Pass rate
74.1%
Below average — 0.1 pts ahead of the 74.0% that cars this age and mileage manage.
Across 158 recorded tests.
Typical repair bill £24–£66
2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited MOT pass rate
- 2009
- typical 101,762 mi
Most common fault
Brakes
27.0% of faults · 20.9% nationally
mostly worn pads and discs, corroded pipes and a handbrake that will not hold.
Which year to buy
- Best 2007 83.3% pass
- Avoid 2008 73.0% pass
Across the 3 years on record, a spread of 10.3 points. See every year →
- First-attempt pass
- 69.2%
- Typical mileage
- 102k mi
The 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited MOT pass rate is 74.1% of its MOT tests — about what its age and mileage predict. Brakes is the biggest single reason it fails, at 27.0% of what testers record.
Check your postcode
MOT pass rates are national — type your postcode to see how Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited does in your corner of the country.
Expert verdict
Lamps & electrics: 1.5× the national share
Lamps & electrics make up 18.5% of everything recorded on the 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited, against 12.2% nationally — 6.3 points above. Brakes are still the single largest share at 27.0%, but at 20.9% 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.
- Failures here tend to be cheap ones. 69% 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.
- Based on a small sample. 158 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 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited compare?
Cars of this age and mileage average 74.0%, so this figure is 0.1 points ahead of what its age and mileage predict. On a first attempt, before any retests, the figure drops to 69.2%. The median 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited in this dataset had covered 101,762 mi.
Pass rates also shift with the test month: tests recorded October–March passed 75.0% of the time, April–September 73.3%.
The single most recorded failure item is "Rear fog lamp not working", noted on 5.06% of tests.
- 158 recorded tests behind this page.
- 74.1% overall pass rate, 69.2% on a first attempt.
- Across every year of the Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited, the average is 75.9% — best year 2007 (83.3%), worst 2008 (73.0%).
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
- 158
- Typical mileage (median)
- 101,762 mi
- Make and model
- Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited
- 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 Unlimited MOT pass rate?
Pass rate by odometer reading. Bar lengths start at 58% so small gaps stay visible.
Regional pass rates for the Wrangler Sahara Unlimited
| Region | Tests | Pass rate |
|---|---|---|
| East of England | 36 | 80.6% |
| South East | 26 | 76.9% |
| Yorkshire | 25 | 60.0% |
| North West | 17 | 76.5% |
| South West | 16 | 68.8% |
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 Wrangler Sahara Unlimited
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 Unlimited
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 5.1% of tests
“rear fog lamp not working”
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 windscreen 5.1% 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 Wrangler Sahara Unlimited through its MOT
Across the 10 items that are recorded most often on this model, the average repair comes to £24–£66 — and 69% of those repairs are parts that cost under £30.
- Average repair across the 10 common items
- £24–£66
- 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
- 69%
Estimates from typical UK parts prices, weighted by how often each item appears in 158 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 Unlimited, side by side
3 model years on record, from 2007 to 2009. Across them the pass rate runs from 73.0% to 83.3% — a spread of 10.3 points. The bar under each year is the item that failed it most often.
- 2007 83.3% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2008 73.0% registration plate lamp(s)…
- 2009 74.1%rear fog lamp not working
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 Unlimited 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
- Ford Focus 74.1%
- Ford Mondeo 74.0%
- Vauxhall Insignia 74.0%
- Nissan Note 74.2%
- Mitsubishi Lancer 74.2%
- Skoda Fabia 73.9%
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 Unlimited 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 353 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 | 96 | 27.00% | 20.89% | +6.11 |
| Suspension | 73 | 20.50% | 20.98% | −0.48 |
| Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | 66 | 18.50% | 12.21% | +6.29 |
| Tyres | 28 | 7.90% | 19.76% | −11.86 |
| Steering | 25 | 7.00% | 2.57% | +4.43 |
| Body, chassis, structure | 22 | 6.20% | 5.57% | +0.63 |
| Noise, emissions and leaks | 17 | 4.80% | 5.52% | −0.72 |
| Visibility | 15 | 4.20% | 4.97% | −0.77 |
| Non-component advisories | 7 | 2.00% | 4.18% | −2.18 |
| Seat belts and supplementary restraint systems | 4 | 1.10% | 0.82% | +0.28 |
The exact failure items, in the tester's words
| Recorded item | Severity | Tests | Est. cost |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rear fog lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 5.1% | £3–15 |
| Windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view Visibility | Minor | 5.1% | £80–200 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Minor | 4.4% | £5–20 |
| Side repeaters not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 4.4% | £5–25 |
| Parking brake performance inoperative on one side Brakes | Major | 3.8% | £60–150 |
| Position lamp not working Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.8% | £5–25 |
| Anti-lock braking system warning lamp indicates an ABS fault Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £3–15 |
| Electronic stability control warning lamp indicates a fault Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £3–15 |
| Registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of a single lamp or all lamps Lamps, reflectors and electrical equipment | Major | 3.2% | £5–20 |
| Service brake performance excessively binding Brakes | Major | 3.2% | £60–150 |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Brake pads less than 1.5 mm thick Brakes | Advisory | 11.4% | £18–45 |
| Ball joint excessively worn Suspension | Advisory | 9.5% | £18–45 |
| Flexible brake hoses ferrule excessively corroded Brakes | Advisory | 7.6% | £25–70 |
| Tread depth below requirements of 1.6mm Tyres | Advisory | 7.6% | £45–95 |
| Has a tear, caused by separation or partial failure of its structure Tyres | Advisory | 7.0% | £45–95 |
| Brake discs in such a condition that it is seriously weakened Brakes | Advisory | 6.3% | £45–110 |
Pass rate by mileage
| Mileage | Tests | Pass rate | Median odometer |
|---|---|---|---|
| 0-30k | 2 | 100.0% | 24,092 mi |
| 30-60k | 7 | 71.4% | 56,631 mi |
| 60-90k | 39 | 84.6% | 77,588 mi |
| 90-120k | 59 | 66.1% | 103,079 mi |
| 120k+ | 51 | 74.5% | 140,053 mi |
Source: 158 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 Unlimited MOT questions
What is the MOT pass rate for a 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited?
74.1% of the 158 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited tests in this dataset passed, against a national average of 74.0% for cars first used in 2009. First-attempt pass rate: 69.2%.
What are the most common MOT failures on a 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited?
The three most recorded items are rear fog lamp not working (5.06%), windscreen damaged but not adversely affecting driver's view (5.06%), registration plate lamp(s) inoperative in the case of multiple lamps or light sources (4.43%). Percentages are the share of tests on this vehicle that recorded the item.
Does mileage affect the 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited MOT pass rate?
Yes. Cars under 30,000 miles passed 100.0% of the time, falling to 74.5% for those over 120,000 miles. The median 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited in this dataset had covered 101,762 mi.
Does the season affect the 2009 Jeep Wrangler Sahara Unlimited MOT pass rate?
Tests recorded in the winter months (October–March) passed 75.0% of the time; summer months (April–September) passed 73.3%. Brakes, tyres and lights are tested harder in bad weather, but the difference is small on most models.