Pass rate
69.2%
Below average — 4.8 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 1,943 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£63
2009 Isuzu Rodeo MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 116,883 mi
Most common fault
Suspension
27.3% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2011 73.4% pass
- Avoid 2002 67.8% pass
Across the 11 years on record, a spread of 5.6 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 58.7%
- Typical mileage
- 117k mi
The 2009 Isuzu Rodeo MOT pass rate is 69.2% of its MOT tests — 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.3% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Isuzu Rodeo does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.7× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 20.5% of everything recorded on the 2009 Isuzu Rodeo, against 12.2% nationally — 8.3 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 27.3%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. Walk round the car with the lights on before the test: bulbs, indicators and number-plate lamps are the cheapest failures to prevent and among the most common.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 74.0%; this one manages 69.2% — 4.8 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
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 Isuzu Rodeo compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 4.8 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 58.7%. The median 2009 Isuzu Rodeo in this dataset had covered 116,883 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 69.5% of the time, April–September 68.8%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources", noted on 11.53% of tests.
- 1,943 recorded tests behind this page.
- 69.2% overall pass rate, 58.7% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Isuzu Rodeo, the average is 71.3% — best year 2011 (73.4%), worst 2002 (67.8%).
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
- 1,943
- Typical mileage (median)
- 116,883 mi
- Make and model
- Isuzu Rodeo
- 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 Rodeo MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 59% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Rodeo
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 342 | 68.7% |
| South East | 279 | 70.3% |
| East of England | 250 | 69.6% |
| West Midlands | 242 | 70.7% |
| Wales | 219 | 72.1% |
| East Midlands | 169 | 63.9% |
| Yorkshire | 131 | 71.0% |
| North West | 121 | 64.5% |
| Scotland | 118 | 66.1% |
| North East | 70 | 74.3% |
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 Rodeo
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 Rodeo
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 11.5% 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 7.5% 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 the windscreen 5.7% 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 Rodeo through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£63 — and 46% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£63
- Cheapest common item: rear fog lamp not working
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 70%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 46%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 1,943 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 Rodeo, side by side
11 model years on record, from 2002 to 2012. Across them the pass rate runs from 67.8% to 73.4% — a spread of 5.6 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2002 67.8% joints constant velocity boot…
- 2003 73.3% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2004 72.6% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2005 71.8% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2006 70.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2007 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 70.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 69.2%registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2010 71.1% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2011 73.4% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2012 72.0% 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 Isuzu Rodeo 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 Antara 69.4%
- Peugeot 207 69.5%
- Vauxhall Combo 68.9%
- Nissan X-Trail 69.5%
- Hyundai Coupe 68.9%
- Renault Koleos 68.8%
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 Isuzu Rodeo 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 6,655 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 | 1,847 | 27.30% | 20.98% | +6.32 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 1,389 | 20.50% | 12.21% | +8.29 |
| Brakes | 1,215 | 18.00% | 20.89% | −2.89 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 786 | 11.60% | 5.57% | +6.03 |
| Tyres | 472 | 7.00% | 19.76% | −12.76 |
| Visibility | 367 | 5.40% | 4.97% | +0.43 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 194 | 2.90% | 5.52% | −2.62 |
| Steering | 149 | 2.20% | 2.57% | −0.37 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 127 | 1.90% | 1.76% | +0.14 |
| Non-component advisories | 109 | 1.60% | 4.18% | −2.58 |
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 | 11.5% | £5–20 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 7.5% | £18–45 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.7% | £80–200 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.7% | £30–80 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.6% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 5.2% | £18–45 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.9% | £5–25 |
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.4% | £3–15 |
| Rigid brake pipes excessively corroded Brakes | Major | 3.6% | £80–180 |
| Shock absorbers has an excessively worn bush Suspension | Major | 3.1% | £30–75 |
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 | 25.3% | £80–180 |
| Wheel bearings has excessive play Suspension | Advisory | 19.4% | £20–55 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 14.6% | £45–95 |
| Chassis condition corroded to the extent that the rigidity of the assembly is significantly reduced Body, chassis, structure | Advisory | 10.2% | £180–450 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.0% | £18–45 |
| Registration plates inscription illegible Identification of the vehicle | Advisory | 5.3% | £20–80 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 11 | 72.7% | 14,826 mi |
| 30-60k | 92 | 76.1% | 48,879 mi |
| 60-90k | 327 | 71.9% | 77,109 mi |
| 90-120k | 588 | 69.6% | 105,493 mi |
| 120k+ | 913 | 67.4% | 154,341 mi |
Source: 1,943 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 Rodeo MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Isuzu Rodeo?
69.2% of the 1,943 2009 Isuzu Rodeo tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 58.7%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Isuzu Rodeo?
The three most recorded items are registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (11.53%), ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated (7.51%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.71%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Isuzu Rodeo MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 72.7% of the time, falling to 67.4% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Isuzu Rodeo in this dataset had covered 116,883 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Isuzu Rodeo MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 69.5% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 68.8%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.