Pass rate
66.7%
Below average — 7.3 pts behind the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 72 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £26–£66
2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 93,357 mi
Only 72 tests of this exact model and year are in the DVSA data, below the 100 we ask for before a page goes in the index. The figures are still shown, because they are the only ones there are.
Most common fault
Brakes
31.4% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Part only £25–£40 for Brake pads under 1.5 mm. What fitting it takes →
Which year to buy
- Best 2004 77.0% pass
- Avoid 2009 66.7% pass · this year
Across the 8 years on record, a spread of 10.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 55.6%
- Typical mileage
- 93k mi
The 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara MOT pass rate is 66.7% of its MOT tests — 7.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 31.4% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep Wrangler Sahara does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Brakes: 1.5× the national share
Brakes make up 31.4% of everything recorded on the 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara, against 20.9% nationally — 10.5 points above. Have the discs and pads measured rather than glanced at, and ask whether the handbrake holds on a slope.
- Falls short of its own age and mileage. Like-for-like, cars this age and mileage expect about 74.0%; this one manages 66.7% — 7.3 points below. Age is a fair excuse; this is not age.
- When it fails, it costs. Only 22% 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 Jeep Wrangler Sahara compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 7.3 points behind what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 55.6%. The median 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara in this dataset had covered 93,357 mi.
The most common fuel recorded here is Diesel — 85% of tests, with a 65.6% pass rate.
The single most recorded failure item is "Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault", noted on 6.94% of tests.
- 72 recorded tests behind this page.
- 66.7% overall pass rate, 55.6% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Wrangler Sahara, the average is 73.6% — best year 2004 (77.0%), worst 2009 (66.7%).
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
- 72
- Typical mileage (median)
- 93,357 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Wrangler Sahara
- Updated
- 2026-11-05
Source: DVSA anonymised MOT test data (2023–2025), OGL v3.0.
Top part to budget for
Bulb
Usually a DIY or independent-garage job.
Does mileage affect the Wrangler Sahara MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 49% so small gaps stay visible.
Fuel type and reliability
Pass rate by fuel type. Diesel is the most common here (85% of tests).
Regional pass rates for the Wrangler Sahara
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| South West | 21 | 71.4% |
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 Wrangler Sahara
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 Wrangler Sahara
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 6.9% of tests
“anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault”
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 brakes 6.9% of tests
“brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick”
Look through the spokes of each wheel at the pad — less than 3mm of friction material, or a lip on the disc edge, is the usual failure. Check the handbrake holds on a slope with a few clicks, not at the top of its travel.
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Check the suspension joints 4.2% 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.
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 Wrangler Sahara through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £26–£66 — and 22% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £26–£66
- Cheapest common item: anti-lock braking system warning lamp…
- £3–£15
- Dearest common item: battery(ies) insecure
- £60–£140
- Common items a careful owner can do at home
- 90%
- Repairs that still cost under £30
- 22%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 72 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 Wrangler Sahara, side by side
8 model years on record, from 2000 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 66.7% to 77.0% — a spread of 10.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2000 73.6% windscreen damaged but not…
- 2001 74.3% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2002 72.5% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2003 74.0% service brake imbalance across an…
- 2004 77.0% ball joint excessively worn
- 2007 74.5% position lamp not working
- 2008 74.5% rbt (sp) efficiency below…
- 2009 66.7%anti-lock braking system warning…
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 Wrangler Sahara 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
- Peugeot 3008 67.0%
- Chevrolet Aveo 67.1%
- Chevrolet Lacetti 67.6%
- Nissan Qashqai 65.8%
- Chevrolet Captiva 67.9%
- Citroen Grand C4 Picasso 68.0%
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 Wrangler Sahara 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 174 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 | 55 | 31.40% | 20.89% | +10.51 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 36 | 20.60% | 12.21% | +8.39 |
| Suspension | 29 | 16.60% | 20.98% | −4.38 |
| Steering | 19 | 10.90% | 2.57% | +8.33 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 11 | 6.30% | 5.57% | +0.73 |
| Tyres | 7 | 4.00% | 19.76% | −15.76 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 6 | 3.40% | 5.52% | −2.12 |
| Non-component advisories | 6 | 3.40% | 4.18% | −0.78 |
| Visibility | 3 | 1.70% | 4.97% | −3.27 |
| Identification of the vehicle | 2 | 1.10% | 1.76% | −0.66 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 6.9% | £3–15 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Major | 6.9% | £18–45 |
| Decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 6.9% | £45–110 |
| Headlamp aim projected beam image is obviously incorrect Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 6.9% | £30–80 |
| Rbt (sp) efficiency below requirements Brakes | Major | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Major | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.2% | £5–25 |
| Track rod end ball joint dust cover damaged or deteriorated, but preventing the ingress of dirt Steering | Minor | 4.2% | £18–45 |
| Battery(ies) insecure but not likely to fall from carrier Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 2.8% | £60–140 |
| Coil spring fractured or broken Suspension | Major | 2.8% | £25–65 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 12.5% | £25–70 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 8.3% | £18–45 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 5.6% | £45–110 |
| Non-component advisories Passenger seat(s) missing at time of test Non-component advisories | Advisory | 5.6% | £20–80 |
| Pipes and hoses leaking Steering | Advisory | 5.6% | £60–200 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 12,914 mi |
| 30-60k | 12 | 66.7% | 53,083 mi |
| 60-90k | 17 | 58.8% | 69,645 mi |
| 90-120k | 34 | 70.6% | 103,079 mi |
| 120k+ | 7 | 57.1% | 136,184 mi |
Source: 72 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 Wrangler Sahara MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara?
66.7% of the 72 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 55.6%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara?
The three most recorded items are anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an abs fault (6.94%), brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick (6.94%), decelerometer (sp) efficiency below requirements (6.94%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 57.1% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara in this dataset had covered 93,357 mi.
Which fuel type is most reliable for a 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara?
Diesel: 65.6% pass rate across 61 tests. Petrol: 72.7% pass rate across 11 tests. Shares are of the tests on this vehicle that recorded each fuel type.