year 2007 (70.9%), worst 2008 (70.5%).
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
- 198
- Typical mileage (median)
- 96,576 mi
- Make and model
- Dodge Avenger
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Avenger MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 60% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (66% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Avenger
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| North West | 33 | 78.8% |
| South East | 31 | 61.3% |
| East of England | 28 | 60.7% |
| West Midlands | 25 | 76.0% |
| Yorkshire | 22 | 72.7% |
| East Midlands | 21 | 66.7% |
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 Avenger
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 Avenger
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 13.1% 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 10.1% 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.
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Check the windscreen 3.5% 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 Avenger through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £17–£49 — and 47% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £17–£49
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 80%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 47%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 198 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 Avenger, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2007 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 70.5% to 70.9% — a spread of 0.4 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 70.9% position lamp not working
- 2008 70.5% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 70.7%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 Dodge Avenger 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
- Vauxhall Zafira 70.7%
- Volkswagen Fox 70.7%
- Chevrolet Matiz 70.7%
- Suzuki SX4 70.7%
- Kia Carens 70.7%
- Renault Scenic 70.8%
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 Dodge Avenger 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 602 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 | 162 | 26.60% | 20.98% | +5.62 |
| Brakes | 122 | 20.10% | 20.89% | −0.79 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 91 | 15.00% | 12.21% | +2.79 |
| Tyres | 59 | 9.70% | 19.76% | −10.06 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 59 | 9.70% | 5.52% | +4.18 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 36 | 5.90% | 5.57% | +0.33 |
| Steering | 29 | 4.80% | 2.57% | +2.23 |
| Visibility | 19 | 3.10% | 4.97% | −1.87 |
| Non-component advisories | 18 | 3.00% | 4.18% | −1.18 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 7 | 1.20% | 1.76% | −0.56 |
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 | 13.1% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 10.1% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.6% | £5–25 |
| Track rod end ball joint has excessive play Steering | Major | 5.6% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.5% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 3.5% | £80–200 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 3.0% | £3–15 |
| Ball joint dust cover no longer prevents the ingress of dirt Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £18–45 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Major | 2.5% | £40–150 |
| Wipers does not clear the windscreen effectively Visibility | Major | 2.5% | £8–22 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Engine oil leaks leaking excessively from engine Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 21.7% | £200–700 |
| Pins and bushes pin or bush excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 19.7% | £40–150 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 16.2% | £45–95 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 15.2% | £25–70 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 9.1% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.6% | £18–45 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 5 | 80.0% | 23,667 mi |
| 30-60k | 12 | 75.0% | 49,790 mi |
| 60-90k | 61 | 70.5% | 76,337 mi |
| 90-120k | 61 | 68.9% | 101,742 mi |
| 120k+ | 59 | 71.2% | 144,633 mi |
Source: 198 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 Avenger MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Dodge Avenger?
70.7% of the 198 2009 Dodge Avenger tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 62.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Dodge Avenger?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (13.13%), ball joint excessively worn (10.10%), position lamp not working (5.56%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Dodge Avenger MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 80.0% of the time, falling to 71.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Dodge Avenger in this dataset had covered 96,576 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2009 Dodge Avenger?
Diesel: 70.8% pass rate across 130 tests. Petrol: 70.6% pass rate across 68 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.
Does the season affect the 2009 Dodge Avenger MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 79.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 63.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.