Pass rate
80.8%
Around average — 6.8 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 130 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £25–£68
2009 Jeep Commander MOT pass rate
- 2009
- 2 trims combined
- typical 111,950 mi
Check your postcode
Most common fault
Suspension
25.1% of faults · 21.0% nationally
mostly worn arm bushes, split ball-joint boots and broken coil springs.
Which year to buy
- Best 2009 80.8% pass · this year
- Avoid 2006 76.6% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 4.2 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 77.1%
- Typical mileage
- 112k mi
The 2009 Jeep Commander MOT pass rate is 80.8% of its MOT tests — 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. Suspension is the biggest single reason it fails, at 25.1% of what testers record.
Expert verdict
Emissions & leaks: 2.6× the national share
Emissions & leaks make up 14.3% of everything recorded on the 2009 Jeep Commander, against 5.5% nationally — 8.8 points above. Suspension is still the single largest share at 25.1%, but at 21.0% nationally that one is ordinary. A smoky diesel or a leaking joint fails on emissions more often than on wear, so ask for a recent emissions printout.
- 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 80.8% — 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 68% of the repairs this model fails on cost under £30 in parts. The pass rate matters less than what a bad afternoon at the test centre actually costs you.
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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Every Jeep Commander first registered in 2009 is combined here — 2 trim and body variants in total — so the sample is as large as the DVSA data allows.
How does the 2009 Jeep Commander compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 6.8 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 77.1%. The median 2009 Jeep Commander in this dataset had covered 111,950 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 81.6% of the time, April–September 79.6%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view", noted on 12.31% of tests.
- 130 recorded tests behind this page.
- 80.8% overall pass rate, 77.1% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Commander, the average is 78.3% — best year 2009 (80.8%), worst 2006 (76.6%).
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
- 130
- Typical mileage (median)
- 111,950 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Commander
- Updated
- 2026-11-07
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 Commander MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 67% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Commander
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South East | 40 | 72.5% |
| East of England | 17 | 70.6% |
| West Midlands | 16 | 87.5% |
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 windscreen 12.3% 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 10.8% 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 3.1% 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 Commander through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £25–£68 — and 68% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £25–£68
- Cheapest common item: mirrors slightly loose
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: windscreen damaged
- £80–£200
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 68%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 130 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 76.6% to 80.8% — a spread of 4.2 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2006 76.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2007 78.9% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2009 80.8%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 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 X5 80.8%
- Subaru Impreza 80.8%
- BMW 5 Series 80.8%
- BMW 525 80.9%
- Mercedes-Benz S-Class 80.9%
- Toyota Prius 80.6%
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 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 403 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 | 102 | 25.10% | 20.98% | +4.12 |
| Brakes | 82 | 20.10% | 20.89% | −0.79 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 58 | 14.30% | 5.52% | +8.78 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 50 | 12.30% | 12.21% | +0.09 |
| Visibility | 39 | 9.60% | 4.97% | +4.63 |
| Tyres | 25 | 6.10% | 19.76% | −13.66 |
| Non-component advisories | 21 | 5.20% | 4.18% | +1.02 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 15 | 3.70% | 5.57% | −1.87 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 7 | 1.70% | 0.82% | +0.88 |
| Steering | 4 | 1.00% | 2.57% | −1.57 |
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 | 12.3% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 10.8% | £5–20 |
| Mirrors slightly loose Visibility | Minor | 4.6% | £3–15 |
| Headlamp lens slightly defective Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 3.9% | £5–25 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.9% | £5–25 |
| Ball joint dust cover severely deteriorated Suspension | Minor | 3.1% | £18–45 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 2.3% | £3–15 |
| Mirrors slightly damaged Visibility | Minor | 2.3% | £3–15 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Rectified | 2.3% | £5–25 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 2.3% | £5–20 |
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 | 24.6% | £200–700 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 18.5% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 15.4% | £18–45 |
| Transmission oil leaks leaking excessively from transmission Noise, emissions and leaks | Advisory | 15.4% | £200–700 |
| Coil spring corroded so that its cross sectional area is reduced and seriously weakened Suspension | Advisory | 14.6% | £25–65 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 12.3% | £45–95 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 30-60k | 8 | 75.0% | 55,853 mi |
| 60-90k | 36 | 80.6% | 74,513 mi |
| 90-120k | 33 | 84.8% | 106,908 mi |
| 120k+ | 53 | 79.2% | 157,293 mi |
Source: 130 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 Jeep Commander?
80.8% of the 130 2009 Jeep Commander tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 77.1%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Jeep Commander?
The three most recorded items are windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (12.31%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (10.77%), mirrors slightly loose (4.62%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Jeep Commander MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 75.0% of the time, falling to 79.2% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Jeep Commander in this dataset had covered 111,950 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Jeep Commander MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 81.6% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 79.6%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.